Jlew Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Possibly a bit of a daft question, but getting some of our plans in place (loosely) for the move. Our plan is to hire a car for the first couple of weeks until we buy one, and intended to pick it up at the airport. 4 of us travelling and we'll no doubt be maxing our baggage allowance. Don't want to get too big a car, so just wondering how people have done it? Taxi to the short term accommodation then picked car up, jammed the cases into the car and gone with it, or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ptp113 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Absolutely no idea................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We picked up a rental car at the airport. Easy peasy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlew Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Just a case of hiring a big enough car for all the suitcases? Probably cheaper to go bigger and pay slightly more rental cost than to get a taxi. Also, I expect its no different to arriving on holiday with 4 adult suitcases. I think im Thinking too much about the small things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlornax Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We got taxi on friday when we arrived and then had couple of days to relax n sleep a bit n then picked up small hire car on the monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We hired a Wagon for 3 days , (estate car in UK) then downsized to something smaller for the following few weeks. It worked for us. Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 We had a Nissan Pathfinder for a week in that time we bought our car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BrisbaneBevan Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Car rentals from the Airport (pick up and drop off) have a surcharge and are more expensive. It may be cheaper to jump on a train into the CBD. Which airport are you landing in? Brisbane has a AirTrain easy to catch into the metro, and Sydney is the same. I would do what #5 says, and pick up a car in the days after you've recovered from the trip. Loads of pick up from Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlew Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks for all the replies. Thought I was on to a winner there, but looks like the airport is cheapest by about 120 AUD rather than another location. Big car rented from the airport is the best option I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-bone Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 My advice would be to make life easy on yourself and hire a vehicle at the airport, that's large enough for everyone and their luggage, for a few weeks. You can always drop it back early and save money if you buy a car within that time. I wouldn't want to muck around with public transport, maxed out luggage and jet lag, to only have to worry about renting a car the following day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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