Surging car rental costs and ‘price-gouging hotels’ make both Irish and foreign holidaymakers look at options outside of IrelandThe Department of Tourism has received more than 100 complaints about high prices in the Irish holiday sector. Some people say car rental has increased fourfold.Tourists and members of the public have complained to the Department of Tourism about the high cost of going on holiday in Ireland this summer.
One family wrote about how they were going to have to cancel a planned trip to Ireland after being quoted 2,000 Canadian dollars for car rental. They had already paid a deposit for accommodation and said they now faced the cost of losing their flights as well because their holiday would not be viable without a car.
In an email to Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin, they wrote: “I work in healthcare, I have been working for over two years during Covid on the front line in a blood lab, and was really looking forward to resuming travel, to our favourite place on earth, Ireland.” Another told of how the cost of renting a car for a four-day trip had more than trebled compared to a trip they had taken in 2019. One Irish hotel wrote to Ms Martin to say they were seeing bookings being cancelled because visitors simply couldn’t afford car hire costs.
No, really? Again....this is NOT new. Holidaying in Ireland has been a gouge-fest for a LONG time.
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