“Clearly Airbnb is not being particularly cooperative here,” Spalteholz said. Spalteholz says part of the issue for cities with short-term rental bylaws is that sites like Airbnb and Vrbo are not forthcoming with data, which can make regulating them difficult. Leo Spalteholz, a volunteer and housing analyst with Homes for Living, says he believes Victoria has taken its bylaw as far as it can, and the provincial government should now take steps to regulate the industry. CHEK News Ethics, Standards and Corrections PolicyĪs the City of Victoria works to enforce its short-term rental bylaw despite a lack of available data, one expert says it’s the province that needs to take action - by compelling sites like Airbnb and Vrbo to help.'Car rental companies in these cities would also have reduced their rental fleets during Covid, so how come they are cheaper than Dublin?' he asked. He also examined car rental prices in Barcelona, Paris and other European cities, using identical criteria and found that they were also cheaper than Dublin. He said that he tried two car rental companies, using identical dates and models to illustrate the huge gulf in car rental prices north and south. Shane O'Donoghue, editor of car advice website, Completecar.ie, said that his searches online yesterday found that car rental from Belfast airport was half the cost of renting from Dublin airport. 'I am sure they are hearing all the complaints, but who I really feel sorry for are the guests, because it is very, very, very expensive,' he said. Mr O'Farrell said he sympathised with the car hire employees tasked with handing over the keys to tourists. 'Guests are still coming out to us, but it is leaving a sour taste,' he said. How are Irish car rentals so much more expensive than elsewhere? Pic: Shutterstock Another guest had been quoted €800 to extend their car hire by just one day.Īnd a further guest had found it cheaper to buy a second-hand car and insure it, rather than hire a car for their extended stay of between four and six weeks. John O'Farrell, owner and manager of the Pax Guest House in Dingle, which was recently ranked among the best in the world by Tripadvisor, said two guests had cancelled their June trip this week, because they couldn't get a car to rent. On Twitter this week, Liveline presenter Joe Duffy posted a car rental quote from Dublin Airport, showing that it would cost €18,703.50 to rent a car for the week between July 30 and August 6, and described it as part of the 'Rip Off Republic' mentality. I don't know why the Government hasn't put a plan in place for the recovery of tourism after Covid,' he said. 'This is coming at a time when the golf business is coming back for individual golfers. He said that many companies sold off their cars during the pandemic and have upped their prices on a much smaller fleet. Mr Vaughan called for Government intervention and said that car rental should be seen as a 'national tourism asset that needs to be protected'. Pic: ShutterstockĪnother client from Chicago, who comes to Ireland six or seven times a year, told Mr Vaughan that a car rental company employee laughed when he said he wanted to rent a car. Tourists are cancelling trips to Ireland in droves over the outrageous price of car rentals.
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