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Article #86: How to select a good car rental when travelling around New Zealand

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When it comes to hiring a car for instead of changing vehicles,
travelling around a country, it poses a transferring luggage and doing new
complex set of problems as the rules are contacts etc.
very different for different countries. At Ezy, we ensure that you, our valued
If you are looking to travel around New customer, is provided with every
Zealand in a rental car, we have available advantage in enjoying your trip
highlighted below a few helpful points around New Zealand by car. The highlights
that will give you a good idea of what to of our car hire service are:
expect when you hire a car in New • Ezy has this as well as a 24 hour
Zealand. replacement vehicle policy if the vehicle
• Make sure the vehicle is reliable by cannot be repaired within 24 hours where
checking to see if the rental company we will deliver a new vehicle within 24
includes 24 hour AA (Automobile hours
Association) roadside assistance. • Ezy is a fully registered member of
• Make sure that the car you are AA (Automobile Association)
looking to book meets your needs. • Ezy Cars are mainly 2nd tier with
Contact the supplier to make sure that great rates to reflect this. They also
the cars that they have on fleet will offer a few 1st tier vehicles to meet
suit what you are looking for as there certain clients needs
are a range of different cars on the • Ezy Rentals hires to 18 years+. The
market to suit different budgets, number rates do not change, the insurance excess
of travellers and luxury levels. is just slightly higher
• If you are under 21 years old it is • Rates for Ezy Cars include Standard
VERY important to make sure that the Insurance, GST Tax, unlimited mileage and
company you are looking to hire through free 24 hour AA roadside assistance.
will accept you as a driver. Most • Ezy Rentals offer a rate of vehicles
companies will have a minimum age of 21 that have baby bolts fitted so baby seats
years to hire a vehicle. Make sure you can be fitted securely and safely. Ezy
contact the company to make sure that you also offers a range of 3 different sized
can hire through them and if there are baby seats & boosters to make sure the
any surcharges etc size is correct for the child.
• Make sure that you are clear on what • Ezy Rentals offers a range of
the rate you are paying per day includes. vehicles from small hatchbacks through to
If you contact the supplier they will be large sedans, station wagons and people
able to tell you what is included and movers
what is excluded. • With Ezy Rentals you must take the
• If you have a baby check to make sure vehicle across on the ferry as we do not
that a baby seat can be fitted in the have offices either side. This is more
vehicle that you are hiring. Most rental convenient for the client and Ezy rentals
companies will also have baby seats to offers discounted rates on the ferries
hire. for their clients
• Make sure that you know the size of Ezy Rentals is a market leader in the 2nd
vehicle you are looking for. Be clear on tier segment of the New Zealand car hire
what you would like to hire. industry with branches in Auckland and
• If you are travelling to both the Christchurch. We have earned our
North and South Island make sure that you reputation as a clean and honest car hire
are aware of the companies policy on the company in the New Zealand tourism
ferry crossing between Islands. Some industry. We are sure that you will not
companies have depots on either side (in be disappointed with our high level of
Wellington and Picton) where some service and our car rental prices.
companies do not so you need to take the Courtesy: Tim Alpe
vehicle on the ferry. It is known that CEO
it is easier to just drive your vehicle Ezy Rentals
onto the ferry and off on the other side Email: tim@ezy.co.






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