Beware of taking out an insurance package online. Don't.!! Wait till you're actually picking the car up. This experience ended up being the MOST EXPENSIVE car rental EVER in all my years of renting. I... See more
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Switch location410 Sheridan Street, 4870 Cairns North, Queensland, AU
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The car was clean and as described. The staff were helpful, and the process simple. We had to change cars due to a break light out, but this was no problem to the company and was very smooth. The airp... See more
The car was good for the price and the shuttle to and from the airport was great. My only issue was they tried to upsell the most expensive insurance. I had rental protection which was applicable wi... See more
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Check in was terrible. We had a person that was hard to understand and spent most of the time trying to upsell insurance.The car that they had for us which we would not accept because of a cracked win... See more
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About Bargain Car Rentals Australia - Cairns Airport
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New Cars, Bargain Prices!
You're only ever one #Bargain away! Start your next adventure with Bargain Car Rentals!
We're Bargain Car Rentals, an Australian-owned and operated company with locations all around the country. We specialise in local, interstate and international travel, and always have New Cars at Bargain Prices. We offer a large range of vehicles to suit any need, from small cars, large moving trucks, or 25 seater buses.Contact info
410 Sheridan Street, 4870, Cairns North, Queensland, Australia
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The pick up to and from the airport was…
The pick up to and from the airport was easy for us. Also picking up then dropping off the car was very streamlined
A couple of mishaps one our fault and…
A couple of mishaps one our fault and the other screw in the tyre but overall very helpful and issue sorted
A good simple efficient hire
The car was clean and as described. The staff were helpful, and the process simple. We had to change cars due to a break light out, but this was no problem to the company and was very smooth. The airport pickup and drop off was efficient and welcoming. We will certainly use and recommend them again.
Our new ‘Go To’ rental service!
Fantastic from start to finish. Great clean car, courteous staff and best prices. First time user but will stick with them on all future trips to FNQ.
Awesome customer service
First time hire car and awesome customer service I would recommend any one to come here to this service
Easy and Straightforward Experience
The pick up wait and the return wait were both short. The drivers from the airport and to the airport were very friendly.
Great service great car very easy to…
Great service great car very easy to deal with no problems at all.
Instructions for pick up need to better…
Instructions for pick up from the airport we're a bit off. The pick up area was on the complete òpposite side of the airport than explained in our email. We called the number numerous times but since our phone was out of country the office did not contact us and we had to pay a taxi to get us to the off airport rental site. We were told to contact corporate to see if we could get reimbursement. Will have to see where that goes once we return home. Otherwise, we did get a car and were encouraged to purchase the additional extra covered even though we had a third party rental coverage tbat was supposed to be included with our rental through vroomvroomvroom.com which increased the cost quite considerably than we had planned.
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Easy and quick process to get our hire…
Easy and quick process to get our hire care on the day. Staff were very cheerful and helpful. Vehicle was just right for our needs and was a pleasure to drive.
We dropped the car back and were on the shuttle to the airport within minutes.

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Easy to deal with and cars in good condition
Punctual pick up from airport,smooth car pick up(I had pre filled all details),car performed reliably over the 20 days and drop off had not hassles although I did take out full insurance which does make drop off easy…driver to airport was could enough to take bags out of vehicle

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Slightly scary pick up process
Booking process through Vroom was simple.
Check in involved a rather complex explanation about liability, especially the advice that we would be required to pay further hire charges if the vehicle was off the road for repairs. This was unexpected and new to us after many years of hiring vehicles.
On return we advised the accepting agent that the skinny get me home spare tyre was under inflated. She advised that this is the way it should be. This is incorrect, as the profile and size of the tyre requires a higher pressure.

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Affordable rental car
The car was good for the price and the shuttle to and from the airport was great. My only issue was they tried to upsell the most expensive insurance. I had rental protection which was applicable with basic cover which was no added cost just the $500 bond and the staff member said we would be driving an uninsured car if we didn't take the highrst insurance option. The rental protection had full costs returned as long as the base 3rd party was in the rental agreement
I didn't appreciate the threat and pressure from him to pay another $300 plus for a week to cover things very unlikely to happen

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Great in the end
Check in was terrible. We had a person that was hard to understand and spent most of the time trying to upsell insurance.The car that they had for us which we would not accept because of a cracked windscreen however on return we had an amazing person who made the return very quick and easy and drove us to the airport before the actual opening time.I would give him a 10/10.I have used before and would use again

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We enjoyed the vehicle we rented
We enjoyed the vehicle we rented, late model Honda.
Checking in was easy, drop off was painless. Good shuttle service to the airport.
The downside was it was difficult to contact some-one to shuttle us airport to depot.

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Quality late model car
Quality late model car. Professional and friendly staff made the whole process smooth and easy

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A TRUE PROFESSIONAL COMPANY true professional company with…
A true professional company with competent friendly staff. The pick up and drop off was speedy and efficient.
We will DEFINENTlY use Bargain Cars again.
We had 12 days of joy.
27 July to 8 August
Competitive price

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