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Rental car agency - which to pick returning to Sydney

Stockholm, Sweden
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We will be arriving in Sydney very early on a Saturday morning and plan to go to the Blue Mountains for one night before returing to Sydney the day after. We want to pick up the rental car at the airport and return it the folllowing day late afternoon/evening as close to our hotel as possible. We're staying at the Shangri-La. Is there any particular rental car agency we should choose near our hotel?

Sydney, Australia
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Thrifty have a office in William Street (eastern edge of the city) and Budget have an office in North Sydney (just over the bridge).

You should check if they take car hire returns although I am sure William Street office does (several car hire firms are in this area). Also check when last drop off time is........when you pick up hire car double check at airport.

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After plugging in all the numbers into my spreadsheet for a similar trip (pick up at airport, drop off somewhere else) the winner was Budget. Budget has a location just off William St. in Kings Cross within walking distance of Hyde Park. (My four year-old daughter and I walked to Hyde Park then took the subway one stop to Circular Quay.)

I highly recommend Budget. Our booking had us returning the car in Wollongong. While there, we decided to hold onto the car for an extra day and return it in Sydney. As we arrived in Sydney we hit yet another really bad storm (theme of our trip), so we were forced to return the car the following day, now two days later than originally booked. To our surprise, we ended up being charged the weekly rate, so it wasn't as expensive as we expected. (In contrast to Alamo, which will use any excuse to charge excessive penalties and extra fees.)

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