Rental Car companies are always needing to move their vehicles between branches around the country.
You can return one of these rental cars for them for free (sometimes the rental is free and you pay petrol, sometimes they give you 50% off the rental, sometimes it’s totally free)
If I’ve missed any on the following list, let me know in the comments below.
List of Rental Cars Needing Relocation
- www.Thrifty.co.nz
Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargil, Greymouth - www.QualityRental.co.nz
Auckland, Wellington, Picton, Christchurch - www.RoadTripRentals.co.nz
Christchurch, Greymouth - www.NZRentalCar.co.nz
Christchurch, Greymouth, Wellington, Auckland, Queenstown - www.OmegaRentalCars.co.nz
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Picton, Queenstown - www.AceRentals.co.nz
Auckland, Picton, Christchurch, Queenstown, Greymouth, Dunedin - www.Maui.co.nz [Campervans]
Join the database and they’ll email you when they need you - www.Avis.co.nz
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Picton - www.Budget.co.nz
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Picton, Queenstown - www.RentalCar.co.nz
Christchurch, Greymouth
Websites that list many rental cars from many brands needing relocation
If you are thinking of creating a aggregator website to list all rental cars needing returning from lots of different rental car companies, think again. You won’t get rich.
There are only 2 in New Zealand, and one has been abandoned.
- www.TransferCar.co.nz
Aggregates lots of rental car companies on one website. According to this 2008 article they had 300 a month, today there are 5, so it looks like business has slowed a bit. - www.RelocationCarHire.co.nz
Also suppose to aggregate lots of rental car companies but it’s been abandoned. Totally empty.
Need to go one way from the North Island to the South Island in a rental car? Bad luck
Did you know you can’t hire a rental car one-way across the inter island ferries?
For example, if you are traveling from the South Island to the North Island you have to leave your rental car in Picton, jump on the ferry with all your gear and pick up another rental car in Wellington! Stink.
It must be because carrying a car across on the ferry is so expensive, so most people would rather save the $400 and go on the ferry as foot traffic.
