HIRE AND HIGHER
Some close friends are going to holiday in the Apple Isle in the next few weeks. They were able to secure flights and accommodation for reasonable prices, but were stunned at the cost of car hire. It is near impossible to secure basic car hire for less than $1000 a week which makes a fly-drive holiday rather expensive. I can t recall car hire being that expensive pre-COVID and wonder if this is just car rental companies taking advantage of travel starved Australians.
Peter Miniutti, Ashbury, NSW
OVERSEAS V OVER HERE
If Australian tourism operators want Australian residents to travel locally after the pandemic then they should look to lower prices. What they offer in terms of value for money does not come close to what overseas operators are able to provide. And then local businesses wonder why we spend our money overseas. The reason is because it s cheaper to pay for flights and accommodation and activities to go overseas than it is to travel around most places i