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June 3, 2007
'Hertz is cheaper on the US site'
Danny Kreft found a £57 price discrepancy when booking the same car on the US versus the UK website
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I'd be very careful about the comments that Hertz made about insurance cover as although there is an element of truth in the different insurance cover they are being very selective with the truth. Just like the widely varying price of cars across Europe where manufacturers claim different specifications, this is essentially another clever scam. By changing the product in very minor ways, companies and especially the UK end can scam customers very easily by deliberately making it difficult to compare like with like. As a general rule of thumb, take it as read that at todays currency exchange rates, what costs a £1 in the UK will cost €1 in Europe and $1.50 in the US which is a far cry from the real exchange rates.
Mike, Alicante, Spain