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[MaaTini]

I thinking about to rent a Pick UP for Weekends to make some "Touring"

Anybody has made good or bad Experiences with local Car Rentals and can recommend and name one?

Thanks for any Answer

Cheers

[PattayaParent]

Hertz, Budget, Avis are all here.

I rented a Fortuna once from the car rental place located in the hotel at Royal Garden, Hertz I think (?), as it was the best deal I could get.

[siam2007]

Budget and Avis almost always have great deals (as long as you avoid  XMas/New Year and Songkhran season of course).
just check their website or call the HQ to ask about "special promotions". Renting from Budget, Avis or Hertz for almost ten years, I never ever paid more than 1K THB per day (for a regular saloon-car though).

[thaiclan]

Agree - we always used Hertz, Avis or Budget and is always cheaper than using a local rental place.  We used to hire the Fortuna at 1,800 a day (for 3 days) whereas locally couldnt get them to go lower than 2.2k.

[Briggsy]

Budget in Tipp Plaza provide good service, cars in good condition, reasonable prices, a wide selection of vehicles, insurance and they don't hang on to your passport like the fly-by-night operations.

[jehricaholic]

Forget about these big names with their big prices.  In Jontiem on Thrappraya Road @ Thepprasit is 'Expat Car Rental'.  Rented from them several times, very friendly and speak English well.

[jmac]

OP is asking about pickups. Hertz and Avis do not seem to rent pickups in Pattaya according to their websites. Gave up after only checking 2.

[ferguston]

Try Holiday Rent-a-Car on Pattaya 3rd Road.- 8/151 Moo 6. ( The "top" end of the road,close to Tesco/Lotus ).

Falang owned - speak to Grahame,the owner or look at pattayacar-rent.com.

Fair prices, full insurance

[thaiclan]

jehricaholic, on 2012-02-03 23:24:39, said:

Forget about these big names with their big prices.  In Jontiem on Thrappraya Road @ Thepprasit is 'Expat Car Rental'.  Rented from them several times, very friendly and speak English well.

We used to use Expat Car Rental and paid 2.2k (sometimes 2.4k) per day.  Only when they didn't have a Fortuner available were we forced to use one of the biggies (in this case Budget).  We were shocked that the price was only 1.8k per day for a 3 day rental for fully loaded Fortuner.  On top of that we were renting at the airport so we saved the taxi fare to and from Pattaya to boot.
Not sure if the deals are not as good for saloons and little cars but if anyone wants a 4x4 then renting from a local hire company does not make any sense financially.

[Phil Conners]

Q cars in Jomtien Beach Condo have been around for years and have a very good reputation afaik.  http://qcars-pattaya.com/

[MTH]

I’d second Holiday Rent-A-Car.

Here are two semi recent threads that the OP can look through as well: Thread1, Thread2

[Chang_paarp]

ferguston, on 2012-02-04 09:32:22, said:

Try Holiday Rent-a-Car on Pattaya 3rd Road.- 8/151 Moo 6. ( The "top" end of the road,close to Tesco/Lotus ).

Falang owned - speak to Grahame,the owner or look at pattayacar-rent.com.

Fair prices, full insurance

I'm another who can recommend these folk. Take your passport the first time, they copy it and keep it on file, saves time and bother in the future.

The owner Grahame is a pom and speaks understandable English   as does his staff, they also remember their customers even after a couple of years. They have delivered a car to me on the darkside (no cost), one staff member with a bike to take the other back, they already had my details so it was painless. A copy of the class1 insurance is in the glove-box along with all the phone number you will need, but we all hope we don't.

[PattayaParent]

Phil Conners, on 2012-02-04 12:37:59, said:

Q cars in Jomtien Beach Condo have been around for years and have a very good reputation afaik.  http://qcars-pattaya.com/

Yes Qcars have a good rep among expats working here especially.

[jehricaholic]

Chang_paarp, on 2012-02-05 09:08:01, said:

ferguston, on 2012-02-04 09:32:22, said:

Try Holiday Rent-a-Car on Pattaya 3rd Road.- 8/151 Moo 6. ( The "top" end of the road,close to Tesco/Lotus ).

Falang owned - speak to Grahame,the owner or look at pattayacar-rent.com.

Fair prices, full insurance

I'm another who can recommend these folk. Take your passport the first time, they copy it and keep it on file, saves time and bother in the future.

The owner Grahame is a pom and speaks understandable English   as does his staff, they also remember their customers even after a couple of years. They have delivered a car to me on the darkside (no cost), one staff member with a bike to take the other back, they already had my details so it was painless. A copy of the class1 insurance is in the glove-box along with all the phone number you will need, but we all hope we don't.

pom = Pomeranian dog = Pomegranate fruit???

[timekeeper]

jehricaholic, on 2012-02-05 13:53:27, said:

Chang_paarp, on 2012-02-05 09:08:01, said:

ferguston, on 2012-02-04 09:32:22, said:

Try Holiday Rent-a-Car on Pattaya 3rd Road.- 8/151 Moo 6. ( The "top" end of the road,close to Tesco/Lotus ).

Falang owned - speak to Grahame,the owner or look at pattayacar-rent.com.

Fair prices, full insurance

I'm another who can recommend these folk. Take your passport the first time, they copy it and keep it on file, saves time and bother in the future.

The owner Grahame is a pom and speaks understandable English   as does his staff, they also remember their customers even after a couple of years. They have delivered a car to me on the darkside (no cost), one staff member with a bike to take the other back, they already had my details so it was painless. A copy of the class1 insurance is in the glove-box along with all the phone number you will need, but we all hope we don't.

pom = Pomeranian dog = Pomegranate fruit???

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[siam2007]

PattayaParent, on 2012-02-05 10:29:01, said:

Phil Conners, on 2012-02-04 12:37:59, said:

Q cars in Jomtien Beach Condo have been around for years and have a very good reputation afaik.  http://qcars-pattaya.com/

Yes Qcars have a good rep among expats working here especially.

I had an extraordinarily bad experience with Qcars (Jomtien branch) a few years ago, which was so bad, that the actual rental of the reserved car didn't actual commenced.....  they treat you like a beggar, not like a customer

[Ungabunga]

Expat Car Rent, at the junction of Thappraya/Thepprasit as mentioned previously have always been good to me
ohhh... and they have a shiny New Ford Ranger in there at the moment, which looks great.

[Rimmer]

Off topic nonesense removed

[Gone]

I think most places are ok but of course it's all 50/50 on experiences etc.

I recommend taking pictures with your cam before signing the contract and making sure the person renting knows that you did.

I found a place last year on the dark side on soi Kho talao just before the big market on the left side that had a beautiful pick-up I rented to go to Chiang Mai and back. Sorry I don't have the name of the rental place but they were great.

Also on soi siam country club, just across the railway tracks on the left coming from Sukhumvit has pick-ups.

[Satcommlee]

There are many, I would use www.escape-rentals.com as I have actually smashed up one of their cars and it was no hassle, just loss of 5000 baht deposit.

They are on Soi Diana.

It's only when you cause damage you'll get to realise how good the hiring company is... Many don't have proper rental insurance, many may keep your passport as security and many will hit you for charges while the car is off-road being repaired.

Anybody else smashed up a rental car and had a good experience?