Norway Car Hire

[FarmerJim]

We are off to the Lofoten Islands in late July / early August. I know everything in Norway is expensive, but have you seen the price of car hire over there?!?

Does anyone know of any way to get something at a reasonable price over there, while avoiding dodgy back street outfits? Flying in and out of
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes.

[Muzzer79]

Hire car?

Just wait until you get the bill for a beer

[Jag_NE]

Farmers twisting about poverty again...nobody cares,,,lol

[FarmerJim]

Jag_NE said:

Farmers twisting about poverty again...nobody cares,,,lol

Got out of the wrong side of bed this morning, Jag?

FWIW, I'm not actually a farmer. This is just a nick name from decades ago (long story), which has stuck among a circle of friends I have.

[StupidDecisions]

A couple of years ago we saved quite a bit by booking with Budget on the Norweigen site rather than than the UK / international site. Still expensive but a worthwhile saving.
Helped that my wife speaks Norweigen but you could probably manage by using a trasnlation app.

[FarmerJim]

StupidDecisions said:

A couple of years ago we saved quite a bit by booking with Budget on the Norweigen site rather than than the UK / international site. Still expensive but a worthwhile saving.
Helped that my wife speaks Norweigen but you could probably manage by using a trasnlation app.

Thanks for this. I shall give it a try.

[ED209]

https://www.rent-a-wreck-scandinavia.com/location/...

Not used this company myself but know plenty of others who have when going on fishing trips to Norway and who reccomend them.

[MattyD803]

This must be very location dependant. We went over to Norway for skiing last winter (Jan 24) and whilst everything was very expensive, car hire was BY FAR the cheapest component of our entire holiday. 6 days in a RAV4 was only £153! (That was Enterprise, directly from Oslo airport, booked directly with Enterprise)

[JQ]

StupidDecisions said:

A couple of years ago we saved quite a bit by booking with Budget on the Norweigen site rather than than the UK / international site. Still expensive but a worthwhile saving.
Helped that my wife speaks Norweigen but you could probably manage by using a trasnlation app.

We go to Iceland regularly and there’s definitely a local’s rate for pretty much everything. As such, my wife now books everything over the phone, it’s saved us a fortune over the years. Only issue now is that an increasing number of service industry workers don’t speak Icelandic.