My partner has read several horror stories on Trip Advisor regarding rental cars in Ireland. Several

My partner has read several horror stories on Trip Advisor regarding rental cars in Ireland. Several maine coastal vacation rentals people have reported the same problem: upon returning to the States, maine coastal vacation rentals their credit cards are being charged hundreds of dollars for damage done to the car that they say wasn't there when they returned the car.
We once returned a rental car to the casino in Sydney instead of the airport. Apparently the employee who drove it back to the airport managed to crumple the entire front end. They tried to say that we had returned it that way. Without photo proof we would have been on the hook for a virtually totaled car. It takes less than a minute to take photos of the car when you return it and it's iron clad proof that you didn't cause any damage. It may not be 'necessary' 9 times out of 10 - but that one time that you do it and something happens maine coastal vacation rentals you'll be glad you did!
I really would not rely on hearsay and second-hand information. Comments on Tripadvisor always need to be carefully scrutinized. I can't imagine a well - known rental company (whether it be American, maine coastal vacation rentals Irish or European ) scamming a customer. I've rented from several different companies and have never had a problem.
To get over this take a few more close ups of the surfaces at the before stage so that you can do a proper comparison at the after stage. We ran into this issue this year and while the hire company "let us off" it was frustrating to find our normal technology did not work perfectly.
Hertz are on my personal 3 strike list but many people are perfectly happy with them... What I do recommend is (no matter who you rent from) is that you drop the car when someone is there to inspect it not just drop your keys in a box at the airport..
As a regular on TA I can assure you that the very few "genuine" people who get "stung" could have avoided it, Many complainants moan about the charges for damage they admit they have done and many just complain for complaining sake. a good proportion never went near the car they claim to have hired.. There are probably 50 messages in my Out box sent to car hire complainants and 1 from someone who got back to me for help.