A Warm Welcome to the new-style Premier Car Hire. It's now more than 18 years since Irene Morrison, still our Managing Director today, set-up one of the United Kingdom's first independant car hire brokers. In a world increasingly dominated by vertically integrated travel corporations trying to palm you off with their "in-house" car company or make a quick buck for an "add-on" sale, it's nice to know you're dealing with real travel industry professionals. At Premier, we live and breathe car hire. We do one thing. We do it perfectly, every time.
Our new site marks our joint venture with CarJet.com, Spain's Nş#1 car hire company, to bring together the worldwide in-depth experience of Premier and the state-of-the-art booking technology that has become the trademark of CarJet.com in recent years. Our new look is more than just a cosmetic change : it allows us to assist customers in real-time worldwide with overheads that are the envy of the industry - which translates into rock-bottom prices. In a fast-changing and demanding world of low-cost aviation, we want to become your preferred car hire partner wherever your travels take you. We don't apply cancellation charges and instead of giving you grief when you need to change something, you'll find we're here ready to help when you suddenly need to reorganise your travel plans.
"... This page contains our great low-cost car hire deals at Canberra Airport on the new PremierCarJet network in Australia. Please remember that despite all the new technology, we're still available by telephone (at no extra cost!) to help you make the best possible choice for your next trip. Enjoy your visit! - Irene Morrison (Managing Director)"
Our rates include unlimited mileage from Canberra Airport. In addition, the following items are included in our car hire rates. This information is for general guidance only since many items may depend on the specific vehicle type you wish to hire in Australia.
All required car hire insurances
All required car hire insurances like 3rd party responsibility, CDW (Collision Damage Waiver), TW (Theft Waiver) and Bail Bond (where applicable) are included in our car hire rates. The vehicle's car hire insurance is subject to an insurance excess value : When you collect the car hire at Canberra Airport, you'll be asked to leave a credit card deposit to the value of the car hire excess : (Depending on the type of car you select) between AUD 385.00 and AUD 990.00. Providing you return the vehicle undamaged at the end of the car hire, this value is returned to your credit card in full. In the unlikely event that you damage the car hire vehicle, your maximum liability is limited to the car hire insurance excess value. The insurance excess for each car at Canberra Airport is explained in detail in our section What's Not Included?
Local car hire taxes & airport charges.
Our car hire rates at Canberra Airport are fully inclusive of local sales taxes (25.00% in Australia).
Arrival times for your car hire.
Our car hire rates include service on arrival at Canberra Airport within normal office hours (08:00-21:30). If your flight arrives outside these times, there is a surcharge of AUD 0.00. This car hire surcharge is payable locally on arrival at Canberra Airport.
The following items are not included in our car hire rates for Canberra Airport car hire.
Fuel is not included at Canberra Airport!
The fuel that you consume during your car hire is obviously not included in our our published car hire rates! On arrival at the Canberra Airport car hire station, you will collect the car hire vehicle with a full tank of fuel against a credit card deposit. At the end of the car hire, return the car hire vehicle with a full tank to Canberra Airport to get a refund.
Insurance Excess deposit.
As explained above in What's Included, the car hire vehicle's insurance at Canberra Airport is subject to an car hire insurance excess deposit (depending on the type of car hire vehicle you select) between AUD 385.00 and AUD 990.00. Providing you return the car hire vehicle undamaged, this value is refunded to your credit card in full. In the unlikely event that you damage the car hire vehicle, your maximum liability is limited to the deposit paid.
Insurance Excess values for Canberra Airport
Values are published in Australia Dollars*
Lost car hire vehicle keys.
Vehicle keys are chip-coded and are costly and timely items to replace. If you lose the car hire vehicle's key, you will be obliged to pay for its replacement (approximately AUD 120.00) plus any associated transport costs in connecting you with a new vehicle key. More importantly, your holiday car hire at Canberra Airport may be seriously affected while you wait for a new key to be prepared for your car hire vehicle. Please take good care of the car hire vehicle key while you're on holiday in Australia!
Off-road or negligent use.
Our car hire vehicles at Canberra Airport are rented for use on the public highways of Australia. They cannot be used off-road. Although a very rare ocurrance, we'd like you to be aware that damage to the underside of the car hire vehicle, frequently caused by negligent driving or off-road use at Canberra Airport (we have had occasion to have to lift car hire vehicles out of dried-up river beds!) is your responsibility. Drunk driving a hire car is considered negligent use.
Traffic fines.
Traffic fines, speeding tickets incurred at the wheel of your car hire vehicle at Canberra Airport are at your own risk.
Vehicle glass & locks.
It is a sad reality that in most holiday resorts in Australia, auto-theft is a day-to-day ocurrance. If you park up the car hire vehicle with personal items inside and, as a consequence, the glass or locks are damaged in an attempt to steal your personal effects, you will be responsible for the associated repair costs to the car hire vehicle. We strongly recommend that you park the vehicle in supervised car parks/garages in the major cities and never leave any personal item inside the car hire vehicle.
The following items can be added to your car hire reservation for Canberra Airport in Australia :
Important : Please note that although our car hire rates for Canberra Airport are published in Australia Dollars, any optional extras that you may require (which are payable locally on arrival) at Canberra Airport in are payable in Australia Dollars. To avoid confusion, all optional extras on this page are Quoted in Australia Dollars which is the currency you will use ultimately use on arrival at the car hire station in Australia. zzinsertexchangerates
Child seats
Child seats are suitable for young children from approximately 6 months of age until 2-3 years of age. Child seats are supplied for car hire vehicles from Canberra Airport on request. There is a charge of AUD 33.00 per rental for these seats which is payable on arrival at Canberra Airport. You must reserve babyseats at the same time as you reserve your car hire.
Booster Seats
Booster seats are suitable for young children from approximately 2 years until 5 years of age. Booster seats are supplied for car hire vehicles from Canberra Airport on request. There is a charge of AUD 33.00 per rental for these seats which is payable on arrival at Canberra Airport. You must reserve babyseats at the same time as you reserve your car hire.
Additional Drivers
Additional drivers do not need to be prebooked, you can process them on arrival at the car hire station in Canberra Airport.
Buy-out of the Vehicle's Insurance Excess
The car hire vehicles at Canberra Airport are sold with an insurance excess. This is explained in the section Whats's Not Included? above.Instead of leaving a credit card deposit to cover your car hire insurance excess at Canberra Airport, you may opt to purchase additional insurance locally to "buy-out" the excess value - effectively removing your liability for vehicle bodywork damage. This option, depending on the car hire vehicle selected, costs between AUD 0.00 and AUD 0.00 per per day. You do not need to prebook insurance excess buy-out, simply decide and pay locally on arrival at the car hire station in Canberra Airport when you arrive in Australia.
Purchasing insurance excess buy-out is not a "licence to kill" and you will still be responsible for items like tyre, wheel, glasss or damage to the underside of the car hire vehicle. The car hire company may still require you to leave a credit card imprint to cover extensions to your car hire contract or traffic fines. See our section What's Not Included for further details.
