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Lack of hire cars causes road bump in plans for a busy summer of Tasmanian tourism
Heather Rusden rushed to book a hire car that would allow her to travel to Tasmania to see family members she’d been apart from since the pandemic began.
Key points:
- Many hire car companies sold about half their fleet during the Covid-19 shutdown.
- Now there is a shortage of cars available and prices have significantly increased
- The federal and state governments are being asked to help solve the problem
She didn’t expect there to be none available until the end of January; and beyond then, be asked to pay $2,000 for seven days.
“I’ve gone through each and every individual rental car company in Tasmania and they’re completely booked out…
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