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.

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…