{"id":454505,"date":"2026-05-18T07:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454505\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:24:14","slug":"watchdog-finds-shocking-levels-of-problems-with-holiday-car-hire-and-warns-drivers-to-take-care-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454505\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog finds &#039;shocking&#039; levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNb2Z6OWMzemhNNmdMRDFrbXlnV0NKSVE5QkZlX0xSblg5bmFBeUZYM09RZzRBWGpGdzRyeUhuUTBKNHExb1VQOVJQa2ZLZ2FPRE1xM1JCakJGT0FXMEVrWnY2eVNXRzJnV2E3TjVGZWM2dllZYWpRRUEzUmpRbHBaeWdLOEpwQ0EzTHhV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watchdog finds &#8216;shocking&#8217; levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQdGhxNlFOQnNwX0l0Q2hQTl9VYWtjZkFvczlGcTVrV3ZWSDdBbzJzS3JJLWg0MzV2ZDhYU2FlUGR0di1JMUVMZ2FzM0F5Y245bjc2LVdEVjNQNjBXQ3NoRXFSSWszb1NZS1BFWHRKbUlBcm1DUUVUVk54Z3oxWlU5WDNMXzdrODhyeW53Uy00TW1ZNHM5a1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Car hire warning and the joys of small talk<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9gFBVV95cUxPOG1STVFWcFZPWkotOUpsUmxSSjVpYnVDTXoxV0otcG0zZ2dJa1M4ZFpIRGFYeGpKSWdwclVUTWFBUEdCLVZhUU1LVTVWUVhhdExEOEdJaUc1amdSZXB2clg5YWZBY1JFblo2dUZqU2RqWTFUS0Rqb2kyY2NZdkczRUdPX0FuZXlfeFhoVHpYem5vNE13U1AzaUd3U2RvR3NReHhyemV4ZlVibzFBRWtNQkNpdzdqb3ZBR0UtMzRBVVBXRGktT0hxM2RFcW5Tem04dE40RGlWeElpYmxBcHpaS3NwazAxdExHdW94Z2RkbS04X0NBOGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Four in 10 Irish holidaymakers have car rental problems abroad, including issues with hidden fees, survey finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxOVWtHY25LXzV1NzRFbHh3RkMxUkt4TU5nUjJyUm81ckpPR2RJTnJaajJhN0lGMVNZSUZKbXdDdnc5THlodW4tUkMxTHgySVJBZEdEcFpmeVJoRWt6VFpRWTF3WHE0YzY0UGhMMy1KZTNmdFE4YjZNeDBPS0dWMmJZVVM2Tm1CSmh5RXVJYTJjRkRMcmlPazloUlVUYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Hidden fees&#8217;, long waits &amp; insurance hell&#8230; \u20ac2k car rental warning for Irish holidaymakers as CCPC issue 4 key tips<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPVExweGlMWkRqMnIycGl6alA1S2RZckd3dVZNRk80cmVhcDBkbzlaaFpxTnN0Tm9uVDNUS1BENW1kZTg4ZnBXelU3QVhvV2ZPUmNldHc2UDFpNkV0NGo0Q0ItenlRUTZ4aDE0OHNKSGJndko4bC1ELUhUaEF3U2kxWHNmV1JWX0dMM3pLRnlQVm1Gb0N1eVBQWTJDUFJOYnE3emZ6U25HRWdBZW1GQzg3MWlRNjIwd1VQVGlj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two in five of us had problems with holiday car-hire last year, says watchdog<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watchdog finds &#8216;shocking&#8217; levels of problems with holiday car hire and warns drivers to take care&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalCar hire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,197279,197280,43427,91225,16587,61,60,197281,2521],"class_list":["post-454505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-car-rental","tag-car-rentals","tag-ccpc","tag-consumer-rights","tag-holidays","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-summer-stress","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}