Canberra - Sydney Airport A new tip for travelling from Canberra is to hire a car for one way travel to Sydney and another for the return journey instead of taking the train or bus or aeroplane.
With the new expressway from Canberra leading right into the airport and bypassing most of the suburbs of Sydney it is a swift and pleasant ride from Canberra to Sydney and vice versa.
If you explore the time taken - from the time you get the vehicle to when you arrive at the airport you will have spent a MAXIMUM of four hours and a half hour in driving time including the picking up and returning of the vehicle. Analyse how long you have to be at the airport to book in for a flight and how long it takes you to get from Canberra to Sydney and then in between domestic and international terminals and how much even that additional journey will cost you. Add up the time and the costs and you will be pleasantly surprised by the comparative costs
The chances are that there is a hire car company that is really very happy to find someone who will take a car that is normally based in Sydney back to that city from Canberra.
Naturally most car hire firms will try the following gambits:
- They will suggest to you that it is necessary to pay an additional fee for taking the car one way. Under NO circumstances agree to this suggestion. Unless the firm is willing to accept that you will be taking one car to Sydney and bringing another one back to Canberra at the end of your travel overseas and so there should be no additional charge for a 'one way' trip. If a given hire car firm does not wish to come to the party my advice would be to shop around! There are lots of firms all seeking to do business.
- You may have to take a vehicle that is NOT the one you have requested. In most instances you will no doubt request the cheapest alternative that is available and very often that cheap alternative is 'not available'. Ensure that there is a "free" upgrade so that you do not incur any additional charges. If the model of the vehicle to which you are upgraded is larger in cylinder size and capacity than the one you booked then it will already cost you more in fuel costs than you planned for. This is usually a good argument to use when you are forcibly upgraded to ensure that no additional charges etc are then levied on you.
