Telephone Direct:
| Sydney NSW | 02 9360 3622 |
| Perth WA | 08 9221 1122 |
| Subiaco WA | 08 9388 3222 |
| Fremantle WA | 08 9430 5300 |
| Bayswater WA (near airport) |
08 9370 3888 |
Our online package includes Damage
Responsibility reduced to $300,
for drivers 25-79 y.o.
(Industry standard $2750)
NO Vehicle Registration Recovery Fee
NO Airport Concession Fee
NO Premium Location Fee
NO Credit Card Fees
(includes our best-priced competitors)
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About Bayswater Car Rental
Sydney & Perth
Below are answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding Bayswater Car Rental along with links to pages with even more information.
This will help you understand why so many Sydney and Perth locals are repeat customers and how we can provide great value cars throughout the year.
Facts About Bayswater Car Rental
1. How do you keep your rates so low? How can your hire cars be that much cheaper?
Bayswater Car Rental has a low cost business model. We have 2,500 vehicles on fleet from only 5 locations (not 25). We do not operate from horrendously expensive Airport depots. From the very start, over 50 years ago, Bayswater Car Rental was structured to keep costs low. Our locations are convenient but not extraordinarily expensive. Our systems are as simple as possible. We are very good at taking excellent care of our cars cost-effectively. We "bulk buy" huge numbers of Corollas from Toyota each year to achieve further savings. All of this saves you money while giving you a great, clean, new car. (To learn more about our business, please go to our About Bayswater Car Rental page.)
2. What are your opening hours?
Sydney
- Weekdays
- 7am - 6:30pm
- Saturday
- 8am - 3:30pm
- Sunday
- 9am - 3:30pm
- Public Holidays
- closed
Perth
- Weekdays
- 8am - 6:00pm
- Saturday
- 8am - 12:00pm
- Sunday
- 9am - 11:30am (Perth City Office Only)
- Public Holidays
- closed
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3. How easy is it to get to Bayswater Car Rental from the airport?
From Perth Airport
Taxi: Approximately $15 (5 minutes to Bayswater office)
From Sydney Airport
A Great Value FREE Inclusion. We offer a free shuttle from Sydney Airport to our office. (This is for Sydney only.)
Sydney City Shuttle – Maximum 2 free fares – Every 30 minutes – Clients pay for their own return to the Airport. (shuttle $12, or taxi). There are meeting points at all terminals.
All you have to do is collect your luggage, telephone 9661 1170 and proceed to meeting point. (To be sure you do not have to pay, you must have with you a printed copy of the Sydney Airport Shuttle print-friendly page.)
Do not pay the driver. Bayswater has pre-paid vouchers to hand to the shuttle driver on arrival at our office.
If you are taking a taxi for the short trip to or from Sydney Airport, you might expect to pay between $20 and $30, depending on conditions and traffic.
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4. Can we return the car after hours?
Yes
In Perth, simply park and lock the car in our parking area and put the key in the "key drop" provided.
In Sydney park and lock the car in our car-park at the rear of our building (enter from Forbes St) and put the key in the secure "key drop box" attached to our building.
Note: You will be charged until the next working day.
5. Do you provide baby seats?
We do not supply baby seats, but all our cars have the required fittings.
In Sydney, Kids Rentals (phone 0414 894 666) will drop baby seats, capsules and boosters to our office in advance of your rental.
In Perth, The following firms will drop baby seats at our offices in advance of your collection:
- Hire for Baby: (08) 9274 8788
- Little Hugger Hire: (08) 9387 8546
6. Do you do one-way rentals?
We do not do one-way rentals. All cars must be returned to the same office as collected.
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7. What about personal privacy and online security?
We do not release, trade, or sell your personal details to any person or organization (other than to Police Agencies when directed by Law). Our online reservation service is located on a secure server that uses SSL encrypting technology.
8. We've seen or heard of Bayswater Car Rental being referred to as 'No Birds' car rental. What does that mean? Why 'no birds'?
We are asked this question several times a day. People have offered theories such as:
- no worries (a real Aussie expression, as in 'no worries, mate')
- no bird poo on the cars
- no hassles
- no women allowed to drive our cars (as if!)
- no 'lemons'
- 'avis' is Latin for birds therefore "no birds"
This is the real story...
30 years ago the large (and expensive) Rental Car Companies used young women to advertise their brands and deliver cars to clients. With our cut price rates we could never afford to offer these services, so we light heartedly used the tag "…no birds" to demonstrate our point of difference. Therefore, after all these years, having seen the logo on hundreds of cars over the years, many people know us as No Birds Car Rental.
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Hiring a car should be simple and free of surprise charges or unexpected risk.
And travel by rental car should be a flexible and cost-effective way to get around Australia. But that’s not always the case if you haven’t been given all the facts when making your decision, or if something goes wrong.
With Bayswater Car Rental, hiring a car really is simple and straightforward. There are no mystery charges. We’ll tell you everything you need to know before you drive away. In fact we’ve designed this website so that all the facts are crystal clear before you make your booking. You should be able to find everything you need to know about renting a car in Australia generally or in Sydney or Perth specifically.
If you have any questions that we have not answered to your satisfaction on the pages of this site, please contact us directly by telephone. (You'll find our telephone numbers on every page, in the left column or click here to see the Contact Us/Locations page)
Other FAQs
For answers to FAQ's in the following areas, please click on one of the links below or use the FAQ drop down menu in the navigation bar at the top of the page.
- How do Bayswater's rates compare?
- Other companies have fees that Bayswater doesn't charge. Does Bayswater have any extra fees we need to know about?
- What is "reduced damage responsibility" or Damage Waiver Protection?
- What documents are required to rent a car?
- What are your areas of use?
- Are there any restrictions on taking your cars to the Snowy Mountains?
- Can I have extra drivers?
- What about petrol when we return the car?
Hassle-free Car Rental and Travel
- What do we need to know about toll roads and paying tolls?
- What happens if I have an accident or collision?
- What should we do if we have a breakdown or problems with the car?
- What do we need to know about traveling by automobile in Australia?