East Coast Car Rentals Reviews 

Excellent experience from the Launceston Airport branch, reasonable pricing, easy pick up and drop off service , vehicle in excellent condition

An incredibly efficient and friendly team. We made a on the spot decision to book a car, easy to do online and speedy pickup on a very busy night. You guys are awesome and will use you next time we are in Brisbane.

Slight misunderstanding between staff meant I was allocated the wrong car and had to return the next day for a replacement which was quickly and efficiently processed. Have used most branches of ECCH and the service and prices are consistently excellent.

Use ECCR quite a lot, particularly when picking up a car at an airport. The instructions to find the shuttle and the frequency of the shuttles are very good. The staff are very friendly. The car in Sydney (RAV4) was excellent but underpowered, the car in Melbourne was OK but high mileage and tinny (MG). Returns and pick up are generally processed quickly

Quick pickup from airport.
Reasonable price to hire the vehicle.
BTW, the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid is under-powered and struggles up hills. IMHO. But that's not their fault. I was expecting a vehicle 5 years old, but the one supplied had only done 5000 km.
Quick delivery back to the airport by their shuttle-bus.

Easy pick up and transfer to and from the airport. Simple and understandable booking.

Outrageous Charges

East Car Rental told us to buy additional insurance when picking up the car but as we bought full proection from rentalcover.com, we did not buy full protection twice.

Upon returning the car on December 25, there was a small scratch on the bumper which looks like the paint was scratched off (around 1-2cm), the customer service said they will need to charge AUD1000 as deposit although it can be up to AUD5500 for major damages. However, rest assure, it should be much less and that we will likely get a refund. On that basis, we paid the AUD1000 and left.

I emailed a week later on the final cost and did not hear from them until end Jan 2025 (one month later). They put together a full report which includes an assessor fee, 5 days loss of rental income, processing fee etc,,, and asked us to pay an additional AUD1449 which is a total of AUD2449 for a small scratch (1-2cm).

The amount seems so outrageous we emailed to ask and they said it is NOT a small damage!!
They further said if we don't pay by the due date, they will pass the outstanding to an external party to collect and that we will be responsible for any additional charges.

Lesson learnt, we will NEVER rent from East Coast car rental ever again and will choose more reputable and reliable bigger car rental companies such as Europcar, Avis, Thristy...

This is the first time we ever rented from East Coast and will be the last.

No fuss, easy to understand information.
Friendly helpful staff.
A very pleasant experience.

Very good service from the moment I got the car to the moment I handed it back

Consistently easy to deal with when picking up my vehicles. Great customer service, and always new cars. I use them every year when visiting Australia and I find the rates are better than the big companies..

Great service. Easy pick up and drop off. Happy to accommodate my date changes.

I travel to Cairns multiple time a year and always use the service of ECCR. They offer cheaper service than the rental agencies at the airport. The service is great, starting from the excellent arrangement of the shuttle minibus between the airport terminal and the rental office. Cars are in very good condition. I often get a free upgrade of car category. The process of getting and returning the car is quick and easy.

We've rented a car from East Coast Car Rentals several times from Melbourne and Adelaide. They have been excellent on every occasion.
Excellent service, excellent value for money.
Our go to car rental company

I have noticed there has been another attempt of a payment taken from my account this morning, and to be truthful, you won’t be getting the $148.50 from my account, because I’ll make sure there isn’t $148.50 in the account for you to take.

The charge is completely unfair. I’m happy to pay for the fuel that I owe but it definitely is not that much. I’m giving you until the end of today to come up with a solution to solve this, in a fair and even manner, or I’ll be closing down the bank account.

There is multiple reasons this charge isn’t fair;
I wasn’t aware that the car had to be brought back with the exact amount of fuel it had been given to me with (which does make sense, and I do understand, hence why I’m happy to pay for the fuel)
I dropped the car off at your Brisbane depot with 1 hour spare, where the guy who collected the car from me asked me about the petrol, however didn’t bother to tell me that the petrol needs to be filled. So I could have gone out to fill up and come back.
I drove the car over 200 miles down the east coast, where I had filled up the petrol that morning, otherwise I wouldn’t have been made it to Brisbane.
It’s not $148.50 (£75) worth of fuel, I wasn’t born yesterday.
I’ve also been invoiced, where it says there’s 2 bars of petrol, when there is clearly 3 on the photograph. You’re trying to squeeze every penny you can out of me.

Furthermore, from when I emailed this to you. You proceeded to try and take smaller payments from my account, without even emailing me back?

Modern clean fleet to choose from with super cheap daily prices. Depot is outside airport but the shuttle service is great and it is an easy 5km trip. Service at the depot was awesome with plenty of smiling faces. Drop off back to airport was super quick. Overall 5 star service and will be using them for my Tassie golf trips now on

The whole process was super easy, from booking, to pick up and hand over to returning the car at the end of my trip. The team were super friendly and helpful the whole way. Thanks guys!

Great service friendly people and a good car was supplied , all the safety gear in it was top spec for a good price and the car was in very condition , and the shuttles service form the air port was excellent and efficient. Return was quick and no hassle.

All went to plan on our holiday, car was exactly what we booked and staff were very helpful and friendly, will use again on next visit to Tassie

What a great experience from East Coast Car Rentals. We would definitely use them again. Firstly, the welcome was warm and friendly. Secondly, our travel agent had completely ballsed up our booking and booked it for next year, so when we arrived we have no car waiting for us. The team were patient and supportive whilst we spend hours on the phone to our travel agent and car rental broker and did everything they could to try and help us. Eventually, we found a solution and Eastcoast found us a car. The car was in excellent order, we had no issues with any paperwork or process and when we returned the car, we were directly invited into a shuttle bus and transported back to the airport.

The whole process was a delight, the staff were warm and friendly and everything was simple and clear.

Hired a car in January 2025 - easy pick up without normal delay - transfer from and to airport great. When we dropped off car they said stay in and took us straight to airport in the hire car. Staff efficient, car clean and photos taken and sent prior to leaving yard. Highly recommend