Hiring a Driver with a 13-Passenger Van for 5 days

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https://www.1cares.com/ie/en/services/rent-a-van.html

The rental price of van with driver in Ireland depends on several key variables including mileage, service hours, van model and some other variables. That said, we can provide you with an example of price: € 627. This is an average price to hire a van with driver in Ireland with a capacity 16 pax for 8 hours of service with the included mileage of 80 kilometers. However, each situation is unique and the price can well be lower or higher depending on your programme and our availabilities. Therefore, please send us your request and we will provide you with your exact quote in Ireland.

No personal experience, but gives you a baseline for cost

good luck

Using joe’s example for 8 people, which works out to about $78 per person for an 8- hour day, that extrapolates to $1,018 per day for 13 people in the van. And that’s traveling only about 50 miles in a day.

By comparison, our driver on Inishmore, the big island off the west coast of Ireland, charged €20 per person for a tour in his van, which lasted maybe 6 hours, but didn’t cover that many miles, as the island isn’t that big. And that was just for one day, and there wasn’t any luggage.

Do you have a road itinerary in mind, diane? Would your group be starting in Dublin, where more chauffeur options might exist, or elsewhere? Where do you want to go, and where will it end?

This is incredibly helpful, thank you. We originally planned to rent 3-4 cars, but not everyone is comfortable driving, so now I’m exploring more affordable alternatives. Maybe I find daily services from one location to the next? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Our current itinerary is as follows:

Saturday, April 12: Depart Dublin and travel to the Cliffs of Moher (overnight stay).
Sunday: Travel to Dingle (overnight stay).
Monday: Travel to the Ring of Kerry and visit the Blarney Stone (overnight near Millstreet to visit family).
Tuesday: Visit Cork and return to Dublin.

We were looking at a family trip to Ireland pre-Covid with 15 people. We were going to use Butlerstours.com. You can arrange an itinerary with them.

You know, when you rent a 55-passenger bus with driver in the US, they construct a quote using things like:

Loaded miles
Empty miles
Loaded hours
Unloaded hours
Idle hours
Hotel room
Food allowance

I haven't done this in Ireland (but I can easily see why it is a good idea.) You may need to adjust your perspective. This is not like taking a 4-passenger Uber home from a bar after work. It's a complex service in a specific higher-cost vehicle. And you have to consider the value (and level of "certainty") between ONE vendor and multiple-vendors in each location. It is not uncommon in Europe to see a "Rental Car Shuttle Van" (vehicle size) with a trailer to hold luggage. But that greatly affects parking and navigation options.

I would point out that there is a big difference between 9 passengers and more than 9-passengers, especially with luggage to consider.

Hi Tom,

I completely agree—having door-to-door service allows everyone to enjoy the beautiful scenery that the drivers would otherwise miss if we self-drive. Plus, there are plenty of other perks.
I’ve already reached out to a few places for quotes. If it ends up being out of our price range, we can always rent a few larger vehicles as a backup plan.

Be aware that driving large vehicles could be difficult on those narrow roads with walls close to the road and sheep in the road.