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If "Poppy" is still renting his car it could be as cheap as p500/day.. Ask the VHire drivers next to Bethel if he's still renting that little yellow car with the black stripes.

It's a stick shift-I was using it to teach my wife to shift a few years ago.

 

My suggestion is to buy a 100,000P beater that works reasonably well and right away advertise it for sale, quoting the date you will be leaving. Cars/trucks in that price range are out there and easily disposable as they are cheap. If you buy right, advertise smart you might end up with your ride for next to nothing when you leave.....

 

Setup a reservation for a car rental using email with Safe Ride Car Rental in Dumaguete. I inquired about renting an automatic small car and the guy got back to me via email quickly about the availability of a Toyota Vios. We exchanged a few email and he stated that the rental rate would be 2,500p a day. I found the price to be quite inflated and then checked their website where it showed 2,300p a day. Calling him on his bluff, he just came back and said that the 2,300p a day is the discount price.

Finally agreed to rent the car for a week and headed over to find them on Alapacoa street. I earlier had asked if they were located East or West of Real Street (National Highway) and he responded East. I asked him for further directions and he said across the street from St. Andrews Cathedral. Couldn’t find St. Andrews Cathedral on Google Maps, but went East and found nothing that looked like St. Andrews. Finally called the guy and he really couldn’t give me good directions. Turned out he was located West of Real Street!

Looked over the rental car and it looked oldish. Dings, scratches and dents all over the car. I cataloged the damage with my cellphone and the rental agent also annotated the car damage on his form. I’d asked him earlier if he accepted credit cards for payment and he stated “yes”, but when I tried to use my credit card, he stated that his dongle on his phone wasn’t working and he wanted cash.

Ended up going to get the cash and renting the car. Found out that the shocks were worn out and the car was very basic, yet clean. Wipers also were worn out, so the rain the other day was a nuisance.

Would I rent from these folks again? Not if I had any choice in the matter. I was tired of risking life and limb on my rental scooter every day, so really wanted to get further out of Dumaguete and see what the mountains and such were like.

 

Had good experiance with Mr.Many of OILMAN CO. oposit Yan Yan (near p.market) 092858714 and/or 09159799040

 

Turned in the rental car with the damage from the motorcycle hitting me. Ended up losing my 8,000p deposit, but the damage to the driver's door and fender was definitely in excess of that cost. I could only apologize to the agent and provided a copy of the police report to him with the motorcyclists name, phone number and address in case he wanted to try and get compensation from him.

 

I usually rent a car locally here in Banilad for around 400 a day. Thats a long term rental for over 3 months. Yes its an old car but its a good runner and getting it from a mechanic I dont have to worry about any problems getting fixed.

 

When I contacted these people 7 months ago they quoted me 25K a month to rent a car for 3 months. I did not actually do it but I thought you may be interested
Safe Ride Car Rental and Tours