No, VAT is supposed to be 25%, but your summary also say “fees”. I suspect the rental company is hiding part of the cost under fees. Seems sketchy at best, perhaps even illegal. Maybe ask them what these fees are.
Taxes are at most 25% (VAT).
Fees are probably the main bulk here.
If you think this is bad, try renting a car in the US as a foreigner 🙂
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As others have said; “***…and fees***”.
Fees can include a lot of things, I would ask for a breakdown on what fees are included.
Is this done through a norwegian website?
the fees are road tax, toll roads, depending on the terms and agreements also ferries. This is not unheard of. I generally pay 1kr per km in toll roads on average in Bergen, so this is within reason. If you are still unsure, I’d read up on the contract.
Driving in Norway is expensive.
Car rental in general is expensive in Norway. The fees you see might include insurance, fees for foreign drivers licence, fee for drivers under age of 23/25, unlimited miles or other bs that car rentals put up. Sixt is also an expensive dealer, but a general tip would be to check bus-/train access where you’re going. Maybe you don’t need a car.
I justed booked a rental off the Sixt Norwegian website today for 6 days. This is the set up I got:
It depends on several things like; where is it? when are you supposed to pick it up? what kind of car is it, manual or automatic transmission? did you select any extra insurance? Anything extra like GPS? An extra driver? a young driver (under 23 years)?
If it’s in the north during high season and late (after 9 PM maybe) and a big 4×4 it’s not uncommon. A late pick up after the station’s opening hours is possible for an extra fee.
Rental car companies in norway usually have an insurance included in your price with a liability of 8-20 000 NOK.
I used worked at couple of different rental car companies and I don’t miss it.
This doesn’t look like the Norwegian homepage. In the EU and EEA (which Norway is part of) generally fees are not allowed to be added later and have to be included in the main price. It looks like you are in the US page where such practices (som call it freedom) are allowed. I suggest you purchase through the page of an EU country to avoid these “fees”.
Edit: Also the majority here are wrong. The 25% VAT are NOT allowed to be “fees”. They are included in the main price unless you order as a company since companies are exempt.
Welcome to norway, enjoy ur stay
It’s ok because in Norway you got ripped off literally everywhere because people don’t fight for prices. They think Norway is somehow an expensive country where things are magically getting more expensive, lol.
You can check out nabobil
I’m not sure if Norway has the Turo app, but it’s like AirBnB for cars, where you can rent people’s personal vehicles. It’s about half the price of a standard rental agency, and is much more hassle free.
First red flag – you are paying in dollars. Allways get charged in local currency so you get the official/Visa exchange rates and not the rate the company sets as an exchange rate.
As several have said, it is not taxes, but the fees that Sixt screws you on. I see foreigners planning itinearies on r/Norway and they often include a rental car from one city/part of the country to another part of the country. If you do not return the car to where you rented it, expect a hefty fee for the company to return the car for you. That alone could cost hundreds of dollars in fees.
For norwegians it cost 300 $ 3 days, you got 10 days for 700$.
There is a 200$ deposit in fees according to their site
Sixt are scamming mofos. Pulled shady shit in Ireland for me.
Thank you for your contribution to the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, Stranger!!
Here is your receipt:
25 % Sales Tax – 97.245 $
Road tax Oslo-Tromsø – 146.628 $
Empty gas tank? – 50 L Gas (66% tax and fees the rest to Equinor) – 111.569 $
——————————————–
Grand total: 355.422
It’s the hidden charge forall the beautiful scenery
Dude, did you rent a fucking tank?
I’ve been stung like this before, Germany and FRA I find to be a terrible place to rent from, I digress, I just threw 10 days, from the start of Dec into my favourite comparison site, (they have in the past when a rental location was trying to downsize me, called up the rental desk and roasted them on the phone and got me an upgrade instead of a downgrade when the location didn’t have what I booked). The prices are about half of what you are being quoted. I’ve often found these sites have better rates than going to the companies direct.
I just had a look at their Norwegian web site. Its price includes taxes. Their other services and fees are also clearly listed.
It´s most likely more so the fees than the taxes like many here have said.
So the taxes bit threw you off, ey? Ask them directly for a quote on fees and taxes separate.
What business did you rent from?..
You probably got the insurance that waives the excess in case of damage. Those can be pretty expensive. A pro tip is to buy travel insurance, which usually covers such excess up to a given sum, eg $3000, allowing you to just take the basic car insurance with higher excess.
In Canada, I’d say this is mostly normal, but not that high. Our taxes and the such are factored into the price mostly (To hide how much they really are) and we see the HST and other tax on top of that but there’s more. It doesn’t double the price but it is at least 50% of it here in Ontario.
Avoid SIXT as much as you can.
Everything is free… thanks for supporting our free healthcare.
Are toll road fees included in those fees? I’m guessing they are. We rented a car there for a little longer than that and didn’t realize that so many of the roads are toll roads that were just racking up the bill though a transponder. That’s my best guess anyway.
Slightly off topic, but in the US, we usually have no idea how much something or things cost until we check out at the counter. There are various taxes for different things, and it’s always at some weird rate (like 8.94%). European countries include taxes in the price, so it’s easier for people to know how much their groceries or other shopping items cost.
Welcome to Norway, the second most expensive country in the world to live in. The prices here are fucking ridiculous.
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No, VAT is supposed to be 25%, but your summary also say “fees”. I suspect the rental company is hiding part of the cost under fees. Seems sketchy at best, perhaps even illegal. Maybe ask them what these fees are.
Taxes are at most 25% (VAT).
Fees are probably the main bulk here.
If you think this is bad, try renting a car in the US as a foreigner 🙂
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As others have said; “***…and fees***”.
Fees can include a lot of things, I would ask for a breakdown on what fees are included.
Is this done through a norwegian website?
the fees are road tax, toll roads, depending on the terms and agreements also ferries. This is not unheard of. I generally pay 1kr per km in toll roads on average in Bergen, so this is within reason. If you are still unsure, I’d read up on the contract.
Driving in Norway is expensive.
Car rental in general is expensive in Norway. The fees you see might include insurance, fees for foreign drivers licence, fee for drivers under age of 23/25, unlimited miles or other bs that car rentals put up. Sixt is also an expensive dealer, but a general tip would be to check bus-/train access where you’re going. Maybe you don’t need a car.
I justed booked a rental off the Sixt Norwegian website today for 6 days. This is the set up I got:
Expected rental price (net) 3.751,86 NKR
Local tax 628,59 NKR
Expected rental price (gross) 4.380,45 NKR.
So yours seem very high.
It depends on several things like; where is it? when are you supposed to pick it up? what kind of car is it, manual or automatic transmission? did you select any extra insurance? Anything extra like GPS? An extra driver? a young driver (under 23 years)?
If it’s in the north during high season and late (after 9 PM maybe) and a big 4×4 it’s not uncommon. A late pick up after the station’s opening hours is possible for an extra fee.
Rental car companies in norway usually have an insurance included in your price with a liability of 8-20 000 NOK.
I used worked at couple of different rental car companies and I don’t miss it.
This doesn’t look like the Norwegian homepage. In the EU and EEA (which Norway is part of) generally fees are not allowed to be added later and have to be included in the main price. It looks like you are in the US page where such practices (som call it freedom) are allowed. I suggest you purchase through the page of an EU country to avoid these “fees”.
Edit: Also the majority here are wrong. The 25% VAT are NOT allowed to be “fees”. They are included in the main price unless you order as a company since companies are exempt.
Welcome to norway, enjoy ur stay
It’s ok because in Norway you got ripped off literally everywhere because people don’t fight for prices. They think Norway is somehow an expensive country where things are magically getting more expensive, lol.
You can check out nabobil
I’m not sure if Norway has the Turo app, but it’s like AirBnB for cars, where you can rent people’s personal vehicles. It’s about half the price of a standard rental agency, and is much more hassle free.
First red flag – you are paying in dollars. Allways get charged in local currency so you get the official/Visa exchange rates and not the rate the company sets as an exchange rate.
As several have said, it is not taxes, but the fees that Sixt screws you on. I see foreigners planning itinearies on r/Norway and they often include a rental car from one city/part of the country to another part of the country. If you do not return the car to where you rented it, expect a hefty fee for the company to return the car for you. That alone could cost hundreds of dollars in fees.
For norwegians it cost 300 $ 3 days, you got 10 days for 700$.
There is a 200$ deposit in fees according to their site
Sixt are scamming mofos. Pulled shady shit in Ireland for me.
Thank you for your contribution to the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, Stranger!!
Here is your receipt:
25 % Sales Tax – 97.245 $
Road tax Oslo-Tromsø – 146.628 $
Empty gas tank? – 50 L Gas (66% tax and fees the rest to Equinor) – 111.569 $
——————————————–
Grand total: 355.422
It’s the hidden charge forall the beautiful scenery
Dude, did you rent a fucking tank?
I’ve been stung like this before, Germany and FRA I find to be a terrible place to rent from, I digress, I just threw 10 days, from the start of Dec into my favourite comparison site, (they have in the past when a rental location was trying to downsize me, called up the rental desk and roasted them on the phone and got me an upgrade instead of a downgrade when the location didn’t have what I booked). The prices are about half of what you are being quoted. I’ve often found these sites have better rates than going to the companies direct.
https://www.holidayautos.com/car-hire/norway#/searchcars
I just had a look at their Norwegian web site. Its price includes taxes. Their other services and fees are also clearly listed.
It´s most likely more so the fees than the taxes like many here have said.
So the taxes bit threw you off, ey? Ask them directly for a quote on fees and taxes separate.
What business did you rent from?..
You probably got the insurance that waives the excess in case of damage. Those can be pretty expensive. A pro tip is to buy travel insurance, which usually covers such excess up to a given sum, eg $3000, allowing you to just take the basic car insurance with higher excess.
In Canada, I’d say this is mostly normal, but not that high. Our taxes and the such are factored into the price mostly (To hide how much they really are) and we see the HST and other tax on top of that but there’s more. It doesn’t double the price but it is at least 50% of it here in Ontario.
Avoid SIXT as much as you can.
Everything is free… thanks for supporting our free healthcare.
Are toll road fees included in those fees? I’m guessing they are. We rented a car there for a little longer than that and didn’t realize that so many of the roads are toll roads that were just racking up the bill though a transponder. That’s my best guess anyway.
Slightly off topic, but in the US, we usually have no idea how much something or things cost until we check out at the counter. There are various taxes for different things, and it’s always at some weird rate (like 8.94%). European countries include taxes in the price, so it’s easier for people to know how much their groceries or other shopping items cost.
Welcome to Norway, the second most expensive country in the world to live in. The prices here are fucking ridiculous.
Velkommen til Norge