Quick and easy

A relatively large local rental company. There's no on-site location at the airport, so a shuttle is needed. The store is not far and easy to find as it's on the main exit route from the airport. Confirming the terminal with the rental company is essential to avoid long waits. Upon arrival, you'll need to call them, so a certain level of English is required.

Long queue; Long waiting time for the airport pick-up.

There was no Corolla. I ended up with a Nissan, which had a decent-sized trunk. The car wasn't very new. Initially, I thought it wasn't full on fuel, but later realized the fuel gauge was inaccurate. Overall, it was acceptable.

The location was a bit away from downtown area, so I used taxi to get there, not walking distance.

It was easy to use and search available cars.

The car I got was full of scratches n dents which have not been repaired, but when I returned the car, they straight away pointed at a 4-inch line at the bottom of the passenger door which I didn’t even notice as all other scratches seemed more noticeable than that. They claimed that I caused the little line n I was charged $500 for the repair n 2 days loss of rental. I have been renting cars quite a number of times since the last 2 years in Cairns, and all the other car rental companies didn’t even check or maybe just ignored those little scratches that was obviously not even the hirer’s fault. I don’t mind being charged if the car I got was a new one with a clean body n no scratch at all.

As usual, no hassle n everything was smooth