About Us

Argus Car Hire was established in 1959. Driven by the aim of delivering secure, value-for-money car hire from global car rental companies, Argus Car Hire has grown from a small family-run business to one of the world’s leading online car rental reservation sites.

In the fifty years since we rented out our first vehicle in Terenure, Dublin, the industry has seen a lot of change. Makes and models have come and gone, but Argus Car Hire has always moved with the times. In 1996 ArgusCarHire.com became the first car rental company in Europe to sell car rental online. .

Being at the forefront of the latest technological advancements means we can offer the best possible rates in the market. We use the very latest technologies developed by our sister company CarTrawler, to enable our suppliers to return their cheapest fully inclusive rates to us for each car individually.

Today, our booking engine stocks 450 of the world’s top car hire suppliers and 17,000 worldwide locations so that customers have access to the cheapest online car hire at airports, ferry ports, railway stations and cities all around the world.

Our Success Story:

1996: Argus Car Hire launches Europe’s first English language rent a car website, www.arguscarhire.com.
1999: arguscarhire.com becomes Europe’s first car hire website with quotation and booking engine.
2000: arguscarhire.com becomes the first European car rental web site with WAP phone interface.
2004: arguscarhire.com awarded HSMAI Best Tourism Internet Strategy Award
2004: arguscarhire.com becomes the first car hire provider to launch a unique “3 clicks to confirmation” booking engine offering customers fast access to cheap all-inclusive car rentals deals in Europe.
2005: Greg Turley, CEO and founder of arguscarhire.com shortlisted for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
October 2005: arguscarhire.com becomes the first worldwide car rental company to offer its services on the iMode phone to web interface in Europe.
December 2005: arguscarhire.com wins two Golden Spiders, Best Travel and Tourism website and Best E-Commerce site.
March 2006: Argus Car Hire wins in the Best Service Company category at the 2006 SFA annual awards ceremony.
November 2007: arguscarhire.com is shortlisted for Best E-Business website at Golden Spider Awards.
February 2008: CarTrawler wins Innovation Award at Travel Technology Show, London.
May 2008: arguscarhire.com is nominated for “Best Car Rental Site” in the Travelmole.com awards, in recognition of its design and usability.
September 2008: CarTrawler wins ‘Budgie Award for Innovation’ in London

Our Mission Statement:

Argus Car Hire aims to be the leading supplier of worldwide car hire. We provide our customers with the best value, high quality car hire service through our award winning technology and relationships with global and local car hire suppliers.

We strive to be recognised as providers of quality worldwide car hire solutions while always offering the best value,

We achieve our aims by consistently exceeding our customers’ expectations in every possible area in a friendly and efficient manner, while building strong forward-looking relationships.

Thank you for choosing Argus Car Hire. We wish you a safe and enjoyable rental experience.

The Argus Team

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