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Melbourne Airport
If you're flying into Melbourne Airport and thinking of braving new roads for the first time in a rental car, then you might want a bit of a squiz at a map to give you an idea of the main freeways and roads you'll be wanting to use to get to the city. VicRoads has a site that can help you with this -- it's a Freeway overview. Even better, you can click on the individual freeways for a closer look. This site also gives you an update on the traffic congestion conditions and estimated travel times from location to location.
Another thing to keep in mind, if you're driving from the airport to the city is that a few of the roads are tollways -- but it's all done electronically. You'll need to have organised an e-Tag so you don't end up being slapped with a fine afterwards. CityLink, as it's called, is divided into two sections: the Southern and Western Links, and connects the Tullamarine Freeway, the West Gate and Monash Freeways.
You generally can choose to have a CityLink pass surcharge added to your car rental price when you go to pick up your rental car. This surcharge varies between the companies, but it tends to be around $9 per day. Or you could visit CityLink and organise it directly with them.
Or if you prefer not to part with any extra cash whatsoever, you could always travel toll-free via the Western Ring Road onto the West Gate Freeway. Just be aware that you will be adding another 15 minutes to your journey depending on what time of the day you will be travelling.
Once you've got these things down pat, you're pretty set to take on Melbourne Airport and transportation conditions. Renting the car itself, should you intend to do so, is likely to be the easiest part in all of the holiday/ business travel preparations. Even if you're totally unorganised, all you have to do is hop off the plane and stroll down to desks with big signs saying things like "Avis", "Europcar", "Thrifty", "Hertz" or "Budget" and hop into a spare car.
But if you want a great car hire Melbourne Airport deal, then you should take advantage of the convenience and brilliant prices to be found in organising a car rental through Carhire.com.au.
Carhire allows you to compare the prices and options of Australia's most popular car hire companies in one place. And as Carhire has negotiated special contracts with Avis, Budget, Europcar, Thrifty, Hertz all car rental is discounted, and you can sometimes find specials that are not available anywhere else on the web.
Visit Melbourne Airport to have a look at the weather conditions before choosing your flight outfit. Departure and arrival times can be found here too.
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