Is weekly hire always cheaper than daily

Not always, only once the hire is long enough. Below about three days, daily usually wins. Above it, weekly usually does, because the fixed delivery cost is spread across more days. The crossover comes earlier the further away your venue is.

Should I send the buggies back on a quiet middle day

Usually not. A second delivery and collection is two more fixed journeys, which typically costs more than leaving the buggies on site for the idle day. Keeping them on charge in between is normally the cheaper option.

Do I have to count my setup days in the hire

If you need the buggies for setup, yes, and it is worth doing at the outset. The build and takedown are often the heaviest use. Pricing the whole span as one hire is cheaper than extending it later.

Can you quote both daily and weekly so I can compare

Yes, and it is a sensible thing to ask for if you are unsure. Both are itemised the same way, so you can compare the totals directly. We will usually flag the cheaper option when we quote anyway.

Daily versus weekly golf buggy hire, which is better value

By James Brown · Updated 21 July 2026 · 5 minute read

White electric golf buggy loaded on a trailer behind a van on a country road

A weekly golf buggy hire is better value per day than a daily one, because the biggest fixed cost, delivery and collection, is paid once whatever the length. So the more days you need, the lower the cost per day, and past a few days a weekly rate usually beats paying day by day. Ask us to quote both and compare for your dates.

Key takeaways

The daily rate falls as the hire lengthens, because delivery is paid once either way.
The longer the hire, the lower the cost per day, because delivery is paid only once.
Include setup and takedown days, not just the event days.
Leaving a buggy on site over a quiet middle day often costs less than a second delivery.
Ask for both a daily and a weekly quote if you are unsure; it is easy to compare.

Why the daily rate is not flat

If hire were priced purely per day, two days would cost exactly twice one day. It is not, because a chunk of the cost has nothing to do with how long you keep the buggies. Delivery and collection is a fixed journey, paid once each way whether the vehicles stay for a day or a fortnight.

Spread that fixed cost across one day and it lands heavily on that single day. Spread it across seven and it barely registers per day. That is the entire reason a longer hire is cheaper per day, and it is not a discount so much as arithmetic.

Where the crossover falls

Because delivery and collection are paid once whatever the length, the cost per day falls as the hire runs longer, so a weekly rate tends to win once you need the buggies for several days rather than one or two. Where exactly that happens depends on how far the delivery is, since a longer delivery makes the fixed cost larger and tips the balance towards weekly sooner. The honest answer is to ask us to price both for your dates and compare.

The practical upshot: if you are looking at four days or more, ask for the weekly figure even if you only strictly need the buggies for part of the week. It is frequently cheaper to hold them for the whole week than to pay four separate days.

The days people forget to count

The event is not the whole hire. A marquee wedding has a build day and a takedown day. A festival has load-in and load-out. A corporate event has a setup afternoon. On every one of those, the buggy is doing its heaviest work, moving kit and crew before any guest arrives.

Counting only the public-facing days and then extending on the morning of the build is the expensive way to do it. Counting the whole span up front, and pricing it as a single hire, is the cheap way.

Working out what this costs for your own event? Tell us the venue and dates and you will have an itemised written quote within one working hour.

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The quiet middle day

A common situation: you need the buggies on Friday for setup and Sunday for the event, but not really on Saturday. Should you send them back and have them redelivered, or keep them over the quiet day?

Almost always, keep them. A second delivery and a second collection is two more fixed journeys, and two journeys usually cost more than one idle day of hire. The buggy sitting on charge in a barn on Saturday is cheaper than a round trip to fetch it and bring it back.

Just ask for both

If you are genuinely unsure which way your event falls, ask for a daily quote and a weekly quote for the same booking. Both are itemised the same way, so the comparison is direct: same hire, same delivery, and you can see at a glance which total is lower.

We will usually point out the cheaper option ourselves when we quote, because a customer who feels fairly treated books again and recommends us, which is worth more than the difference on one hire.

Common questions

Is weekly hire always cheaper than daily: Not always, only once the hire is long enough. Below about three days, daily usually wins. Above it, weekly usually does, because the fixed delivery cost is spread across more days. The crossover comes earlier the further away your venue is.
Should I send the buggies back on a quiet middle day: Usually not. A second delivery and collection is two more fixed journeys, which typically costs more than leaving the buggies on site for the idle day. Keeping them on charge in between is normally the cheaper option.
Do I have to count my setup days in the hire: If you need the buggies for setup, yes, and it is worth doing at the outset. The build and takedown are often the heaviest use. Pricing the whole span as one hire is cheaper than extending it later.
Can you quote both daily and weekly so I can compare: Yes, and it is a sensible thing to ask for if you are unsure. Both are itemised the same way, so you can compare the totals directly. We will usually flag the cheaper option when we quote anyway.