Car Hire With A Free Additional Driver

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                Can I hire a car with a free additional driver? In short yes, we deal with a number of suppliers who offer this service and sometimes we can even arrange this with no charge.

                To make your car rental experience easier than ever, we can now arrange car hire with an additional driver. We recognise that driving can be stressful, especially if you are in a foreign country. Our free additional driver service means you can share the driving and take the stress out of car hire.

                Whether you’re planning a holiday to the sunny heights of Spain or cold mountains of France, Our Free Additional Driver option gives you the ability to share the driving and cover more miles.

                We would suggest taking this option if it is available to you, as even if you are not planning to share the driving, this need may arise and you will not be caught out.

                Can I get car hire with an additional driver?

                When you rent a car only the main driver named on the hire will be insured to drive. If you a require car hire with an additional driver you will need to do this when making the booking, it also often comes at an additional cost, although we have certain suppliers who will do this for free. If you wish to add a driver they will be subject to the same conditions as the named driver.

                How to hire a car with a free additional driver

                There are no car hire additional driver specific restrictions, they are just the same as if you where to hire a car yourself, which are as follows….

                  1. 1. The 21 or over restriction still applies*
                    2. The additional driver needs to have held your licence for a year prior to hiring
                    3. There must be under 6 points (9 in some locations) on the additional drivers licence with no major convictions

                *If you are under the age of 25 then you may be subject to a young driver additional daily fee which again depends on location

                Avoid the additional driver fee

                When booking with Indigo Car Hire you can save on the extra cost often associated with adding an additional driver to your rental. It’s dependent on location but we can arrange our car hire with a free additional driver deal in several different countries, airports and cities worldwide. There are a few locations that we can find this deal more often than others such as within the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Australia.

                Which car rental companies offer free additional drivers?

                To provide the best service to our customers we have managed to secure this offer with two large multinational suppliers meaning that you have this option when booking through Indigo Car Hire in a significant amount of locations as they cover a wide area. If you want to find out more about this offer and which rental companies we can arrange it with then please give our fantastic reservation team a call on +44 (0)113 880 0748.

                Should I add a second driver?

                Most of the time it’s Free so naturally we would suggest to jump at the chance, but you have to take a few things into account first.

                Adding a second driver can sometimes be more effort than it’s worth, as the other driver needs to provide their documents in order to be able to hire, just like the main driver, so the decision is completely up to you!

                Top Free Additional Driver Locations

                Are you looking to take advantage of this great offer? Then below we have highlighted some of the most common locations that we get free additional driver queries for:

                This isn’t an exclusive list and just features some of our most popular locations, if you are interested in finding out if we can offer a free additional driver in your desired location then please contact us directly.

                Car Hire With A Free Additional Driver FAQs
                The additional driver isn’t present, can I still hire the car?

                When the car is collected any additional drivers must be present. You can be added during the rental as a second driver if you go back to the rental office, however please let us know that you are planning on doing this prior to the rental. Until the second driver has gone to the office, they will not be authorised to drive the car.

                Can an additional driver return a hire car?

                In regards to dropping the car back, either the main or additional driver can return the car.

                Do I need excess insurance for the additional driver?

                No extra insurance is required for the 2nd driver, the same excess / insurance applies to both drivers, regardless whether they are the main driver or 2nd driver.

                How many additional drivers can I add?

                This varies from supplier to supplier, we can offer 1 free extra driver. Any above this would be added with a daily fee.

                Can I get USA car hire with a free additional driver?

                Yes, we work with several suppliers in the USA who are able to offer free additional driver car hire. Both drivers will be fully covered to drive over the rental duration.

                Can an additional driver pick up the rental car?

                Unfortunately no, the main driver needs to be present when it comes to picking up the rental car at from the selected supplier.

                Do I need to pass a credit check if using my debit card to hire?

                If renting a car in the UK and you are a UK resident most of the large multinational suppliers will carry out an electronic address check to ensure you have strong enough links to the address provided. However most of the suppliers with the exception of 1 or 2, still carry out the same checks so not unique to when you need to hire via a debit card. Key indicator are if you are named on the Electoral Register and named on the council tax bill.

                When renting a car overseas as an inbound client our suppliers do not carry out any checks.

                Do I need to leave a deposit if hiring with a debit card?

                Most suppliers do require a security deposit when renting a car, in the UK we have a range of options. The best value suppliers would request a £200.00 – £300.00 deposit. However we do have selected locations where our supplier does not require any deposit, so a full zero deposit.

                In Europe we have options where you can just leave a fuel deposit of 110 EUR, and there is no mandatory requirement to take the Super Cover as this can be the case with some of the smaller budget suppliers.

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