How Old Do You Have To Be To Rent A Car?

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                How Old Do You Have To Be To Rent A Car?

                The typical age for renting a car is 25, this is over the whole industry as a set norm. We however can offer this much young so donโ€™t turn away just yet! The reason that young drivers struggle to get a hired car and its down to one major factor, car hire companies struggle to insure young drivers and it can be a costly thing to do so many just avoid it.

                Minimum rental ages in different countries

                The rental age varies from one location to another, and even within the same country you may be able to hire a car at a particular age at one airport, but not another. That being said, we have put together a guide that shows you the youngest age you can hire a car in some of our most popular countries:

                CountryMinimum Age
                UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง21
                Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ21
                Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท21
                Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ 20
                Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท19
                France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท18
                Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช18
                USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ18
                Holland ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ18
                Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ18
                Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น18
                New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ18
                Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น18

                Anywhere else again please call us as it changes so much, for example if you are hiring a car in America it can change age from one state to another which we will have to check before you hire, for example how old do you have to be to rent a car in La could be much different to how old you have to be to rent a car in New York.

                Indigo car hire is the best place to come for young driver car hire as we have great deals with suppliers so we can give you this deal in the first place, further more in selected locations we can offer no young driver surcharges for certain ages and locations!

                We also have more information about young driver car hire in more detail so click this link to find out. If you have any other queries you can either call us on +44 (0)113 880 0748 and we will be glad to help or you can email us at [email protected]

                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 ยฃ200.00 โ€“ ยฃ300.00 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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