October 31, 2020

6 Steps to a stress-free Canary Islands Car Hire

A Guide to Car Hire in the Canary Islands

We’ve put together a quick guide that hopefully answers any questions you have about Car Hire Canary Islands making your experience stress free!

With the Canaries being added to the UK travel corridor recently, they are the perfect option for a quick getaway – sunny, warm, and most importantly, very cheap!

Step 1 – Make sure you have all the details right

Whilst this may sound very basic, it can be more confusing than you might think – a lot of the airports and islands have similar names and often do get mixed up. For example, you have La Palma airport on the island of La Palma, which often gets confused with Gran Canaria Airport. This is also called Las Palmas Airport due to it being in the city Las Palmas!

It’s similarly easy to mix up the dates/times (especially when not using the 24hr clock), so just double-check all your details and make sure everything is correct on the enquiry forms and when entering dates on the site.

Below is just a handy breakdown of the international airports, the islands they are on and their airport codes, and if in doubt just use the code to be 100% sure.

Airport	Island	Airport Code
Tenerife South Airport	Tenerife	TFS
Tenerife North Airport	Tenerife	TFN
Gran Canaria Airport	Gran Canaria	LPA
Fuerteventura Airport	Fuerteventura	FUE
Lanzarote Airport	Lanzarote	ACE
La Palma Airport	La Palma	SPC

 

Step 2 – Do you have any special requirements for Car Hire in the Canary Islands?

Are you perhaps a younger driver, only have a debit card or would just prefer a rental with unlimited mileage in the Canary Islands? These are all things that can create roadblocks with a lot of car hire companies. Fortunately we have lots of offers and special options available for many specific requirements, here are just a few of the deals we offer:

• Debit Card Car Hire – we can accept all standard Visa and MasterCard debit cards, as well as Maestro cards also. The only cards we can’t take are prepaid, Electron and Union Pay.
• Young Driver Car Hire – we can hire to anyone over the age of 18, there may just be a small young driver fee if you are under 23.
• Senior Driver Car Hire – no max age limit on our rentals here, and no extra cost just for being over 75!
• New Driver Car Hire – we can help if you have only held your licence a single day, you just need to be over 18 and have the physical photocard licence.
• Low Deposit Car Hire – we have a minimum deposit of only 100 EUR, very useful for those with a low credit limit or if you simply don’t want to have a large amount blocked on your card whilst wanting to a Hire Car in the Canary Islands.
• Unlimited Mileage Car Hire – no extra cost for unlimited mileage, allowing you to travel around as much as you want to.

It is worth mentioning that if you do have any of these requirements just make sure you contact us directly to book, as not all these options will be available to book on the website.

Step 3 – Booking the vehicle

We make booking Car Hire in the Canary Islands as smooth as possible. Please feel free to just call or email us with your location and dates/times and we can get a quote straight up for you, book in and provide you with all the info necessary. If you want to book yourself just enter your dates on the website and click search to find the cheapest rates. Just make sure that if you have any special requirements though that you do contact us directly.

Step 4 – Collecting your car on arrival

There are 3 different options for collecting, so if you have a preference just make sure that’s specified when you book:

• Collection in the terminal – this is generally the easiest and quickest way, you just have to simply walk up to the desk in the airport, sign the documents and then collect the car, easy as that!
• Meet and greet – also very straightforward and with this option the representative will simply meet you outside arrivals with your name on a board, and again you just sign the documents and collect the car.
• Shuttle bus collection – with shuttle bus collection you just go to the arranged pickup point, a shuttle bus will then collect and take you to the nearby branch where you can collect the car.

Step 5 – Driving in the Canaries

Driving in an unknown country, especially on the opposite side of the road, is not always easy, here’s a quick guide to driving in the Canaries below, and for more comprehensive info see driving essentials

Side of the road?	Drive on the right-hand side.
Miles or km?	KM.
Min renting and driving age?	18 for both renting and driving.
Road tolls?	Very few and all paid on-site when passing through.
Speed limit?	120kph for motorways, 50kph in urban areas.
Documents needed?	Licence and passport.
Emergency number?	112.
Currency?	EUR €.

 

Step 6 – Enjoying your holiday!

And with that you are free to just enjoy your holiday – it’s our job to make the whole process as smooth as possible so that renting barely crosses your mind. If you do happen to run into any issues or emergencies, then we are still available out of hours so just call us straight away if you need anything.

For further info re our service in the Canaries please click the link below.

Car Hire Tenerife

Car Hire Fuerteventura

Car Hire Lanzarote