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….
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- 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.