Avis Terms

Full Terms and Conditions

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Insurance

Rates included public liability and property damage, fire and theft of the car (luggage is not included or any items inside the vehicle). Theft of your personal property left in a hire vehicle is not covered by your vehicle insurance.

AVIS will add VAT taxes to all extras added on arrival.

Security Deposit & Payment Policy

If a pre-authorization is not left then the purchase of additional insurances are mandatory to reduce the excess to a minimum. If the excess is not reduced to zero a pre-authorization is required for the reduced excess amount.

You will also be asked to leave a security deposit for a full tank of fuel as all cars come full of gasoline or diesel depending of the car type.

Avis's maximum liability to its customers shall not exceed the value of the car rental price paid by the customer.

The mentioned values on this sheet are subject to the legal tax 23% (VAT) and can be changed without further notice.

Direct Payment: If you don't have a credit card, please write or call us for specific details how to rent a car.

CASH bookings are not possible at the moment.

Drivers Policy

General requirements: All drivers must have driver's license, passport and 1 major credit card in their name, except Premium groups H, M, D require 2 major credit cards. All drivers must be present at time of delivery. Group H (Premium cars) MUST have two credit cards (1 GOLD) for security reasons. cars cannot go into other Islands bt ferry or any other mean.

Age requirements: The minimum rental age is 21 years of age. No maximum age restrictions apply. All drivers have to be at least 21 years old (1-year driving experience) to drive cars in Economy groups. Compact cars need to be 21 years old. 9 and 7 passengers cars required to be 21 years old. Luxury cars must be over 21 years of age. Group H (Premium cars) requires the driver to be at least 30 years of age.

Minimum/Maximum Rental

Minimum rental is 3 days on all cars - price for 1 or 2 days is same of 3 days.

Maximum of rental: 30 days.

Fuel Policy

All cars come full and client must return car also full to avoid any charges and refueling fees.

Fleet

Our cars are new and in tip top condition. Our fleet is changed twice a year with 24-hour road assistance. Automatic cars and vans are generally rented less frequently than passenger cars and may be slightly older for this reason.

We have one of the widest selection of cars of any car rental fleet in Portugal with offices at main Portuguese airports (Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Funchal) plus 25 locations through the country. Our service is on time, friendly, and hassle free. Cars are available inside the arrival halls at all 4 Portuguese airports.

GPS

GPS cannot be guaranteed and may be charge a fee if returned in a different location.