Cuidado con drive on holidays de ponta delgado

Waited over two hours for the car. The car was in poor condition with an engine noise and under-inflated tires. Almost the entire car had scratches and dents. They tried to charge me a fine for a missing air pump during the return. They refuse to address any issues until you're almost out of time for your flight.

The company's staff threatened me into buying their insurance by saying they wouldn't give me the car otherwise. They claimed that the insurance provided by the rental company is not assurance but merely protection. I couldn't discuss this legal issue with the staff, so I had to purchase their insurance for 16.5 euros per day.

Pretty good, better service than the bigger companies.

We needed to alter our booking with the company as our flight was delayed. This was no problem at all and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Would use them again.

Brilliant value deal

We got a decent price compared to other companies for a 9 passenger, 4 suitcase vehicle. We got there a lite early hoping for possible early departure for Porto. We received it 1 hour late. The clerk scribbled some numbers on a sheet eluding to insurance and tempting me to avoid a 2500 Euro deposit to be charged to my card and instead paying over $200 for insurance that our own insurance would cover. It felt like a pressure ploy. They were focused on it being a 'Mercedes product' but when we got it, the whole exterior was pretty beaten up. The clerk ended up scribbling the whole diagram of the van to indicate where the damages were. Makes me wonder what they did with the money they would have charged the customer who returned it that way. Body repairs were not made. Ride was good, we did 2400 km over 1.5 weeks. On return, we were pressed to get back to the airport, the young clerk who didn't speak English showed me the credit card machine that the return of my 2500 Euro deposit kept getting declined. It was easy for them to charge it! I couldn't leave before settling it. And I was in a rush. Stressed now. Credit card company told me it was not on their end. Turned out the clerk had to correct a computer code to capitalize one of the letters. Avoidable I think, their system shoudn't have any glitches to return such a large sum of money. It was resolved by a supervisor.