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Second driver in a rental car
If you plan to have a second or third driver during the trip, this is an additional service that you must contract in advance.

You must indicate your name and driving licence number, and bear in mind that you will have to pay a small surcharge.

Cancel reservation of rental car
If you are not going to travel and have to cancel the reservation, you can usually do so free of charge up to 48 hours before the scheduled pick-up time.

Collection of the rental car
The most common place to pick up your rental car is usually the airport or train station in the city where you are traveling, although you can also pick it up at offices elsewhere in the city center.

When you arrive to pick up the car, they may not have available units of the specific model you have requested, so you will be given a model of the same category (or size).

You may even be given a car of a higher category, or with better equipment than the hired one, but they must respect the price.

Isle of Skye in Scotland
Isle of Skye in Scotland

Gasoline in the rental car
In general, the rental car will be delivered to you with a full tank of fuel, and you must return it in the same condition.

Before you return it, it is totally worth stopping at a petrol station to fill up your tank, otherwise you will be charged an estimated amount of this cost, which is always much higher.

Another option you will be offered is to pay the amount corresponding to, for example, 85 percent of the cost of filling up the tank, which will save you the time and worry of filling up the tank before returning the car.

Handing over the rental car
If you have to deliver the car at the airport, make sure you arrive early enough so you don't miss your flight.

Even up to one hour before your recommended arrival time, as the delivery procedures may be delayed by the vehicle's inspection.

Also, the car rental delivery offices may be located in an adjacent area of the airport, from which you will have to go to the terminal by bus or internal service train, which will require additional time to reach the boarding desk.

For example, at New York JFK you will have to go by train to your terminal after leaving your car, and at Luton Airport in London you will have to wait to catch a shuttle bus that runs through the different areas of the airport.

Delivery of the rental car in another city
If you plan to deliver the car to a different location than where you picked it up, in many cases you will be charged a surcharge.

You should inform yourself in advance about this point, as it can make the car rental considerably more expensive.

Where to hire the car
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