Seven seater car rental in Gran Canaria is searched by seat count, and each car's listing states how many seats it has and whether it is manual or automatic. The driver's minimum age and driving experience are listed per car and can vary even between similar models.
This search begins with collection at Gran Canaria Airport, where the car is met in arrivals. Any credit card the chosen car requires must be a physical embossed card in the main driver's name, carried by that driver at pickup.
How do I check the seats and luggage space?
Each car's listing gives its seating and luggage arrangement as two figures: a seat count and a luggage count, the number of bags. Every car is listed "or similar": the model named is an example.
Extras are offered per car in the booking: an additional driver on the contract, an infant seat, a child seat and a booster seat. Not every car offers every extra, and each extra shows its own cost in the booking.
How should I plan the driving with a larger vehicle?
From the airport, the drive takes thirty minutes to Maspalomas, thirty one to Meloneras and thirty nine to Puerto Rico in free-flow conditions.
The GC-1 runs from Las Palmas to Puerto de Mogan, with a top speed limit of one hundred and twenty kilometres an hour. It is a designated motorway from the airport southward and not between Las Palmas and the airport.
For an inland sightseeing outing, Roque Nublo is fifty one kilometres and sixty six minutes from the airport. Puerto de Mogan is fifty five kilometres and forty five minutes from the airport. Rental cars of every size fall under the road-use limits for your vehicle, which allow paved public roads only.
What if I need an automatic?
Transmission is a field on each car's listing, separate from the seat count. Search results list the cars for the dates and pickup point entered, and changing either can change the cars shown.
The rental agent can refuse the car at any time to a driver who does not meet its minimum age or driving experience.
Which document and payment requirements should we check?
The driver needs a valid national licence with details in Latin script, expiring no earlier than the end of the rental. Copies and electronic licences are not accepted, and an International Driving Permit is strongly recommended where a licence is valid only in its issuing country.
A required credit card or an accepted debit card must be a physical embossed card in the main driver's name.
Standard insurance on no-deposit rental and every other car excludes damage to wheels, undercarriage, windscreen and interior. Damage caused deliberately, by intentional vandalism or by neglect, voids the insurance.
The method for paying the remaining balance, the deposit holding and the deposit refund timeline are stated during booking and in the voucher.
How do we compare the whole trip rather than the daily rate?
A lower-cost rental booked from Monday morning to Tuesday afternoon is charged as two full days, because the minimum chargeable period is twenty four hours. Mileage terms are set per car: some models have no limit, others carry a daily limit or a total for the rental. A return trip from the airport to Puerto de Mogan is about one hundred and ten kilometres.
Fuel, parking, fines and toll roads are paid by the renter. Blue road markings show paid parking and white markings free parking, and green markings in Las Palmas mark preferential parking for registered residents. The sign and parking meter at the space show the conditions for other drivers.
An extension needs advance notice to the rental agent.
What insurance and return conditions matter?
After an insured event, the renter must notify the rental agent immediately and obtain a police report, unless agreed otherwise with the agent. Failing either condition cancels the insurance and leaves the renter fully responsible, and deliberate damage through vandalism or neglect invalidates it.
The drive back to the airport takes twenty eight minutes from Maspalomas, twenty nine from Meloneras and thirty eight from Puerto Rico in free-flow conditions.
The car goes back with the fuel level it had at collection. A car returned so dirty that it hinders inspection is washed at the renter's expense.
Only small pets may travel in the car, kept in their carriers throughout.
Frequently asked questions
These answers cover the practical questions behind the rental. For an existing booking, your voucher identifies the rental agent and the agreed arrangements.
How do I check that everyone and their bags will fit?
Each car lists its seat count and its luggage count, the number of bags. Every car is listed "or similar": the model named is an example.
Does a seven-seat vehicle have an automatic gearbox?
Not necessarily. Transmission is listed on each car, separately from its seats.
Should our group compare one vehicle with two cars?
Every car lists its seat count and luggage count. Each car has its own deposit, card and mileage conditions, and each needs a driver who meets that car's minimum age and driving experience.
How should I check access to accommodation with a larger vehicle?
Each car lists its seat count and luggage count, and the car data has no vehicle dimensions. Blue parking markings are paid and white are free; a yellow line along the kerb means no parking. Parking charges and fines are paid by the renter, and rental cars may travel only on paved public roads.
Do I need a different driving licence?
Each car lists the driving licence category it requires and the years the licence must have been held. The licence must be a valid national licence with details in Latin script, valid until the rental ends; copies and electronic licences are not accepted.