Car rental at KEF
Mar 30, 2014, 6:07 pm
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Car rental at KEF
Headed to Iceland for a short holiday and am trying to figure out car rental. Wondering if anyone has advice about which company is best in terms of quality of cars available and convenience of pick up/drop off at KEF.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Mar 31, 2014, 10:06 am
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We rented from KEF the first of this month. Don't recall if we ended up with Budget or Avis, but there are at least 5 companies right in the terminal. Booked it online ahead of time, and cars are right outside the terminal. A little hard to find our car at night (not well lit), but if you're going now, you should have much more light than we did.
Return was to a very slightly offsite depot, where they put us in a van and had us at the airport in 2-3 minutes.
The companies definitely share counter personnel, but I can't speak for if they share vehicles, but the dropoffs were all very near each other.
Get yourself a 4 wheel drive vehicle with high clearance so you can go down some of the side roads. You'll be very glad you did.
Return was to a very slightly offsite depot, where they put us in a van and had us at the airport in 2-3 minutes.
The companies definitely share counter personnel, but I can't speak for if they share vehicles, but the dropoffs were all very near each other.
Get yourself a 4 wheel drive vehicle with high clearance so you can go down some of the side roads. You'll be very glad you did.
Apr 1, 2014, 1:59 pm
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For what it's worth, here's a blog post with lots of links to local rental companies. It's three years old and in Swedish, but Google Translate seems to do a decent job:
http://www.islandsbloggen.com/2011/0...rbilen-pa.html
http://translate.google.com/translat...rbilen-pa.html
The writer is a journalist and frequent visitor and is usually very well informed about the country.
http://www.islandsbloggen.com/2011/0...rbilen-pa.html
http://translate.google.com/translat...rbilen-pa.html
The writer is a journalist and frequent visitor and is usually very well informed about the country.
Apr 7, 2014, 2:14 pm
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And gas/diesel is about $9/gallon.
If you're going anywhere other than Airport/Reykjavik, then you should consider a 4 wheel drive vehicle. There's SO much to see that is just a bit too far down unpaved roads, you'll be quite mad in your Yaris/Fit
If you're going anywhere other than Airport/Reykjavik, then you should consider a 4 wheel drive vehicle. There's SO much to see that is just a bit too far down unpaved roads, you'll be quite mad in your Yaris/Fit
Jun 11, 2014, 4:40 am
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Would a midsized SUV be ok? We'll most likely have 3 people, and we aren't really planning to go nuts off roading. I'm seeing Dollar is offering $485.00 total for the six days we are going to be there. I figure I can probably find a corp code to get the price down, but am kind of worried about the vehicle.
Last edited by JTMurdock; Jun 11, 2014 at 4:51 am
Jun 11, 2014, 5:44 am
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Would a midsized SUV be ok? We'll most likely have 3 people, and we aren't really planning to go nuts off roading. I'm seeing Dollar is offering $485.00 total for the six days we are going to be there. I figure I can probably find a corp code to get the price down, but am kind of worried about the vehicle.
Don't trust the rental car company for those specs, double check on any car stats website to make sure you've got what you need.
Jun 11, 2014, 7:44 pm
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I just used Geysir. They delivered the car to me at our hotel in Reykjavik, I returned it to the airport. Very professional outfit.
Don't bother trying to save money on this, it cannot be done. That goes for the whole island. Entrees in casual restaurants cost $30-40.
Don't bother trying to save money on this, it cannot be done. That goes for the whole island. Entrees in casual restaurants cost $30-40.
Jun 12, 2014, 5:30 am
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Iīm afraid there is no getting round the cost, Iceland is just incredibly expensive. [redacted]
If you are planning on doing ANY off roading then you must get a 4WD. All 2WD vehicles are banned from using the F-Roads (off road tracks) and heavy fines await those that do.
However there is plenty to see if you stick to the main roads, so a 4WD is certainly not a must, it just depends on what you want to do.
If you are planning on doing ANY off roading then you must get a 4WD. All 2WD vehicles are banned from using the F-Roads (off road tracks) and heavy fines await those that do.
However there is plenty to see if you stick to the main roads, so a 4WD is certainly not a must, it just depends on what you want to do.
Last edited by oliver2002; Jun 12, 2014 at 6:33 am Reason: redacted plug for car rental firm
Jun 18, 2014, 6:39 pm
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Iīm afraid there is no getting round the cost, Iceland is just incredibly expensive. [redacted]
If you are planning on doing ANY off roading then you must get a 4WD. All 2WD vehicles are banned from using the F-Roads (off road tracks) and heavy fines await those that do.
However there is plenty to see if you stick to the main roads, so a 4WD is certainly not a must, it just depends on what you want to do.
If you are planning on doing ANY off roading then you must get a 4WD. All 2WD vehicles are banned from using the F-Roads (off road tracks) and heavy fines await those that do.
However there is plenty to see if you stick to the main roads, so a 4WD is certainly not a must, it just depends on what you want to do.
Jun 19, 2014, 5:46 am
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4WD will get you closer to waterfalls and glaciers than 2WD will. If you're only doing the Golden Circle, you don't need 4WD. If you're going to really go for it, and hit the south coast or one of the peninsulas a bit, you'll want 4WD for some of the roads that lead off of the main, paved roads.
It's definitely not just the Mountain roads (F roads) that require 4WD
It's definitely not just the Mountain roads (F roads) that require 4WD
Last edited by Out of my Element; Jun 24, 2014 at 2:21 pm