19 Car Rental Brands in Faro, Algarve, Portugal

Reviewed: December 27, 2024

Friendly people, great help

Reviewed: November 10, 2021

The car was an automatic Ford Focus estate, several classes higher than the reservation. It had quite a bit of cosmetic damage all marked clearly on the documentation. However, the car did everything I wanted, and I would be happy to have it again. Counter staff were very good, probably the fastest return and transfer I've experienced. If there was anything slightly below excellent it was the comparatively long walk to car park P4 and a measure of uncertainty as to where to wait in the car park. However, the shuttle arrived within a minute of the expected time and was easy to find in the car park. Overall, it was a decent alternative hire

Reviewed: November 21, 2024

Very good, I always use Europcar.

Reviewed: June 27, 2024

Very satisfied, a new car with only 2000 kilometers

Reviewed: June 17, 2024

Very satisfied

Reviewed: March 13, 2024

perfect

Reviewed: September 13, 2022

Muy buena atención de Pedro, muy amable con las indicaciones y el auto muy bueno, nos dieron un upgrade en el auto. Lo recomiendo 100%

Reviewed: October 1, 2024

Booked for Jeep Compass or similar. Originally they brought out another vechile, which wasn't big enough. I was told the Jeep Compass wasn't in the price range i'd paid for! Ended up with a citreon C5 Aircross which was very good. Had to buy their £270 insurance (even though i'd bought insurance with QEEQ). as they required a £3000 deposit if i didn't and £3000 sent my credit card into fraud alert after so many transactions in a short space of time.(I think they had me use my card 4 or 5 times in 2 minutes, which i'm sure is a ploy to set alarm bells at the bank). Upshot was, the insurance i bought from QEEQ was redundant.

Reviewed: September 9, 2024

Pretty good and satisfying.

Reviewed: December 30, 2023

Pick up time was not as fast as it could have been with a line of people waiting for checkout staff. Drop off was super fast and all staff were polite and helpful.

Reviewed: June 9, 2023

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.

Reviewed: March 5, 2020

Really pushed to buy their insurance, I was told that the Axa policy excess was only €800 and that the excess on the car was €2100. They did pre-auth my card for that amount. I believe that the girl was knowing quoting the wrong figures from the policies. These people need to be stopped.

Reviewed: August 16, 2024

The store's efficiency is very low, it took a long time to pick up the car.

Reviewed: May 28, 2021

This is the second time we have rented through Surprice Rent A Car and we really like their friendly staff and ease of pick up and drop off. It's very stress free. We will use them again.

Reviewed: December 14, 2019

The company is not at the airport, it's hard to find, and you have to wait for the person renting the car. The deposit is very high.

Reviewed: November 6, 2019

The car had a lot of scratches but I took pictures and they were efficient in checking it was all ok.

Reviewed: October 23, 2019

The staff where putting pressure on us spending more money on all sorts. This was not said when we booked. We ended up paying 171.95 Euros, was disgusting as we had our own insurance they said it didn't cover but it 100% did. As they said they didn't understand my argument they said is this amount or nothing. Then they charged huge amount on the credit card which I still wait to get back. Awful would never book again. We book cars at least 10 times a year and this was the worst yet due to adding money on top.

Reviewed: August 10, 2024

O funcionário Abreu foi muito prestativo

Reviewed: August 17, 2023

Decent car, though fair warning there is significant upswell of insurance at the counter. Guy at the counter straight on lied to my face about many things, such as their cars not having a spare wheel even though it was present when I checked later. Their charges for even minor dents and damages is significant plus they keep adding on extra admin fees if you don’t buy their insurance. I ended up buying the extra insurance though they didn’t seem it make it a choice available to customer.

Reviewed: July 9, 2023

It's okay.

Reviewed: August 8, 2024

Large car rental companies provide professional service. There was a bit of a queue when picking up the car at the airport location, but returning the car was incredibly smooth. You simply park the car, an employee takes a quick look around the vehicle (30 seconds), and then confirms the payment is done. You can leave right away.

Reviewed: June 29, 2024

Seamless car hire

Reviewed: June 5, 2024

Very good.

Reviewed: July 17, 2019

Owned by Europcar (collected from the Europcar desk), so a fast and professional service (not pushy for optional extras) - couldn't have been happier & the little Fiat 500 was fun to drive. Being located in the airport at Faro made if a much faster experience than other off-site companies.

Reviewed: May 13, 2019

It wasn’t obvious that Keddy and Europcar were the same company, but fortunately I knew this from reading the reviews. However, I still found the instructions lacking. Was very happy with the vehicle for the price.

Reviewed: March 7, 2024

The meeting point for the mini bus picking up instructions were not very clear, and it would help if a little more defined.

Reviewed: August 11, 2020

Great

Reviewed: January 3, 2020

Great car great price

Reviewed: January 3, 2020

Great car, great price

Reviewed: October 27, 2019

Są trochę dalej od lotniska, ale to nie stanowi problemu dla kogoś kto ma google Maps. Nie korzystałem z ich transferu. Jechałem pociągiem do Faro. Samochód w bardzo dobrym stanie.

Reviewed: March 5, 2024

I still have not received my insurance deposit of €1900 back after 8 days! Disgusting! Never use them again and if my money isn’t back within the next 48 hours I’ll be pursuing them legally!

Reviewed: December 12, 2023

Did not get the car I had booked, Alpha Romeo for a Fiat not similar imho

Reviewed: November 12, 2021

I was blackmailed into extra charges over 80 € for picking up the car out of hours and a diesel surcharge. I picked up the car exactly as specified in the rental agreement and didn't request a diesel in the first place. Goldcar told me it's the only car they have left so either I pay or leave. They are thieves.

Reviewed: September 19, 2019

pratiquement obligé de prendre l'assurance parce-que l'hotesse a voulu retirer 2 fois la caution de 1200€ donc ma banque a refusé, il a fallu persévérer pour ne pas payer l'assurance de goldcar, je ne passerai plus par ce loueur

Reviewed: August 29, 2019

As expected, the car was working well and perfectly clean. The staff wasn't so friendly but It was late so it could explain why. Deposit need to be done on credit card but it was really difficult to get this info in the conditions so be careful as you have to pay 99euros more if you don't have a credit card.

Reviewed: October 4, 2019

Voiture en très bon état très propre. Service excellent

Reviewed: August 11, 2019

I was frustrated by hidden extra charges.

Reviewed: August 5, 2019

Wrong vehicle provided but eventually changed. Staff unhelpful. Long wait on service. misleading information by staff.

Reviewed: August 2, 2019

Agence de location à fuir absolument. Attente de 2h pour finalement repartir sans voiture. Arrivés à l'agence avec un taxi que nous avons payé car la navette était pleine. Personnel à l'accueil de l'agence catastrophique mal aimable et inhumain.

Reviewed: August 23, 2022

They pushed insurance and the car only had half a tank of gas when picked up. Also, the deposit was much higher than at big chain stores.

Reviewed: May 30, 2022

Good pickup as on-airport and no late charges. Staff helpful but could have explained a little more about the vehicle, as I don't normally drive vans (they just said it ran on diesel and left me to it...)

Reviewed: April 19, 2022

The car was great and the customer service was fantastic!

Reviewed: November 2, 2021

All worked out really well, had car-seats ready to go and no hassle with anything. Would go back to them 100%

Reviewed: September 18, 2019

car was totally different to the one Easy rent cars told me i was going to drive Ford custom 9 seater van

Reviewed: September 9, 2019

I booked an estate car which could fit 5 people and 3 suitcases, when I arrived to pick the car up I was handed the keys to a Clio “estate” this car was not what I booked 2 people had to get a taxi from the airport as they couldn’t fit in with their bag, the boot wouldn’t fit two suitcases in. when I pulled this up with Discovery he couldn’t care at all, just said thank you and walked away whilst I was explaining this isn’t what was booked, the return of the vehicle was a nightmare as well, the area they are in the airport is car park 4, I dropped it back to the office but was then told it was the wrong area and I had to pay the car park fee of €5, absolutely dreadful, I wouldn’t recommend at all

Reviewed: September 14, 2021

No need to queue, but it's outside the airport

Reviewed: March 1, 2020

One of the best experiences I’ve had renting a car for many a year.

Reviewed: January 13, 2020

At pickup: we were shortly after 20:00 hrs, so Autorent claimed a penalty of €35,-- for helping outside office hours! We did not get the car without paying €35. At our hotel we got the message that they forgot to handover my my driverslicense; I had to drive from Albufeira to Faro to pick up my drivers license. At return of the car the checking man was so helpful to drive us to the airporthotel (instead of shuttle to airport). Happy with that (saved a 16 min walk; we had no luggage then).

Reviewed: September 15, 2019

Pickup at Faro was a nightmare. A long walk to the pickup bus and then a long wait. The one bus came and went twice with others queuing ahead of us before we got on it. Return was smoother.

Reviewed: August 30, 2019

I booked an Economy size vehicle but was offered a Mini(VW UP), not impressed. Said that I paid for an Economy size vehicle but made me pay an additional 50 euros to hire an Economy car. It’s a con, absolutely outrageous!

Reviewed: July 8, 2019

très bon rapport qualité/prix annulation caution immédiate au retour du véhicule personnel agréable et parlant bien anglais

Reviewed: October 29, 2019

I have hired before with air auto the staff was very friendly and the service excellent, they are not very pushy about selling any unwanted insurance which is great . I would recommend and hire from them again.

Reviewed: October 14, 2019

Counter staff too abrupt

Reviewed: September 23, 2019

Car was new. Counter staff were polite and helpful. Collection and return of the car was simple.

Reviewed: September 19, 2019

The office is close to the Airport, next time i will walk from the Airport to the office, rather than wait for the pickup

Reviewed: September 6, 2019

Great little car, prompt service at collection point & thorough check of vehicle with staff. Chose due to price of car, fuel policy ( full to full) & unlimited mileage. Very accommodating staff on return of vehicle when running late due to passing accident near airport & held up in traffic.

Reviewed: September 9, 2019

Pour commencer il ne s'agissait pas de la sociéte ACE, mais de la société Rhodium qui finalement était géré par Goldcar, ce que nous ne savions pas en arrivant, et ce qui n'était pas bien indiqué. Après on nous a fourni une Skoda Fabia qui ne correspond pas à la catégorie réservé indiqué comme Opel Astra ou similaire. En plus la voiture était abimé sur toutes les cotés et les sièges étaient très sales.

Reviewed: August 28, 2019

Overall it was a good experience apart from pushy counter staff at pick up trying to sell extra insurance and telling us that our insurance we had purchased would not be valid, not a good sales technique and also untrue.

Reviewed: September 24, 2018

Like: I got the car I reserved at a good price
Dislike: Car hire area is not close to the airport terminal and not that well signposted.

Reviewed: August 20, 2019

The set-up assistant missed informing us of the fuel shortage and strikes at the petrol station in Faro. So in the week when we ran out and kept finding closed stations, we spoke with CS and eventually got to Julie after 24 hours of to and fro. She pulled out all the stops to make sure we were fuelled and ok to go and kept in touch till we were happy all was okk

Reviewed: August 4, 2019

Anna at drop off was exceptional

Reviewed: June 24, 2019

All ready and waiting despite us being delayed 2 hours, courteous, helpful staff, I will return

Reviewed: June 8, 2019

Went to Inter Rent desk but Ended up at Goldcar for some reason. No idea why, maybe you can explain? Service and car were fine, just need to know why I ended up at Goldcar when I booked a Rhodium car through Inter Rent?!?!

Reviewed: April 18, 2019

Will never use them again after we had to pay extra £100 for5 day rental. Best Deal was extra £35 for 5 days with car hire only costing £85 in total in February

Reviewed: April 13, 2019

Good service, friendly staff. Do make you pay an activation fee for the tolls which is a bit naughty!

Reviewed: April 14, 2019

The car quite old, got many scratches, consumed quite a lot of gas, but the staff from bravacar is quite helpful and easy going

Reviewed: June 6, 2023

This was basically just Hertz. Full hertz service but with a lower price tag! They said they weren't too fussed about scratches etc. to the car and didn't try hard to upsell insurance.

Reviewed: June 30, 2019

Très bonne location mais kilométrage trop limité

Reviewed: May 21, 2019

Terrible service on pick up, I use firefly all the time and have never had any problems and so was very disappointed

Reviewed: April 2, 2019

Rental office much further outside the Airport than any other building. Had to walk through another car park and across a roundabout.

Reviewed: November 2, 2021

Friendly, attentive service, and no pressure to sell extra insurance!

Reviewed: September 28, 2021

It's okay.

Reviewed: August 14, 2019

Counter staff are really friendly and helpful

Reviewed: January 26, 2025

Car was fine

Reviewed: December 2, 2019

Terrible experience. They added insurance and roadside assistance without any reason. When you sign the contract, read it carefully! Many parts are written in abbreviations, which they just add without clear explanation. Really bad experience.

Reviewed: October 26, 2019

The check at pickup to reconcile the faults in the car beforehand were not done at all. Also the document I signed at the drop off was not sent to my email

Reviewed: July 26, 2019

annonce tout compris pour 120e lors de la réservation en ligne avec taxe comprise etc et prélèvement de 100e supplémentaires une semaine après la restitution avec explications évasives, aimabilite de la personne a la prise du véhicule a améliorer

Reviewed: June 11, 2019

The wait for pick up was very long with no waiting area. The agent who served me did not clearly explain the rental agreement and I was wrongly charged 350 euros more that what I was expecting as additional extras were added without explanation. Agent at the drop off was sympathetic to my circumstances, but unable to help.