Here the weekend is not rented by the odd day: it is rented as a whole window. On the performance cars it runs from Friday to Monday; on the vans, from Saturday to Monday. If the dates you ask for do not cover the car's full window, no quote is produced at all, so it is worth knowing before you choose your collection day.
The performance cars and high-performance estates — the Audi RS5 Avant and the BMW M3 Competition Touring — are rented from Friday to Monday.
The seven- to nine-seat vans — Mercedes V-Class, Ford Tourneo Custom and Mercedes Vito — are rented from Saturday to Monday.
This is not a commercial preference but the way each car's preparation between rentals is scheduled. The window that applies is shown on the vehicle's page, and the booking calendar only offers the days that respect it.
If you choose a Friday-to-Monday car and ask for Saturday and Sunday only, the pricing engine rejects the request: it does not return a lower amount, it returns nothing. The same happens if you try to collect on Friday a car whose window starts on Saturday.
The practical consequence is straightforward: when planning the weekend, the first decision is not the price but which car you want, because the car determines the day the rental starts.
The rental amount is the car's daily rate multiplied by the days in the window. A car rented from Friday to Monday is invoiced for those three days, even if you only plan to use it on the Saturday.
To that you should add the deposit, which is not an expense but does take up available balance on your card for the length of the rental, and any charges that apply afterwards: excess mileage, missing fuel or special cleaning. Traffic fines are passed on at their amount, with no handling fee.
The daily prices, the deposit and the mileage allowance for each car are in the catalogue, which is the only source that is kept up to date. The fleet available today starts at €200 per day.
Each car includes a limited number of kilometres per 24 hours, and that limit is multiplied by the 24-hour periods of the rental, counted from the pick-up time to the return time: a 72-hour weekend has three times the allowance, not a fixed pot per booking.
Kilometres beyond that are charged individually, at a rate that also differs from vehicle to vehicle. If you have a long trip in mind, check that figure on the car's page before booking: it is the difference between a predictable weekend and an unexpected bill on your return.
A weekend is shorter than seven days, so the deposit is blocked on your card and not charged. The amount depends on the car and is shown on its page.
The hold is released after the car is returned, once we have checked its condition, the fuel, the mileage and any fines. Remember that two cards in your name are required, credit or debit: one for the rental and one for the deposit. For people carriers and vans a single card is enough, covering both. For people carriers and vans a single card is enough, used for both the rental and the deposit.
The car is collected and returned at our single point, the Príncipe Pío shopping centre, from 10:00 to 20:00, both on the day the window opens and on the Monday it closes. There is no home delivery and no airport desk.
Not on a car whose weekend window starts on Friday: no quote is issued if the dates do not cover it in full. On the vans, whose window runs from Saturday to Monday, Saturday and Sunday alone are not enough either, because the return is on the Monday.
You collect on Friday and return on Monday, in both cases within the 10:00 to 20:00 opening hours. That is three rental days, and that is how it is invoiced.
Because each model has its own preparation and inspection cycle between rentals. The performance cars open the window on Friday and the vans on Saturday; in both cases the return is on the Monday. The exact window is on each car's page.
No. As the rental is shorter than seven days, the deposit is blocked on the card at no charge and released after the car is returned. The deposit is only actually charged on rentals of more than seven days.
The limit is per 24 hours and is multiplied by the number of 24-hour periods in the rental, so you can spread it as you wish across the weekend: what counts at drop-off is the total distance driven against the total included. Anything beyond that is charged per kilometre at the vehicle's rate.
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