13 Car Rental Brands in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal

Reviewed: May 26, 2025

The price is quite affordable. The service is also good. We visited 6 islands this time and rented four cars; this one was the most economical.

Reviewed: April 10, 2025

I had a voucher that clearly stated: an automatic, compact car, like a Ford Focus, hybrid, and included SUPER CDW insurance. The staff insisted they didn’t have a hybrid car, and in addition, they gave me a smaller car. Later on, I discovered I had been given a car from the economy group. They also claimed I didn’t have SUPER CDW insurance, which I specifically booked in order to cancel the excess completely. The representative called the manager, who also insisted that this was what appeared in their system. He, too, insisted that they had no hybrid vehicles, and he also failed to inform me that I was being downgraded to a smaller car. Terrible service from an untrustworthy team.

Reviewed: November 24, 2024

Great

Reviewed: November 16, 2024

The service is fine. It is a shared service with Prime Rent a Car company.

Reviewed: November 13, 2024

all good!

Reviewed: July 5, 2024

Overall service was good

Reviewed: July 13, 2022

O carro tinha 18 danos registados e não reparados. Tive um acidente e os danos novos coincidiam, em parte, com danos já existentes! Paguei mais de 900€ de reparação, por um carro em mau estado de conservação. Como diz o povo quem estraga velho paga novo! Sinto-me defraudado. Vou reclamar na Wayzor

Reviewed: June 25, 2019

It was a great experience, I would certainly go back

Reviewed: November 26, 2021

Great service, nice people!

Reviewed: August 8, 2024

Ponta Delgada Airport is quite small. I visited it 19 years ago, and it hasn't changed at all. The car rental office is located right next to the baggage claim area, making it easy to find. This time, we were given a short version of a Renault Traffic. The trunk is not as spacious as the extended version, so it barely fit seven 29-inch suitcases. The vehicle itself was very new; however, while driving, the lower plastic panel of the front bumper fell off on its own. Upon inspection, I found the plastic panel was already cracked, likely due to the previous renter hitting the underside, which the rental company hadn't noticed. I ended up securing the plastic panel with wire in the parking garage of our apartment. Since I had purchased full insurance coverage from the rental company, they didn't even check when I returned the car.

Reviewed: November 9, 2021

Nissan Micra with 50.000 km of mileage didn’t manage to go up some hills of Acores islands (just on first gear). It’s better to take stronger engine.

Reviewed: May 2, 2020

Have rented from Ilha Verde before and it has always been a very good experience.

Reviewed: January 27, 2020

It was all very good except for the 10 euro paid on collection for cleaning. I don't remember there being any mention of it before. The overall price would still have been extremely good but little hidden charges are so annoying and disappointing. There was a large scratch under the front of the car. This was not marked on the existing damage sheet. However, it turned out they did have a record of the damage, so that was OK but a worry for a while.

Reviewed: January 1, 2020

We were very pleased with the car and the rental price. One suggestion I would make would be to eliminate the charge for cleaning. When we got the car we were told there would be a 11 euro charge to clean the car but we would get this back if we cleaned the car ourselves. My husband hand washed the car plus we took it through a car wash and vacuumed the inside and wiped down all the surfaces. When we returned the car we were told it was not clean enough. We challenged this and after much discussion were credited our 11 euros. I think this is not a good process. I want to affirm that we were very happy with the car during our stay and the staff were very courteous and helpful.

Reviewed: April 18, 2019

Once we arrived on site, none of our 3 card (issued from 3 different banks) matched their deposit system for the car. But no problem, staff offered us right away a solution : to buy a higher insurance for the car that costs 130€ ! All the other custumers we encounter on site have had the same issue and they were all, unlike us, from the country. Everybody was all angry. Don't ever use this platform, it's a con. Interrent that I could talk on the phone too, couldn't do anything, even if they provided the reservation. RUN !!

Reviewed: November 24, 2022

The car met my expectations. Very smooth and fast pick-up and drop-off. Kind and helpful staff.

Reviewed: September 14, 2019

LUIS PONTE was very UNPROFESSIONAL, rude and arrogant.when I dropped off the vehicle the inspection with done with a fine tooth “ per say”. It was a very very thorough inspection. MELVIN even went on his knees in front of every tire to inspect for damage HOWEVER when I picked up the vehicle he wasn’t very keen on documenting all the existing damage on the vehicle. That made me very uncomfortable as if they are looks for tho fa to charge you when you drop off the vehicle.

Reviewed: June 18, 2019

Excellent customer service.

Reviewed: July 31, 2019

We had an amazing car in great condition. The experience couldn’t have been easier. We were met at the airport for pick up and drop off. Operation of the car was explained clearly and was a joy to drive.

Reviewed: November 15, 2019

Everything was ok

Reviewed: July 23, 2024

Satisfactory

Reviewed: September 21, 2022

El coche era lo que esperaba, lo que sin duda no me esperaba fue el trato recibido, ya había visto que a la clienta anterior no la trataron muy amablemente, pero sin duda no me esperaba que nos tratasen tan mal, 2 de los 3 trabajadores son persona súper desagradables, hubo un malentendido en la comunicación en inglés, y el que nos atendió empezó a gritarnos y diciéndonos que queríamos estafarlo y que le estábamos mintiendo, cuando ya me habían quitado ya los 880€ de la cuenta para el depósito. Había hecho la reserva por Internet con la tarjeta de crédito y al llegar a la recogida solo llevaba la tarjeta de crédito en el móvil, por lo que pagué el deposito con la de débito porque su datafono no tiene contactless y como no era la misma el tío empezó a decirnos que si nos pensábamos que era una broma y que ahora no iba a poder devolvernos la fianza porque no es la misma tarjeta , después de un intercambio de palabras y diciéndole que no pasaba nada, llamábamos a la policía para solucionar el malentendido al final nos dieron el coche y nos fuimos, al devolver el coche efectivamente no hubo ningún problema para la devolución de la fianza. Sin duda no recomiendo el alquiler de drive on holidays de ponta delgada

Reviewed: March 10, 2020

No issues at pickup nor drop-off, and they were always available if something came up.

Reviewed: January 10, 2020

The location is not at the airport, however there is a shuttle service. Customer service was good.

Reviewed: November 26, 2019

Service was very good. Pleasant staff. The car wasn't in the greatest condition but the roads in the area are a bit rough too.

Reviewed: November 10, 2019

This company does not have a counter at the airport. Because we arrived earlier at the airport it was very difficult to find out where to pick up the car, after making several inquiries from other at other counters we were told that a bus would should up in the parking lot at some point. by going on line we were able to find a main number in Lisbon and called it, after a 15 minute wait the agent told us that the bus would be arriving in 10 minutes. Half an hour went buy and still no bus, finally we were able to locate a local number and managed to arrange for a pick up to their location a few minutes outside the airport. When we got to the rental location, we were told that our car was not available because we were an hour early and the only choice was to take an upgrade for an extra 60.00 Euros or wait an hour, we agreed to pay the extra since we had to be somewhere quickly.

Reviewed: October 20, 2019

The Pickup place is outside of the airport... Next time I will pay the small difference (2€) on other airport rent car company just to not waste more time on looking for the transfer and the traveling time to the Pickup place.

Reviewed: December 28, 2023

Convenient and fast, good communication in English, highly recommended