Different Ways To Book A Car In South Africa
Sunday, July 19th, 2009If you are thinking about hiring a car in South Africa you need to read this article first. It will highlight 5 ways to book the car. Take a few minutes to go through the article and you will be glad you did. This is one of many write-ups I have posted about Imperial car rental options as well as for other companies.
As mentioned above, my experience on the car hire industry in SA spans a couple of reviews and articles posted all over the net, today, however, I want to focus on some of the most useful ways to book a car. Do not make a choice until you have read all the available options as mentioned below.
Airport Car Rental
There are 3 international airports in the country i.e. there is one in Johannesburg, Cape Town and also in Durban. All of these airports do accommodate car hire companies. In fact you can find a number of companies like AVIS, Imperial-Europcar, Hertz, Budget to mention just a few. This means you can just book a flight and not worry too much about the car to rent as you can sort it out when you get to the airport. For example, if you want to be near a beach you can rent a car in Cape Town or find the best no deposit car hire Durban has to offer.
The car rental companies are not only available at international airports but you can also find them in the domestic ones. This is good if you are interested in renting a car after you connect to a domestic airport from the international ones.
Around Cities and Towns
Car rental companies are all over the country. For example you can find more than twenty locations for Imperial car rental, Avis has more than 20 branches as well. This essentially means you can never be stranded wherever you are in South Africa and you can find some cheap car rental Western Cape companies with ease .
If I were to mention a few of these areas they would have to be as follows; Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Pine Town, George, Plettenberg Bay, Sandton, Randburg, Nelspruit, Bloemfontein, Hermanus, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Knysna, etc.
Hotels offer some car rental services
Some of the bigger hotels also accommodate car rental services. For example in some hotels you can find companies like Imperial and Avis. If you like, you can simply hire their shuttle to take you to a place where you can rent any car you like.
Booking at country of residence
Another option is to simply find a company that operates both in South Africa as well as in your country. Just book the South African car from there and when you get to the airport you will simply go to their office to pick up the car.
Rent a Car Online
When bookig online you are likely to receive some discounts especially when you book well in advance. If you ask me, this is the only best way to use when trying to book your car in South Africa.