Fill in this form & our trained consultants will compare the price of vehicles and companies (if you'd prefer not to work through a consultant then navigate to our online car hire page), taking the hard work out of your hands. By booking with us you qualify to earn South Africa.TO travel vouchers - merely write a review of your car hire, share photos and we'll send you discount vouchers to reduce the cost of flights, car hire or even cruises.
A few tips to help you hire the cheapest car: (1) If you're willing to pay a bit more for a bit more luxury, please mention this under special requests; (2) Avoid picking up & dropping off the vehicle at different spots, as this pushes costs up, and last but note least.
The main car rental agencies are Avis car hire, Europcar (previously Imperial), Hertz, Tempest, First Car Rental, Budget, Sani Car Rental (was Thrifty Car Rental) and Woodford.
Their main bases are at the airports - Cape Town International Airport (CPT), Bloemfontein Airport (BFN, Braam Fischer), OR Tambo International (JNB, Johannesburg), Lanseria International Airport (HLA, Johannesburg), Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ), East London Airport (ELS), Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (MQP, Nelspruit), Skukuza Airport, Hoedspruit Airport, King Shaka International Airport (DUR, Durban), Richards Bay Airport, Upington Airport and Kimberley Airport. The larger agencies also have a presence in the downtown and suburbs, as well as the smaller towns.
We also cover the full swathe of international car rentals in any city - from London to New York, and neighbouring countries from Windhoek to Victoria Falls.
We can source Hyundai H1's, Toyota Quantums and VW Kombi's.
Criminals like targetting lone travellers at airports, who are carrying laptops. One of their methods is to follow the person to their hotel, and break into the vehicle whilst the person checks in at the hotel. We recommend hiring a sedan rather than a hatchback, so that goods can be more safely locked in the trunk/boot.