Car hire in Portugal and car rental in Portugal by Portugal Auto Rentals

These Special Prices available only thru the Internet, cannot be combined with any other promotions

INCLUDED IN YOUR PRICE:

Deliver free of charge to your hotel while in Lisbon, Algarve resorts or Oporto(minimum 7 days rentals).

OPTIONAL EXTRAS:

INSURANCE:

P.A.I - Personal accident Insurance: € 4.92 per day + VAT. PAI is insurance which covers the lives of the driver and the occupants of the hired vehicle.

Rates included public liability and property damage, fire and theft of the car (luggage is not included or any items inside the vehicle). Theft of your personal property left in a hire vehicle is not covered by your vehicle insurance is a time-consuming process that is easily avoided.

Excess Waiver Deductible / Franquia: With CDW, the driver is responsible for a deductible of

Insurance Excess Amount (Deductible): the hirer is responsible up to a predetermined amount for the first x dollars of damage to the insurance for damage to the vehicle which may include windscreen, glass tire or wheel damage and keys locks. This is the only liability in the event of an accident.

All SUPER CDW pay only up to 21 days----Also please note that BUdget charges a minimum deductible of 100 euros on all cars and 500 euros on the Mercedes car groups even if the client buys the insurance SUPER CDW

BUDGET now also sells a extra insurance to cover for windshield(Glass) brakage-1 Euro per day + VAT

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Save money pre-booking your car! If you do not book your car and just show up at the airport you will be charge full fares and not our special fares, sometimes twice of what we charge if you had pre-booked your car with Specialfares.com

How can we book? The best and fastest way to book is to send your name, car desired, arrival and departure date, times, flight information, airport desired and from what city you will arrive. Just e-mail us this information or fax it to us and you will get your confirmation voucher within 2 hours.

E-mail advantage! Nowadays with internet and e-mail you could have your voucher and travel documents at your desk within minutes, plus you could print all the information that we send to you, so there is no mistakes and no hidden charges and no surprises when you get to your destination.

Credits cards: We accept all credit cards at our offices in Portugal. And remember that our site has SSL, (secure sockets layer, 100 % secure site) so feel free to send that info from our server.

Direct payment: If you don't have a credit card, please write or call us for specific details how to rent a car.

Prices are fixed in Euros but payable in Escudos till December 31 2001 and after January 1-2002 in Euros at the day of pick-up and if paid by US credit card (billed in US$) the final price in USD may slightly deviate due to fluctuations in exchange rate at the time of billing submitted to credit card company. We decline responsibility for value variations in the US Dollar against any currencies. The Portuguese currency is changing from Escudos to Euros after January 2002 as all countries that are apart of ECC.

Cancellation: We do not charge a penny for cancellations or changes in the dates of your arrival / departure prior to your arrival in Portugal. Just advise us for the new dates and we will calculate the new value. We do not give credits if client returns the car (early drop-offs) before the time of departure on the voucher after the rental is started.--in case of overbooking by the car company our maximum lialibity is the value of our voucher and you must call us as we are always able to get the car at another company

How can you offer cars at such discounted prices? For two reasons. First, we have teamed up with the biggest car rental in Portugal who have negotiated these favorable rates. Second, we use the internet to do all the transactions which cuts our cost considerably.

Who created Portugal-auto-rentals.com ? The service was developed by Brinkleys Systems S.A an internet company that specializes in online car reservation systems. For a list of other country services, please write to us.

All bookings accepted are subject to fleet availability: Although we will make every effort to meet the customer’s first choice, the Company reserves the right, should last minute fleet availability problems arise, to replace the car request by another of similar or higher category, at no additional cost to the customer.

In case of accident: where the driver is found at fault, the insurance companies decline any or all responsibility for that driver of all damages caused to the hired vehicle or to third parties whenever it is detected that the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol, narcotics, drugs, toxic products or by insanity of the driver or by a driver not in the contract.

Also if the client uses the car in sportive competitions, races, rallies, challenges, contests, bets, etc… Even if the car’s driver is not under the influence of any of the above items but by any means whatsoever destroys our car by his own fault, we shall not refund any amount for the time left to complete the rental. We will only give another car against a large deposit that may cover eventual damages that may be caused to the new car.

Please note that accidents caused by, in the opinion of the local authorities, dangerous driving, or driving whilst under the effects of alcohol will normally invalidate all drivers insurance, which can be a costly and worrying experience.

Pricing Policy: Please note that prices published on this website are subject to amendment at any time.

Budget/ AA Castanheira-maximum liability to its customers shall not exceed the value of the car rental price paid by the customer.

Fleet: Our cars are new and in tip top condition. Our fleet is changed twice a year with 24 Hour road assistance. Automatic Cars and Vans are generally rented less frequently than passenger cars and may be slightly older for this reason.

We have one of the widest selection of cars of any car rental fleet in Portugal with offices at main Portuguese airports, (Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Funchal) plus 25 locations through the country. Our service is on time, friendly, and hassle free. Cars are available inside the arrival halls at all 4 Portuguese airports.

Drivers: must have a valid driver's license, passport and a major credit card in their name.

Age: the minimum rental age is 21 years of age. No maximum age restrictions apply. Premium cars , driver must be over 30 years old and must ahve 2 major credit cards

Driving speed limits: towns: 31mph (50kmh), outside built-up areas: 56/62mph (90/100kmh), motorways: 74mph (120kmh). drinking and driving; blood alcohol limit is 50mg. at official tram stops, overtaking is forbidden until passengers have finished entering or leaving the tram. Carrying gas cans in cars is forbidden. Do not use the horn except to warn of danger. Park on the right. Give way to the right.

Travel to other countries: Travel to Greece, Morocco or any country involved in war is prohibited. Travel to any country outside western Europe must be requested in advance. Travel to Spain requires a Special Insurance. Please call us for details.

-All drivers have to be at least 21 years old (1 year driving experience) to drive cars in Economy groups.

-All prices shown are INTERNET DISCOUNTED PRICES that are only available thru this website and only available to persons that reside outside Portugal and are arriving by plane, train or ship.

Credit card security deposit:

When you rent a car in Portugal a pre-authorization is required for the EXCESS/ DEDUCTIBLE amount of the vehicle (See EXCESS/ DEDUCTIBLE VALUES ). To avoid any responsability on this EXCESS we recomend that you buy the SUPER CDW.

If a pre-authorization is not left then the purchase of aditional insurances are mandatory to reduce the EXCESS to a minimum. If the EXCESS is not reduced to zero a pre-authorization is required for the reduced excess amount.

Even with SUPER CDW and even on small rentals please make sure your credit card has at least 500 euros credit line.

Prices of extras fees may me be changed at any time without notice - Budget charges Management fee if you have traffic tickets / unpaid tolls / or an acident and you dont have the SUPER CDW.

An International Driver’s License (IDL) is required if the renter’s national driver’s license is not in Roman alphabet (i.e. Arabic, Greek, Russian or Chinese). International driver's license must be accompanied by the original domestic license of the driver. UK license holders must present both the photocard and its paper counterpart at the time of rental

JUNE 2010 NEWS--The Portuguese Government has just announced a VAT increase of 1%. This measure will take effect from July1st, 2010.

Current VAT within Mainland Portugal: 20%. VAT after the 01 July 10 will be 21%.

Current VAT within the Islands of Madeira, Porto Santo and the Azores: 14%. VAT after the 01 July 10 will be 15%.

As a consequence of this measure, as from July1st, 2010, all invoices issued for services rendered by all rent a cars companies will be taxed respectively by 21% or 15%.