Car hire from Canvas Holidays
If you are planning a fly-drive holiday, we can also book car hire for you from most European airports, in conjunction with Hertz.
To book your car hire, please call our sales team, or request a call back when booking your holiday on line. Our competitive rates vary depending on pick up location and size of car, so we’ll provide a full quote over the phone. Extras such as child seats and roof racks are also available to book.
What’s included?
- Unlimited mileage
- Local taxes
- Collision damage waiver
- VAT
- Theft protection
- Third party cover
Optional extras
The following should be requested at the time of booking, but are paid for locally.
- Child seats
- Roof racks (available in France & Spain)
What’s not included?
- Additional drivers in France, Spain or Italy
- Child seats (see above)
- Fuel
- Refuelling charges
- Parking & traffic fines
- Personal Accident Insurance. This is not required if you have taken out Canvas Holidays Personal Insurance. The excess on Collision Damage Waiver and Theft Protection varies between countries and vehicles.
Additional information
Please take the following into account when you are booking car hire:
- The car hire must be booked in the driver’s name.
- It is a legal requirement when driving on the continent for all children up to the age of 12 and/or under 135cms to use a child seat. Please request the appropriate baby/booster seat at the time of booking.
- The lead driver will be asked to leave a credit card deposit when you collect your vehicle (available credit to cover should be available). Cash deposits are not acceptable.
- At some airports you may pay Additional Excess to Limit in Case of Accident costs when you collect your vehicle,
- All valid UK driving licences should be accepted, but older (all green) licences and Northern Ireland licences issued prior to 1 January 1991 do not conform to the EC model. To update to a photo card licence, apply to DVLA Swansea/DVLNI Coleraine; application forms are available from most post offices. Alternatively, older licences may be accompanied by an IDP.
- If you have endorsements on your licence this may affect your ability to hire a vehicle. You will need to provide your paper licence.
- Minimum age restrictions apply for hiring a car. In most countries you must be over 21 years old and have held a driving licence for a minimum of one year. Different restrictions may apply for luxury cars and people carriers.
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