Car rental in Aruba

[NewWaveDave]

Does anyone know if there is a car rental in Aruba who:

 

1) has a pick-up and drop-off at the cruise pier?

 

AND ALSO

 

2) allows you to keep the vehicles out later than 6:00 pm?

 

Do the rental places provide a road map of Aruba? Is it any good? WOuld you recommend purchasing a B&B map before going to Aruba?

[adonisr]

The last time we were there, there were rental right at the pier. They give you a map. Not sure how late you can keep the car. We had a great time exploring on our own.

[island lady]

The ships dock right downtown. You walk through the shopping mall area, and find a bunch of rental car agencies ready to serve you. We were docked until 11 pm and kept the rental car till 9 pm. We did a one day rental, which you could keep for 24 hours if you wanted.

I would recommend renting a 4 wheel drive if you want to do the back island adventure. It can get a tad bit rough in areas, like a moon scape atmosphere almost, but really unique. We loved it there.

Cheers!

[lephysteria]

Hi,

 

We rented a little car (there's a picture of it here and here).

 

When it was rented to us, it had TWO FLAT TIRES! ARG! :mad: :mad:

 

We had to find a gas station, and put air back in the tire or else we'd not make it back to the port to return this stupid car! :mad:

All I'm saying is put your hand over the tires when you check it out. This would have saved us a lot of time!

 

IF the car would have been great, we'd have to get the car back by 5pm. That's when it closed.

 

The charge for this POS car was $30 for the day.

:)