Pros: Shuttle to airport was prompt. Free cold water available.
Cons: Very confusing to find. No signs directing you to where it is, even the GPS couldn’t find it. Once we did finally find it, there were no signs indicating where to go or what to do.
10.0 Excellent
17 Apr 2019
Pros: Everything was perfect
10.0 Excellent
21 May 2020
Pros: The staff member was extremely friendly and helpful. The pick up and drop off process was also very easy.
Cons: It was very difficult to find a pick up and drop off place at both airports. I was extremely frustrated!
10.0 Excellent
5 Jun 2018
Excellent service
Pros: Ivan was very kind
10.0 Excellent
2 Jul 2018
Cons: Kayak computed incorrect tax on our invoice. We had to pay another €20 at return. Other than that one thing, everything was perfect. Oh, and one other thing, the directions to return the car need to be a lot more of a step by step type of thing. It simply says return at airport. Uh, yeah. Go to airport. Ok. Then what? Where? This needs to say exactly where one is going. Easy. Small. Needs added. Again, great experience.
9.6 Excellent
10 Feb 2020
Pros: Super easy pick up at the airport counter then a small walk to the garage at the airport to get in the car and go. No pressure on buying extra insurance or upgrading.
Cons: Over all one of the best rental encounters I have had in over 40 years.
2.0 Mediocre
6 Jun 2017
Unorganized
Pros: The service rep in Malaga was very nice and very helpful
Cons: Poor functioning car. Low tire pressure. Multiple notices about service which was due. Had to fill one tire 4 times during trip
Malaga noted car as no damage. Madrid counted all minor scratches and door nicks and tried to charge me for them. They were aggressive and unfriendly.
We were told the car was red and in a certain space number. The car was gray and in a different number and I wonder if they mixed up keys
I rent cars frequently and from Hertz and this whole situation and car will steer me away from Hertz and Avis forever.
6.0 Good
6 Oct 2017
Cons: Misleading fuel option from the pickup agent. I ended up returning the car with a full tank of gas just to learn I somehow agreed to pay for an entire additional full tank of gas. I expect more from hertz.
9.6 Excellent
4 Feb 2020
Pros: The staff was friendly, helpful and spoke enough English to help us through the process. Rental instructions were clear.
Cons: We weren't sure where to drop the car off in the parking structure. We randomly parked it and told the staff where we put it. They were fine with that, but we should have parked it on -2 rather than -1...next time we'll know.
Cons: The Insurance was outrageous; I did not have that same cost in Italy; I was extremely disappointed and asked for less expensive cost; he upgraded the original car to help but cost was prohibitive
9.2 Excellent
31 Aug 2018
Pros: Efficient pick up; car was fine for what we needed it for
Cons: The extra expenses such as airport and drop off location. A bizarre drop off since the attendant wasn’t there. Key left with hotel attendant. I git Confirmation but wish it was a bit easier to figure out since I had to catch a bus.
2.0 Mediocre
6 Nov 2018
Pros: Nothing
Cons: I already paid 45$ for the insurance(by your website) and when I arrived at the office we were told to pay more than 50€ PER DAY ! And we had to wait in the office for more than an hour (and there was no point from booking the car online cuz we already waited an hour!) we eventually rented a car from another company.
We would like to refund our money.
2.0 Mediocre
21 Oct 2019
Cons: The “Audi or equivalent” car turned out to be an entry level sedan. The would not honor the insurance I purchased through Kayak and tried to charge me double for their insurance. I ended up walking away from the counter. Horrible horrible experience.
9.2 Excellent
16 Jan 2019
Pros: drop off was quick after parking
Cons: drop off a little confusing, where to park
8.0 Excellent
1 Apr 2019
Cons: Drop off was confusing. Lady at the counter said that someone in the parking lot will finish my contract up. Gentleman in the parking lot said that's not necessary and that I flcan leave, but he did it anyways. I ended up taking manual in lower class over booked automatic and did not get any refund.
5.6 Okay
8 Apr 2019
Cons: I reserved a bmw. Somehow a Toyota Arus is in the same class. Avis also told me the insurnance I bought through your site was no good. This brings great anxiety through the whole trip when you don’t know whether you are covered or not.
8.0 Excellent
16 Jun 2019
Pros: Location was right at the airport and made for easy check in and check out
Cons: I was attempting to be specific on types of car I would receive and even attempted to speak to Avis ahead of time. I wanted specifically a BMW or Audi and that is what my reservation stated. When I arrived, they said they did not have BMW/Audi unless I wanted to upgrade my reservation
10.0 Excellent
22 Sep 2019
Pros: Car was clean and in great condition
Cons: GPS provided and charged to us did not work in most places outside of metropolitan areas
5.2 Okay
16 Dec 2019
Cons: Agent refused to give receipt then over charged by 300 on my credit card
Pros: The car was clean and ready at the pick up time. It was exactly as described. The customer service was great as well.
Cons: Nothing.
8.8 Excellent
18 May 2017
Need better directions on how to find pick up.
Pros: Car clean, very friendly and helpful staff
Cons: Direction to pick up point not good
6.0 Good
22 Aug 2017
So expensive
Cons: I paid 200 euros and booked a car. When I got there with all the additions and blabla ended up paying 400 euros!!!! It's just too much and it happens every time
5.2 Okay
5 Feb 2017
Cons: I followed your suggestion bought an insurance to cover my rental vehicle at Eurocar rental.
The policy number is PL11319420303 of Allianz Global Assistance.
But at the rental company, a lady rep. said I have no insurance and almost force me to buy their own insurance. I told her I have an insurance when I booked and paid my contract. She still says I need one , otherwise I will get trouble. Finally, she charged me higher security deposit for did not buy Eurocar own insurance.
It is every bad business action to the customers.
2.0 Mediocre
16 Oct 2017
Bait and switch
Cons: First, the counter person was insistent that I had to take the vehicle that they were offering, which was nowhere near what I had requested. They lied to us, saying that they did not have another vehicle, until I told them to cancel the reservation, and went and stood on the Avis line. Then, all of a sudden, another vehicle popped up, miraculously. They still charged the same price, as if a luxury vehicle, and over charged for the insurance. I do not feel that we should have even been charged for the vehicle which I turned in less than 24 hours after getting it. Very bad experience, very poor customer service, not the way to start any vacation.
5.6 Okay
3 Jan 2018
Car pick up in Malaga Airoort
Pros: The car was very nice and new.
Cons: Woman showing us to car was awful! I rented the car and did contract at airport, but she would only speak to my husband.
Very odd, to only speak to males. I ask to take her name to speak to manager and she took off her name tag and wouldn’t show it to me. I told her I’d take her photo then and she tried to grab my camera. Bizarre! Be careful women!
Also did not have car size reserved and had to pay more to upgrade.
Cons: Listed price was just a few pounds. It was not made clear that there was a 30 euro "service charge" for filling the car with petrol - payable even if you returned car full.
Total rip off by your site and the company
2.0 Mediocre
20 Jul 2016
Fuel admin fee????
Cons: I cannot believe I was charged €30 for a "fuel admin fee" despite returning the car full of petrol! Awful.
4.0 Okay
5 Aug 2016
Very long wait to collect the car
Pros: Car was as described, drop off was very easy and well sign posted, you can collect the car with a full tank of fuel. Competitive price.
Cons: There is an extra fuel charge, even if you bring back the car full. Two and a half hour wait at the airport in a very big queue to collect the car. Staff did not explain that the car was parked in the Europecar area which meant it took us a long time to find. Car smelt a bit strange but other than that was clean.
7.2 Good
8 May 2017
Wait to pickup car to long
Pros: Return ok
Cons: Pickup desk slow
4.4 Okay
5 Jun 2019
Was charged €200+ at collection, man on desk very rude
Pros: The car itself
Cons: Huge extra hidden charges despite buying my own cover for EXCESS
Guy on the desk very rude and dismissive, just kept saying I shouldn't hire through 3rd party
Pros: That I hadn't actually put money down-that it was only a hold. That way I could walk away and find another rental car option.
Cons: These were the main problems:
1) ACE is not ACE: That Ace was separately named GoldCar with no link anywhere showing that they were connected-I called their phone with no answer over and over. The signs at the airport for over 10 different rental companies-did not state that ACE was a part of Goldcar- in fact, nothing indicated that they were it. After spending 30 minutes asking different rental car companies who ACE was partnered with, I finally found out it was Goldcar.
2) BREAKING POLICY: They charged beyond what the booking fee was with a strange fuel policy charging me 140Euros (for a fiat) which was not on my booking. When I showed them my booking they still said "sorry, we are not ace so you'll use our policy instead." This was not what I signed up for.
3) DUBIOUS ADDED COSTS: They wanted a deposit of over 1,000Euros as security for the car, or a 60Euro insurance fee. This was far beyond what my full coverage 72Euro booking was supposed to be.
I left in the end. KAYAK should definitely not work with such companies or advertise them as an option.
2.0 Mediocre
10 Oct 2018
Terrible Experience
Cons: No one ever answered our call to pick us up at the airport. We were forced to find another company. I have traveled for 31 years and never had this type of problem.
3.6 Mediocre
18 Oct 2018
Worst pick up
Pros: Any good was overwhelmed by the bad, annoying and vacation-stealing problems. See below.
Cons: Did not like taking a number to talk with an agent, but that was the start. 45 minutes later we went to get our car which was parked in a dark garage so we could not effectively inspect for damage. Rude worker responded “Habla espanol” when we asked where the exit was. Three miles into journey the car began to buck and miss when accelerating. Called company and after 1 hour they picked it up leaving me stranded without transportation. Three hours and four calls later a taxi picked me up to take me back to the airport for a replacement car. Almost 2 hours later, after line standing, I got a car that worked, but like it’s predecessor, was parked in a dark garage so again damage inspection was not feasible and later scratches were found that were there before we picked it up. This exchange took most of 1 day out of vacation. Not a happy camper.
2.4 Mediocre
6 Nov 2019
Cons: You should be more flexible towards customers who make a mistake while booking a car
2.0 Mediocre
16 Oct 2017
Ace who?
Cons: Arrived in Malaga to not find Ace. Not could I not find them but no one had even heard about them.
Ended up renting a car from another company.
3.6 Mediocre
4 Nov 2017
Disaster from the start
Cons: When I rented the car with ACE - there was NO mention that ACE is actually Gold Car in Malaga. When I tried to ask for help, no one knew what I was talking about and had never heard of ACE. I kept showing the confirmation, which clearly had the ACE logo, name and confirmation number. Not anywhere on my reservation did it state that Gold Car was a code partner. This debacle took over an hour to solve after I had to call the office (after waiting on hold for 45 minutes). Finally found the Gold Car pick up desk and was told I had to buy additional insurance, even though I bought insurance through Allianz once I rented the car, which cost an unexpected 150 Euros. The customer service woman at the desk was so unfriendly and clearly hates her job and made for an already frustrating experience completely unbearable.
It was very difficult to find the car in the labyrinth of cars in the parking garage. no one was down there to assist. Once I finally found the car, I was shocked to see that it was a manual and not an automatic. Luckily, I know how to drive a stick but I kept thinking that if this were any of my friends, they'd be screwed since they don't know how to drive one. Again, there was no mention of this on the reservation or gave me an option to choose manual over automatic when i booked the car. My ability to drive a stick was my only saving grace in this whole unfortunate, unpleasant experience. I will never rent a car under these conditions again.
6.0 Good
6 Jan 2020
Pros: Staff was kind.
in the mail "CarRentals.com Car Reservation - Ace Rent A Car Confirmation #CRV9189677" there was not mentioned the REAL car rental company which is was GOLD CAR, this time, we where looking for it more then 30 minits...
I bokked the car and paid for the full insurance (11 EUR for each day) by the CAR RENTALs.Com, and payd for the CAR rental but at the GOLD CAR DESK I had to pay more 279,75 EUR, it wa snot mentioned when I booked the CAR on the rental Page..
COBERTURA Super Relax... 128 EUR... the mann at the service desk could not tell why we ned this... just we have to pay it...
Especialy for the SMART RETURN... it was not easy to find the CAR KEY return DROP BOX...
In that CASE naver again ACE...
BR.
6.0 Good
7 Jan 2020
Cons: It took me more than an hour to find and deduce that Goldcar was the intermediary of Ace, they had a little sign, hardly visible that said Rodeon.
Price with Ace perfect. I decided for an upgrade at Goldcar (Rodeon) and it was ridiculous more expensive. A worthless GPS for 100€!!!. And I had to leave 2000$ for deposit plus €150 for gas, these amounts hopefully I'll get back to my credit card in a week.
2.8 Mediocre
23 Oct 2016
Surprise Charges and bad service
Pros: Car was clean, comfortable and was able to take us to our desired destinations.
Cons: Complete false advertising. i rented for unlimited mileage and was restricted to only 1000km for my travels. It was at least 100km to most of my destinations to my recent journey in Southern Spain. Ace Rental was not even the company i was to rent with and had to find out that it was actually Gold Car who had very poor customer service at the counter. The guy was a jerk and charged me an extra 60 Euros and would not telll me what for. I hated the service provided here.
I was surprised that there are still bait and switches happening
Pros: It’s hard to give any positives. Perhaps the quick transfer back to the airport.
Cons: I reserved a Mercedes SLC (premium convertible or similar car) from economy car rental. When I arrived in Malaga, Spain, I soon discovered that Economy Car Rental didn’t have a kiosk there. They aren’t actually a car rental company, they’re more of a broker. There were no instructions for what to do. So I googled and found a number that eventually put me in touch with a local at “Auto Lido” which was more used car dealership than car rental.
When I arrived at Auto Lido, they tried to put me in a Honda Civic. They didn’t have any convertibles available. The swarthy little man who took care of us informed me that he could do a better price if I canceled my Kayak reservation and rented from him directly. None of the prices they showed me were consistent with the Kayak pricing.
It was only after I asked to be shuttled back to the airport that they “found” a convertible for me at a discounted price. However, it was a 2011 Puegeot Convertible with about 70,000 miles on it. I only took it because I had prepaid the insurance, they discounted the price and no other rental place had convertibles available. We had made plans to take long drives through the country and along the coast in a convertible.
My advice would be to avoid Economy Car Rental.
3.6 Mediocre
31 Dec 2018
Worst Ever Experience in car rental, stay away from Economy rent a car
Pros: Nothing
Cons: I booked full insurance online for 72$, yet the guy at the pickup in Malaga said this is not valid and wanted to charge me again for this. I showed him all papers to proof the insurance but he insisted. He also said that he will charge me for 100 Euro as my booking is full tank to empty tank while in the booking it was only 40 Euro. He said they will pay for someone to go and fill it on top of the fuel cost so it adds to 100 Euro. In total instead of paying 112 Euro for my booking, I paid 250 euro and that was after 2 hours of delay, frustration, fights, calls, ...... my worst ever experience in car rental. Never ever again to book with them.
As a tourist in Malaga, renting a car is the best way to discover the Costa del Sol in comfort. As well as offering total independence on your visit, it is also a cheap way to travel. Rather than booking a taxi or taking other time-consuming public transport, a car gives you the chance to visit the whole Andalucía region, including the neighboring traditional villages and cities, like Granada and Seville, which are only a few hours drive away.
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Similar to other cities around Spain, there are four rush hour periods to watch out for during the day. In the morning you can expect traffic between 8:00 and 9:30, during lunchtime from 12:30 to 2:30 pm, in the early evening between 3:30 and 5:00 pm, and at night from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. During the peak months of June to August, many of the main roads, especially the N340, suffer from large traffic jams.
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FAQs about hiring a car in Málaga
How much does it cost to hire a car in Málaga?
On average a hire car in Málaga costs £14 per day.
What is the most popular car hire in Málaga?
Economy (Opel Corsa or similar) is the most frequently booked car hire type in Málaga.
In the last 72 hours the cheapest hire car price was found at Delpaso Malaga Airport 29004 (5 miles from the city centre).
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How much does a Economy car hire cost in Málaga?
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A Compact car hire in Málaga costs £13 per day, on average.
How much does a Intermediate car hire cost in Málaga?
A Intermediate car hire in Málaga costs £17 per day, on average.
What is the most popular car hire location in Málaga?
In Málaga, cars are most frequently hired at Delpaso Malaga Airport (5 miles from city centre).
How much does it cost to hire a car for a week in Málaga?
On average hiring a car in Málaga costs £99 per week (£14 per day).
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On average a car hire in Málaga costs £424 per month (£14 per day).
What type of car is recommended for driving in Malaga?
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What's the speed limit in Malaga?
When you drive around the center of Malaga, you will need to keep to the speed limit of 31 mph. If you take the motorway, or autopista, the limit is 74 mph, whereas on a dual carriageway, or autovia, the speed limit is 62 mph. The speed limit on Malaga’s main roads, or carreteras, is 55 mph, whilst signposts will show the speed limits on secondary and rural roads. It’s important to drive carefully in Malaga as there are several speeding radars across the city.
How are gas prices in Malaga?
Compared to the rest of Spain, petrol prices in Malaga are relatively low. The average price for a gallon of petrol is $5.48 in Malaga. The best place to fill up is in supermarket petrol stations, which are much cheaper than those found next to the motorways. When you fill up, you must remember that petrol will be purchased in liters, not gallons.
Where are the best places to park in Malaga?
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