Car & Van Hire - Portsmouth Southsea

Portsmouth Southsea

Location Details

Unit 6 St Georges Ind Estate
RODNEY ROAD, FRATTON
Portsmouth, ENG, GB, PO4 8SS

Pick-Up Service Available
After-Hours Returns Unavailable

Hiring a car at Portsmouth Southsea

Located on Portsea Island, the seaside resort of Southsea at the southern end of the city of Portsmouth is an interesting place to visit. Although Southsea is part of Portsmouth, it has its own unique identity and charm. In addition to its seaside attractions, it has well-developed commercial ventures and attracts many visitors for both leisure and business purposes. Well-known features of Portsmouth-Southsea include two piers with amusement arcades, and the seafront Blue Reef Aquarium. Sporting facilities for visitors and locals are also well developed in Portsmouth-Southsea. These include mini-golf courses, tennis courts, volleyball courts and a skateboard park. Some of these facilities and others in Portsmouth are spread out but easily reached by car. If you are in Portsmouth-Southsea without your own transport, why not hire a car and visit anywhere in Southsea or other parts of Portsmouth with the minimum of inconvenience? Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Portsmouth-Southsea Branch has a range of modern cars of various types to choose from. The branch is located at Unit 6, St. Georges Industrial Estate in Rodney Rd, Portsmouth, and can be reached with the number 17 bus from various parts of Portsmouth, including South Parade Pier in Southsea.

Cheap Car and Van Rental in Portsmouth-Southsea

Enterprise ensure that rates for hired cars are always highly competitive and affordable. In addition, Enterprise provide good value for money by offering online deals and supplying well maintained, modern and fuel-efficient cars that keep running costs as low as possible. To ensure maximum savings, book and prepay the car of your choice online. It’s a simple procedure, and it ensures your chosen car or van will be ready and waiting for you.

Portsmouth-Southsea Van hire

If you need a van for picking up and transporting goods or materials, Enterprise have an excellent range of vans of varying capacity for hire. Small, medium and large vans, including Luton box vans with even greater carrying capacity are all available, and as with car hire, all Enterprise vans for hire are well maintained and highly dependable. Learn more about Enterprise van hire

A Wide Range of Vehicles to Hire

Enterprise offer a wide range of cars and vans of various sizes and types to suit the needs of customers. Small family cars, mid-sized family cars, SUVs and people carriers can all be hired, and you can rest assured that whichever type of car you hire, it will be in tip-top condition, modern and stylish, and will serve your purpose perfectly.

Driving Information in Portsmouth-Southsea

Southsea's coastal location at the southern end of Portsmouth is just over three miles from the city centre. The quickest route to Southsea is via North Victoria Road and then South Victoria Road, leading into Southsea. There are many paid and free parking areas throughout Portsmouth, and excellent, two-storey parking facilities are available at Southsea’s Waitrose Supermarket Car Park on Marmion Road.

Rental Policies

Additional Drivers - There is an additional charge of 10 GBP per day for each Additional Authorised Driver.

AGE - All drivers must be a minimum of 25 years old.  Only drivers over 30 years old may rent Full-Size MPVS, Premiums, or Four-Wheel Drives.

For vehicles travelling to the Republic of Ireland, there is an additional charge of 75 GBP per rental. Please call the branch in advance. Vehicles may not travel outside the U.K. and Ireland.

Damage waiver is included in the price of the rental, subject to the terms and conditions of the rental agreement. Damage waiver reduces the amount you are responsible for in the event of damage to and or theft of the vehicle. The excess amounts applicable with damage waiver are- all cars – 1000.00 GBP- MINI MPVs, MPVs and commercial vehicles - 1150.00 GBP all premiums and 4x4s equals 1400.00 GBP.

All rentals where the vehicle is not returned to the same location as it was rented from will be subject to a one-way fee of up to £150. One-way rentals are allowed within all the UK, including Northern Ireland.

In the event of damage and or theft, an excess is applicable which varies depending on vehicle type and location. Excess Protection will cover up to 900.00 GBP of any damage, subject to terms and conditions of the rental agreement. The customer can reduce or eliminate possible financial exposure caused by loss or damage to the rental vehicle. The following excess amounts apply, all cars 1000.00 GBP, MINI MPVs, MPVs 1150.00 GBP, commercial vehicles 1150.00 GBP, commercial vehicles in Northern Ireland 1400 GBP, premiums and 4x4s 1400.00 GBP. Excess protection is an optional coverage that allows the renter to reduce the excess responsibility by 900 GBP. The price of EP varies by vehicle size and the prices are inclusive of VAT - premium location fee applies to airports - all vehicles except commercials - 11.99 GBP per day, Small Commercial Van - 14.99 GBP per day and all other Commercial Vans - 19.99 GBP per day.

Mileage- all vehicles include unlimited mileage.

For vehicles travelling to the Republic of Ireland, there is an additional charge of 75 GBP per rental. Please call the branch in advance. Vehicles may not travel outside the U.K. and Ireland.

Payment- if the rental is not prepaid, the renter must pay a deposit and the full rental charges using a major debit or credit card in his or her own name. If the rental is prepaid, the renter must pay a deposit using a major debit or credit card in his or her own name. The deposit is 200 GBP, or 500 GBP if renting a premium vehicle. Payment by a credit card in the main drivers name will be required to rent premium vehicles .  If the debit or credit card differs from that used to prepay the rental charges, an additional 200 GBP deposit is required. 

Enterprise offers roadside assistance protection – Rap. Rap allows enterprise customers to waive all financial responsibility for the following - tire and glass repair or replacement costs, except when part of a larger repair, replacement keys costs, and all recovery and call out charges imposed by our chosen roadside assistance providers as result of a fault caused by renter error. Rap does not exempt you from these charges if there is any breach of our rental agreement. The price of rap is 4.99 GBP per day.

DOCUMENTATION- ALL DRIVERS MUST PRODUCE ALL PARTS OF A VALID DRIVING LICENCE. NON-EU LICENCE HOLDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMIT IF THE LICENCE IS NOT IN ENGLISH. DOMESTIC RENTERS MUST PRODUCE A PHOTO ID – PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE – AND TWO PROOFS OF ADDRESS SUCH AS A BANK OR CREDIT CARD STATEMENT, WHICH MUST BE LESS THAN THREE MONTHS OLD. INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS MUST PRODUCE A PASSPORT, PROOF OF RETURN TRAVEL AND RESIDENCY INFORMATION WHILE IN THE U.K. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL ID OR CONDUCT FURTHER ID CHECKS. THESE MAY INCLUDE ID CHECKS WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS WHO MAY CHECK SUPPLIED DETAILS AGAINST DATABASES TO WHICH THEY HAVE ACCESS.

Portsmouth Southsea Car Hire FAQs

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