HERTZ Rental Cars at Lisbon Airport

Lisbon Airport is located between the districts of Loures and Lisboa, in Portugal, and is the largest airport of the country. It is also well known as the Lisbon Portela Airport, due to its location nearby the suburb of Portela, and is recognised by its official code of LIS. The airport is a major hub for airline companies such as TAP Portugal, Easyjet, SATA International and White Airways, and serves over 29 million passengers per annum. Although many bus services are available from the airport’s terminals, passengers often prefer to rent a car, from one of the Lisbon Airport car hire companies, such as Hertz. Hertz has car rental locations across the globe, and operates a huge fleet of cars for hire.

There are two terminal buildings at Lisbon Airport, of which Terminal 1 is considered to be the main passenger facility, handling all international flights of the airport. Terminal 2 serves scheduled domestic flights, and was opened in 2007. The car rental companies are found in the arrival areas of the airport, nearby the baggage reclaim halls, and Hertz, at this rental location, is open year round from 06:00 to 01:00. Lisbon Airport can be very busy, and therefore it is recommended for passengers to reserve their rented cars in advance, either over the phone or from the internet. Various online sources for Hertz rentals are available, including the official Hertz website.

Hertz Lisbon Airport offers the special services of child seat rentals and Gold Counter Service, and the Hertz NeverLost, In-Car Navigation system is available for hire as well. For all customers who are unfamiliar with this area of Portugal, a satellite navigation system such as this one is the ideal option. It provides its users with turn-by-turn directions in voice or visual mode, and offers a variety of other features which make finding any destination an easy task. Drivers will be able to locate their exact position at any time with the Instant Locate feature, or find the quickest or easiest way to travel with the Route Method. The GPS units from Hertz also come pre-programmed with a list of all the Hertz return locations in Europe, ideal for customers who have arranged a one way hire from Lisbon Airport, and a list of points of interest, useful for finding the nearest gas station, hotel, pharmacy, restaurant, shopping center, tourist attraction etc. From Lisbon Airport, one way hires allow the customer to return their vehicle to a different rental location, and are most convenient for those who are not driving back to the airport.

Gold Counter Service at Lisbon Airport, Hertz, is available for all members of the Hertz #1 Club Gold. Gold members receive preferential services at thousands of rental locations around the world, and benefit from many additional services and discounts. This membership is only applicable to renters who have requested a vehicle from Hertz three or more times in a twelve month period, but all Hertz customers can apply for a Hertz #1 Club membership, to receive a number of benefits as well. Special services for members include the Hertz Express Service, for speedier rentals, and the Hertz Instant Return option, for quicker and easier returns.

The Lisbon Airport car rental companies offer a number of services for disabled drivers as well, and all areas of the terminal buildings can be easily accessed by someone in a wheelchair. For drivers with a lower limb deficiency, hand controls may be requested, and is a device fitted onto an automatic vehicle operating the brake and accelerator pedals. At Lisbon Airport, hand controls should be booked in advance, and are also offered free of charge. For someone unable to drive due to disability, Hertz allows a free additional driver. In this case, the disabled person can still be the primary renter, and use his/her credit card to pay for the rental period, but the drivers license of the designated driver will be used to validate the rental agreement.

Vehicles from Hertz are divided into various car groups, and three collections contain vehicles which can be reserved by their specific makes and models. From the majority of Lisbon Airport car hire companies, customers may only select a category, and receive a vehicle which is similar to the example car of that group, but customers of Hertz can choose the exact car that they would like to drive. The Green Collection contains environmentally friendly cars which are light on fuel, such as the Renault Clio, Ford Focus Trend 1.6, Skoda Octavia and VW Jetta, while the Fun Collection has an interesting range of Mini Cooper models, convertibles and larger sized vehicles, for example, the BMW X1, Ford S-Max Titanium, Volvo XC60 and Volvo S60. The third collection contains prestige vehicles, manufactured by Mercedes and Volvo.

For more ordinary car rentals from Hertz, customers can choose the car category, and drive the Chevrolet Spark, Toyota Yaris, Opel Astra or Opel Insignia. The Mercedes B180 is also available with an automatic transmission. Families may find the estate category ideal, with the Renault Megane Sport Tourer as an example vehicle, and for larger groups of travellers, or for those who need more interior space, Hertz offers a range of SUV's and Minivans. The Opel Meriva, Hyundai Tucson and Renault Scenic are good choices for five passengers, while the Ford Galaxy and Kia Carnival seat up to seven. One of Hertz’s larger vehicles is the Opel Vivaro, seating nine passengers.

With such a wide variety of vehicles, Hertz at Lisbon Airport is guaranteed to have the car which will perfectly suit the needs of all their customers, for business and leisure rental purposes. All further details are available, from Hertz Lisbon Airport.

Address:
Portela Airport
Lisbon 1700
Portugal

Telephone Number: +351 219 426 300