Firstly for a 23 to 25 year old there will be an underage surcharge of UKL £11.00 plus tax per day. Secondly in the U.K. to rent a car you must have held a full clean licence for at least a year before you can rent. In the U.K. you cannot rent with a provisional licence,

Regards,

Michael

I am a 23 yo Australian currently visiting Europe. I would like to hire a car for a couple of days in the UK – however I’m not sure if I’m able to on my licence.

I have an Australian provisional driver’s licence (I’m not sure if there’s a UK equivalent but basically it’s the licence you get after holding a learner’s licence and passing a practical test). I have had it over a year. It has no restrictions in Australia other than a lower blood alcohol limit allowed. I do not need to display P Plates at home.

Thanks

Mike

I will take each country separately as they each have different rules for young drivers.
Firstly Latvia, for 21-23 years you can rent groups a,b,c and f but with a 21 lul+tax 21% underage fee.
Next, Luthuania you can rent groups a,b and f, for a 22 year old with no underage fee for this one.
Finally in Estonia you can rent groups a and b only with an under 25(minimum 21 years old) fee of 150eek +20%tax.

I hope this helps,

Michael

What is the lower age limit for the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for group F or group M ?

Best Regards
Anthony Loveys

Unfortunately if you want to rent a BMW you will have to be over the age of 25.
However a ford mondeo would not be a problem at all, and is a great car to hire!

Keep in mind that if you hire a Ford Mondeo you will have to pay an under age surcharge of 11UKL+ VAT per day.
You also always need a full clean drivers licence held over 1 year and a credit card.

I hope this helps.

Sandra

I am looking to rent a luxury car for 3 days over the valentine weekend in two weeks time, but I am only 23 years old, accidentally found this blog when I was searching on google for a company that supplied luxury cars for young drivers, just a quick qestion, by luxury do you mean ford mondeo or equaivlent or can I get something better like an Audi A4 or BMW 3 series? If so, How do I go about approaching it, because your website reuqires min 25 years of age to drive a bmw 3 series. Thank you, your help is appreciated

We are always considering new products and ways to improve our services. A young driver product is one that we frequently consider, but we’ve not been able to implement this as yet. The main reason is the risk to the cars, unfortunately young drivers, generally tend to be less experienced and so we would take a greater risk to our fleet and repair costs. To off set this risk the insurance would need to go up and unfortunately we feel that the cost that we would need to pass on to the customer is too high.

Some Avis countries do offer young driver products, so while we do not offer this in the UK I would recommend that you do check with the local Avis office to see if they can offer you a car.

Darren

I am 20 and have just rented a car from [a competitor] London under their new student scheme. I was not impressed with the service & attitude I got at [your competitor] and was wondering whether AVIS were considering starting a scheme with a similar nature (19-24 year olds pay a daily surcharge of ?15 + 15% discount)?

When I was on holiday in Israel with friends earlier this year, we rented from AVIS and were treated like the queen! So naturally I would want to start renting from AVIS my self!

On a separate point, I passed my driving test nearly 3 years ago and drive a 3 litre Toyota Camry 30,000 miles a year. I am insured with Bell direct. Would AVIS rent me a vehicle (in the UK) if I arranged to have the vehicle fully insured with Bell? I have done this in the past with other rental companies.

I am aware of all the risks involved with young drivers… But would appreciate a response non the less.

Many thanks,

Martin

In Greece, Israel and Morocco there are no maximum age limits. However in Cyprus there is a surcharge of €5.50 per day for drivers over the age of 72.
I hope that helps
Chris

Thanks