The most popular SUV models offered at rental locations in Florianopolis are: Ford Expedition, Nissan Pick-up, Hyundai Tuscon, Chrysler Journey, Toyota Landcruiser, Suzuki Jimny and others.
While selecting your preferred model of an off-road vehicle, please examine the rental conditions. In particular, those requirements that concern credit cards – when it comes to renting an expensive car, sometimes offices in Brazil ask information about two credit cards.
Before signing the contract in the rental office upon arrival, check that the invoice figures match with figures in your voucher.
Once the vehicle is assigned, inspect it carefully before leaving the parking. Crossovers and SUVs are often used in tough road conditions, therefore scratches and other exteriour defects are inevitable. Due to this, it is important to check and specify all existing defects in your rental documents.
If you plan to use an off-road vehicle in the mountains, it is recommended to order snow chains. This will save you from unexpected incidents. Other important equipment in Brazil are mandatory child seats for travellers with children.
OrangeSmile.com wishes you a safe trip and green lights on the roads of Florianopolis!
Common questions on rental process
If in cities robbers have become a serious threat to drivers, in the country drivers should try to escape from animals. For animals, unpaved roads are no different from all other places, so herds of animals can walk on them leisurely, not paying any attention to honking cars.
For pedestrians crossing a road is always a big risk. Local motorists almost never stop before crossroads, even if a few dozen people wait for it impatiently. Disciplined foreign drivers often cause road accidents because they suddenly (for local drivers) and without any warning stop at pedestrian crossings or traffic lights.
Despite the fact that drivers in Brazil do not bother to follow at least basic traffic rules, there are still several unspoken rules that they respect. For example, if the vehicle in front of your car “winks” with its right headlight, this means it allows you to overtake it. In case the left headlight is flashing, then overtaking is prohibited for some reason.
