Car Rental in Glasgow

SUV rental in Glasgow

The most popular SUV models offered at rental locations in Glasgow are: Toyota Landcruiser, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai Tuscon, Suzuki Jimny, Kia Sportage, Toyota Rav4 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 Great Britain 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 Great Britain are mandatory child seats for travellers with children. OrangeSmile.com wishes you a safe trip and green lights on the roads of Glasgow!

Common questions on rental process

Map of Glasgow with rental locations
Rental locations in Glasgow
Driving Advices for Great Britain – Traffic Regulations and Road Usage Peculiarities
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Here it should be mentioned that it is not always possible to drive close to the pavement. The reason for that are high stone walls that often surround houses and land of local people. The land in the UK is very valued and expensive, so there is a shortage of available land for the construction of high-grade roads.
Because of private land plots, there is a serious problem in the highlands. Many compare driving on local roads with a roller coaster - there are so many sharp turns, climbs and descents. It is simply impossible to find a single straight road in the piedmont region. All the roads here are very winding, and quite often one should make a big detour in order to reach the destination.
Local drivers are very attentive to speed limits. Foreign guests are also recommended to follow this behavior. There are many radar spots on roads, the presence of which is notified by special signs. Most radar works on the outgoing end.
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Rental, parking and other info on Glasgow - Prestwick Airport
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport is located in the west of Scotland and handles the region. It’s situated 2 kilometres away from the city of Prestwick. The airport can handle 2.5 million people a year, which makes it the fifth busiest airport terminal in Scotland. The airport was opened in 1934 as a training facility. In 1938, it started to handle passengers. There are two runways and one passenger terminal. Prestwick arranges not only regular and commercial flights but also training flights for pilots. The air force uses the airport for maintenance. Favourable weather conditions (no fog) let the airport handle some of the flights forwarded from other airports and make it a strategic site.

The airport is connected to Glasgow by Bus Route 77. Official taxi providers (Streamline) can be found on the parking lot in front of the terminal. There’s a railway station at the airport which is connected to the terminal by a roofed pedestrian crossing. By train, you can reach Glasgow Central Station and other settlements.

The international company called Avis offers car rental at Prestwick Airport. The company’s information stand is placed in the arrivals lounge of the passenger terminal. To book in advance, you can use a phone number and a company website mentioned on the airport website. The company offers vehicles of a different class: from compact to comfortable cars, from sports cars to vans and minibuses. The company also has hybrid and eco-friendly cars.

To get to the car rental company’s stand, you should leave the baggage reclaim area. The Avis customer service office is near the McIntyres cafe.

There are two more companies offering their services at the airport - Budget and Rentalcars. The companies’ stands are situated in the airport terminal. Rental cars are taken and returned on the parking lot near the terminal.

Arnold Clarc, a car rental company, offers their clients free transfer to the place where a contract is signed and a car is received. The transfer is performed from the main passenger terminal. Read all...
Enjoying SUV and sightseeing of Glasgow
In Glasgow, finding the right hotel to put up will not be difficult for wealthy travelers. There is, for example, the hotel One Devonshire Gardens a Hotel Du Vin in the prestigious West End area. This hotel occupies a unique historical building and is considered one of the most prominent in the city. It has a wide selection of exclusive clubs and luxury rooms available to guests. Some rooms have a chic four-poster bed and a large bathroom with a panoramic window that opens up wonderful views on the garden. The pride of the hotel is an elite restaurant that serves national cuisine and has a wine list with more than 300 brands of drinks. There is a cozy bar also which offers a decent collection of elite alcohol; more than six hundred bottles.

The magnificent hotel Blythswood Square is located not far from Sauchiehall Street. It occupies a building that was constructed in the year 1823. Previously, the building belonged to the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, and today, the historic building is equipped with one hundred luxurious rooms for travelers. Among all the rooms, you will find the premium rooms with king-size beds covered with velvet fabrics, especially charming. On the walls are glued original designer wallpapers with historical motifs. Furthermore, the rooms are equipped with huge marble bathrooms and technical equipment that serves as an entertainment system.
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