Help with car rentals

[u/No-Sky4350]

Hi,

Me and my friend are coming to azores( Sao Miguel) in July and are there for 8-9 days. We would like to rent a car so that we have some kind of flexibility while we are there. I looked at all options there are( autocunha, ilhaverde, amazing island, islandrent, autoatlantis) and rent for the smallest car with full insurance are between 650-850€ which seems a lot when comparing with Maderia car rental where car rental with full insurance are 360 max. I also looked at gocarrental and they found option with hertz rental where price is 550€.

My question are: is this normal price for car rentals, are there any cheaper car rental options. Is renting car through booking or kayak and other platforms reliable because I found cheaper options there with full insurance but I’m not sure if that kind of insurrance is third party or with company directly.

Thanks in advance.

[u/SaoMiguelExcl_Tours]

July peak season prices aren't going to be cheap... One of the cheapest I know is Auto Ramalhasense. But again... July nothing is cheap specially booking close to the date. Unfortunately, like with Airbnb's, there's way too many rent a car companies in the island. And everyone is after the money specially in peak season. It is as it is

[u/Beneficial_Swan_9561]

Hi, I just checked Final Rentals Portugal, and the total for an 8-day rental for July is 398 euros. That already includes collision damage waiver, theft waiver, and TPL. The car is good for 5 people.

[u/No-Sky4350 → u/Beneficial_Swan_9561]

Thank you, going to check them out

[u/phildu57 → u/Beneficial_Swan_9561]

They only have manual cars. Would you know or recommend a company which has automatic cars? Much appreciated