Excursions > Car Rental
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Whether car, motorbike or bus, before starting you should be aware of the distances to expect. Assuming an average speed of 80km/h, the duration of a trip to Chania, the biggest town in Crete’s west will last from 2 ½ up to 3 hours for one way. About the same time you will need to reach the most eastern point of the island, the palm beach of Vai.
There are a lot of car rentals in this
village that you can trust in without hesitation if the following conditions are
fulfilled:
The rental contract should be drawn up in your language and the final price
should include all settled terms (fully comprehensive insurance, road assistance,
free kilometers, road map, child’s seat (if necessary)). It is almost usual to
pay a small fee against receipt upon reservation, which is deducted from the
total price. The rental fee is paid upon delivery of the car. Normally,
daily rental is from 09.00 to 20.00. Some rentals deliver the car the evening
before and, if rented by the day, expect it back at the same time the next day.
The price range seems enormous at first sight, but carefully directed inquiries will expose obvious loss-leader offers and finally the rates will balance out. Surely a local car rental may offer better rates than your representative, who obviously included his commission in the rental fee. Our suggestion: don’t be nobody’s fools. Don’t sign anything you cannot read through yourself. A serious car rental should also be able to offer detailed information about trips as client’s service.
Usually the cars are not filled up upon delivery, the indication of the fuel gage is written onto the contract and the car should be returned with about the same level. A good salesman certainly will be able to advise you, for which amount in € you should fill up if you tell him about your planned trips.
Nowadays there is a well-developed net of petrol stations all over the island, so that you don’t have to panic to get lost in the middle of nowhere without petrol. At the petrol stations the car will be filled up, you just have to indicate the price or to wave the banknotes..
Naturally the same traffic rules are in use here as well as in your country, although it doesn’t seem so at first sight. Certainly in unfamiliar surroundings one should not strive to equal the Schumacher brothers. We also advise a maximum speed of 80km/h on the island’s “highway”. Here very often the two-lane road is used as a four-lane one, including the hard shoulder. So, as being on a holiday, use the hard shoulder and just give way to the local racers, so that they can past by.If driving through secluded regions, it is recommended to honk before taking a blind bend and to be prepared to be confronted with a whole flock of sheep standing in the middle of the road.
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