Gozo is small, its lanes are narrow, and its village centres were laid out long before anybody imagined a car in them. The right vehicle here is not the one you would choose at home.
Here is what we run, and honestly who each category suits.
Most people should take the smallest car that fits their luggage. Not because we want to sell you the cheapest one — we do not, and it is the cheapest one — but because on Gozo a small car is genuinely the better car. It parks in the village where you are staying. It passes an oncoming van in a lane without either of you reversing a hundred metres. It costs less in fuel.
Take something larger only if you actually need the space or the seats. If you are unsure, ask us — we will tell you the truth about it, including when the answer is the smaller car.
Whatever you book, all of our cars have:
Individual vehicles often have more than that — electric mirrors and similar — but those four are guaranteed rather than hoped for. We do not run a stripped bottom-of-the-range car and describe it as economical.
You book a category, not a badge. Each category below lists the vehicles it may include, and which one you get depends on what is back and ready on your dates. They are equivalent cars — same size, same class, same equipment — and we will tell you the specific vehicle before delivery.
Chevrolet Spark or Suzuki Celerio. The default choice, and the right one for most visitors.
Two or three people with normal luggage, staying anywhere on Gozo: this is the car. Small enough for the lanes and the village parking, comfortable enough for the drives you will actually be doing, which are rarely more than twenty minutes.
Suzuki Celerio or Kia Picanto. The same car, without the gearstick.
If you do not drive a manual, or you would simply rather not be changing gear on an unfamiliar hill start with a wall on one side, book this category.
Book it early. We hold very few automatics, and in summer they go first. If an automatic is essential rather than preferred, tell us as soon as you have your dates — we would far rather plan for it than disappoint you a week out.
Škoda Fabia Combi, manual.
For when the luggage is the problem rather than the passengers. Golf clubs, diving gear, a pushchair and a fortnight of suitcases, or a family of four who all packed properly. The estate boot solves that without moving you up to a vehicle that struggles in a village.
Dacia Jogger, manual.
For groups, and really only for groups: people travelling together who do not want to take two cars.
Be realistic about it. It is longer and wider than everything else we hire, and there are village streets where you will not enjoy it. If you are six adults it is the obvious answer. If you are four with a lot of bags, the estate is usually the happier car.
Note that the Jogger carries a higher card hold than the rest of the fleet, regardless of the cover you choose — the reason is explained on the insurance page.
Fuel is supplied when we deliver and charged at cost, shown as its own line on your quote.
We do not hand over cars in Malta. The vehicle is delivered on Gozo, at your accommodation. If you are flying into Malta, book a transfer alongside the hire — we collect you at arrivals, drive you across, and the car is waiting when you get there. That combination is also the one that carries the package discount, so it costs you less than arranging the two separately. See Offers.
You will need an account to hire a car. That is a data-protection decision rather than a marketing one — the reasoning is on the Offers page.
Licence requirements — including the two-year rule and what applies to non-EU licences — are on the insurance page. Worth two minutes before you book.
Tell us how many of you there are, how much luggage you are bringing and where you are staying, and we will tell you which car we would give our own family. +356 9982 6339 — call, or WhatsApp if it is not urgent.
We would rather spend two minutes on that than have you arrive to a car that is wrong for your week.