FairCar Iceland

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Maia Cookson

5.00/5.00

"Fantastic, reliable and friendly car rental."

Fair car provided us with a car for our 10 day road trip around Iceland. They also provided us with all the camping equipment we needed. The car was really nice, clean and quite good on petrol. The camping gear was all brand new and really nice. The car was fitted with brand new winter tyres. Einar was quick to respond to any queries we had and came and dropped the car off and picked it up again from our hostel. Fantastic car rental company. Local and friendly. I would recommend them to anyone. Cheers from Australia.

04/11/2013

Rick

5.00/5.00

"Absolutely recommended for your Icelandic trip!"

We rented a 4 wheel drive Jeep Patriot from Faircar for the most days of our holiday and while we found out it was replaced with a Hyundai Santa Fe we have been very happy with this truly comfortable car. The roof box we added to the rental proved to be very useful too.
We also rented a Hyundai i10 for a couple of days around Reykjavik and that proved to be just enough for a couple with LOTS of luggage. We are photographers so we had to take around our equipment besides the usual camping stuff, food and clothes.
Einar and Bjarki (the two founders of Faircar) are two nice guys that will help you get whatever service you need no matter the late hour too.
Just since I believe the company is quite new and local to Iceland don't waste your time looking for a desk at Keflavik airport: someone will pop up at the Arrivals showing the Faircar sign with their hands to take you to their office (5 mins drive from the airport), where the car you rented is waiting for you to leave.
Faircar is really recommended to anyone looking for a more affordable price and good service when renting a car in Iceland.
Rick

15/09/2013

marco

5.00/5.00

"WV Caddy campervan: cheap and very good"

VW Caddy campervan is a very good and cheap choice for a couple who wants to have all things of a big caravan, except for toilette and shower but with a little washbasin with tap to clean pots, glasses and dishes and a little tank of 30 liters.
Fair Car gives also a table, seats, armchairs, pots, dishes, glasses, cutlery for cooking on a little gas cooker, mattress and duvet to sleep inside the car and towels for kitchen and toilet.
You have a big tent also you can link to the car in case of bed weather, where you can eat and cook without problems. The first time you can have some problems to assemble but when you understand it's easy and fast.
18 kms for 1 liter of diesel (cheap also about this) and you have a little discount in one company which has petrol station in all the country.
The car is very good on gravel roads also.
I think this little campervan is a very good choice if you want to visit Iceland along 2wd roads (and you have a lot to see along this roads also). Also some icelanders were interested in this car when they saw in campings.
I know it's the first year Fair Car has this type of little campervan and only 3 of them. I'm sure it will have more in future because VW Caddy campervan is great.

08/08/2013

Tony

5.00/5.00

"A nice car from FairCar at a fair price"

We came from the UK for a 12-day stay in Iceland to see-in the New Year and, hopefully, see some northern aurora. We were met at Keflavik on December 28th by Einar in near blizzard conditions and FairCar provided us with an Opel Zafira that proved to be utterly reliable, roomy, and quite economical (32-mpg) to run for an automatic. We covered over 850 km during our stay, and enjoyed every minute of it. The studded winter tyres coped well with the very icy roads that we often found in early January, and the efficient heater kept us cozy in temperatures that went to -8 deg C.
I recommend FairCar to anyone.

10/01/2013

Maria-Soledad Torralba-Escobedo

4.00/5.00

"Cheap, confortable, GPS, nice people"

I knew finding a cheap car to rent in Iceland was not going to be easy. Fortunately I came accross Fair Car. Although the car was not new, the Opel Astra we were given was in perfect condition.
We arrived in Keflavik airport at around 3.00 at night and there were the people of fair car waiting for us to transfer us where the car was parked.
We travelled the island around with our 3 daughters and everything was fine. We just noticed some strange reaction of the car on the other side of the island and with just a phone call Einar indicated us a car garage immediately. They reviewed the car , 0 cost and the car continued working perfectly well.
Again to return the car, absolutely no problem, at the arranged time they transferred us back to the airport. (booking number 162)
Thanks for everything!

20/12/2012

Iain McGlade

5.00/5.00

"Great Service"

I visited Iceland this summer with the intention of travelling across the whole of this beautiful and interesting country. I spent some time, prior to travelling, researching car hire and was horrified at the costs associated with the the likes of Hertz, Budget and other multinational car hire firms.Then I found FairCar.

The Opel Astra we were given wasn't new, but it was a prefectly servicable car and the cost of the hire was far more sensible than the ludicrous quotations that I'd from other providers.

Our travels went well and FairCar really showed their committment to their customers when we had a problem. We were about as far away from the FairCar offices as it's possible to get and our exhaust fell off. A quick call to Einar to explain the situation and he called me back within 5 minutes to infom me that a garage was waiting for us, to fit a new exhaust. The repair was very quickly performed and I reckon we were held up for a total of about an hour and a half. Wear and tear happens but I could not fail to be impressed with the speed with which FairCar responded to our predicament.

We were quickly on our way again and completed our grand tour of Iceland a few days later. One of the best holidays I've ever had and it was in no small part due to Einar and FairCar. I couldn't recommend this company any more highly. It's always good to spend your money with a local company as well because the multinationals are only interested in their profit margins.

18/12/2012

Cynthia Carrier

4.00/5.00

"Based on trust!"

I liked my experience with FairCar. Everyone I talked to was really friendly and helpful. I really liked that the rental was based on trust. We lend you a car, just bring it back the way it was and it's normal if you meet a few pebbles on the road. I didn't have the impression to be "just another client".

Thank you very much!

And you guys Icelanders are amazing!

17/12/2012

Jóhannes Baldur Guðmundsson

5.00/5.00

"Trustworthy, cheap & excellent customer service"

I rented a very nice Opel Astra for and got a exellent customer service while getting the car and returning it. The approach from the staff was very trustworthy and provided very good customer service and the cost for the rent was cheap! ....

I recommend FairCar!

17/12/2012

Yvonne Maassen

5.00/5.00

"nice"

warm car, lots of fun

17/12/2012

Jonathan from Seattle

5.00/5.00

"Perfect for a budget rental car in Iceland!"

FairCar is a great, trustworthy rental car company. Their rates are extremely reasonable and while the cars are not the newest or most luxurious ours was in great condition and ran smoothly. We had a manual Opel Astra. It came with a free GPS (Garmin, brand new and great) and we had no complaints. I would without a doubt rent from FairCar again and do not hesitate to recommend it. Einar is great and you should do your best to support a local Icelandic business!

16/12/2012
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