Cash is King! or so they all though but when it comes to renting a car in Cape Town and you dont own a credit card then its nearly impossible to rent a car for cash. Looking for car rental websites to rent a car to travel though South Africa is easy just pop the query car hire South Africa into a search engine and you will see pages of car rental sites coming up.
Now when you dont own a credit card none of the rental companies want to rent you a car as they have no security. A short note on credit card and security is that if a person has been issued with a credit card by their home bank it means that firstly they can afford to pay off any debt they make with the credit card and secondly they have a fixed home address where the credit card bill is posted to so this the rental companies see as a trusting individual so they will rent a car to him or her.
So now you understand that none of the big rental companies will do a car hire in South Africa using cash. We at Drive Southern Africa however have sourced some cash car hire partners in Cape Town who are prepared to take the risk of accepting cash for the rental and a cash deposit as security. Other criteria that they need are proof of residence as well as a Bank statement. Your ID or passport as well as valid drivers licence are all part of the requirements for cash car hire.
So cash car hire in Cape Town is possible through us, we put you in contact with the correct companies that can be trusted to rent you a car for cash. Some of these cash car hire companies have gone a step further and are also accepting debit cards to hire a cash car.
So for your convenience and ease you can pay for your rental and leave a deposit with your debit card which makes it far more flexible. The car rental companies offering cheap car hire in Cape Town for cash make this possible by using either new small economy cars or very good second hand cars which are older, belonging to smaller companies that have the time and interest to rent cars for cash to those people who do not own credit cards.
We are also seeing the car rental market changing as people in Europe and elsewhere around the world have fewer or no credit cards to do their shopping. Some large department stores in Europe dont accept credit cards any more as they lose too much to the credit card companies.
Age also counts against people wanting to hire a car to travel in and around Cape Town as well as the surrounding areas of Cape Town. The cash car rental Cape Town companies always make exceptions and let younger drivers also rent their cash rental cars.
Simply visit our partners website and fill in the cash car hire enquiry form with your choice of car and they will revert to you with an offer to rent you a cash car hire or debit card rental whatever you prefer.
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