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The physical driving license of every driver (held for at least one year and valid for the whole rental), a valid passport or national identity card, and a physical credit or debit card in the renter's name with enough available funds or credit for the hold on your card (pre-authorization). Digital licenses, screenshots and scans are not accepted, except an Icelandic digital license verified live through Ísland.is. If a license is not in the Latin alphabet, bring an International Driving Permit (IDP) with the original (rental terms 3, 4, 7).

A full license from the EEA, the UK, the US, Canada and most other countries is accepted if it shows your photo, has been held for at least one year, is valid for the whole rental and has no major endorsements. You do NOT need an IDP for a license in the Latin alphabet, such as a US, Canadian, UK or EEA license. A license that is not in the Latin alphabet (for example from China or Japan) needs an International Driving Permit (IDP) with the original — or, where the country issues no IDP (for example mainland China), a certified translation, or a TIDL, sworn or officially authorized translation plus your passport (rental terms 3).

At least 20. For SUVs, 4x4s and vans (our Comfort, 4×4 Adventure, Highland 4×4 and Family & Space categories) the minimum age is 25, but we may, at our discretion, allow drivers aged 20 to 24 to rent them for the young driver fee of €15 per day. There is no maximum age and no senior-driver fee. Every driver needs a physical license held for at least one year (rental terms 2–3, 40(d)).

Yes. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, China UnionPay, Discover and Diners Club as credit or debit cards, and Apple Pay and Google Pay, with no card surcharge; JCB is not accepted. Debit-card renters do not have to buy extra cover. You need a physical card in the renter's name, valid for 90 days after the rental, with enough available funds or credit for the card hold — also when you pay by phone; prepaid, purchasing, anonymous and virtual cards are not accepted. Cash in EUR, ISK, USD or GBP may be accepted on arrival (rental terms 6–7).

Often not the way you'd expect. A card's rental-car cover usually pays you back later: you pay the Icelandic repair bill in full first, then claim it back at home. And the Iceland-specific risks (gravel, sand and ash, water, and F-road or off-road damage) are exactly what many cards exclude, along with many 4x4s. Check your card's terms for Iceland. On this website BASIC + SCDW is already in the price (excess €1,000), and Tire and Windshield Protection and Sand and Ash Protection are made for the local risks. If you would rather rely on your card, you can decline CDW when you book or at pickup, at the same price: you are then liable for damage up to the value of the car and extras, which we charge to you directly for you to claim back. The Theft Waiver and the legally required insurance still apply (rental terms 35).

Since 1 January 2026 Iceland charges a kilometer fee (kílómetragjald) on rental cars. We show it as the road-use charge: €10.50 per started rental day, as its own line in your quote and included in the total before you pay. It is the official daily rate (ISK 1,390 in 2026), passed on without markup or VAT, plus our processing charge including VAT, and it is refunded if a booking is canceled or not collected (rental terms 41).

Partly, depending on what you choose. BASIC + SCDW, included in every price on this website, gives you a €1,000 excess for covered collision damage. It does not cover damage only to wheels, tires, suspension, batteries, the windshield, roof or radios, or damage from windblown sand, gravel, ash, pumice or earth. Tire and Windshield Protection (€20 a day, which gives you PLUS) replaces, at no cost for the part, a tire damaged on its own and a front windshield damaged by gravel from another vehicle. Sand and Ash Protection (€15 a day) covers all damage from sandstorms, erosion and ash with no excess, except in an area under an orange or red wind warning. MAX (€40 a day) includes both, takes your excess to €0 and also covers wheels and tires; damage only to suspension, batteries, roof or radios stays excluded. The damage administration fee (€150) applies each time damage is charged, with every cover option. No cover option covers water or undercarriage damage, and sand and ash damage is covered only with Sand and Ash Protection or MAX: such damage, found at the return inspection, is charged in full, and we may place a hold of up to €10,000 on your card for it (rental terms 7, 36, 38).

Yes. Our Comfort SUVs and the Highland 4×4 are automatic, and the 4×4 Adventure category has both automatic and manual models; Everyday cars and the 9-seat Family & Space van are manual. Every car on Our cars shows its gearbox, and you can filter by it. If you need an automatic in summer, book early.

Some models are hybrids, a plug-in hybrid among them, which you simply refuel like any petrol car — there is no charging to plan around Iceland, and a plug-in hybrid need not be returned charged (rental terms 11). Whether a car may use F-roads depends on its drive and its approval, not on its engine: only a four-wheel-drive car that your booking confirms as F-road approved may use F-roads and the other highland roads the terms name (rental terms 16). You book a car class: a specific make or model is promised only if we agree it in writing (rental terms 1).

Yes. Every car has winter tires from 1 November to 14 April, at no extra charge (rental terms 1). In October and the second half of April, ask at the desk for a car that already has winter tires — it's free when one is available, but we can't promise one.

Up to 30 days. To keep renting after that, you must first bring the car back to our office (rental terms 12). Rental days are counted in 24-hour periods from your booked pickup time, and a return more than one hour after the end of a rental day may be charged an extra day.

Yes, on request only — besides Keflavík Airport (included in the price), we can arrange other places such as Reykjavík or Akureyri. The one-way fee is €50 between Keflavík Airport and Reykjavík; for other places we confirm it in writing when the place is agreed (rental terms 40(o)).

Yes. Every person who drives the car must be named on the rental agreement and meet the same age and license rules as the main driver. Add them to your booking before pickup; each driver shows their license and ID at the desk. Additional driver costs €10 per day, with no cap (rental terms 40(c)), and your cover applies only to drivers named on the rental agreement (rental terms 39).

You choose your pickup and drop-off times when you book. We are open 04:00–20:00 every day, public holidays included, except 24 and 31 December (04:00–12:00) and 25 December and 1 January (closed). Keflavík Airport pickup and drop-off inside those hours are included in the price: call or WhatsApp us once you have your bags, and our shuttle takes about 10 minutes between the terminal and our office. Outside opening hours, pickup and return are available on request, agreed in advance: €75 per pickup and €75 per return, shuttle included, or €150 after 12:00 on 24 and 31 December (rental terms 40(b)). If your flight is delayed, tell us as soon as possible: the car must be collected within two hours of the booked pickup time, and we will try to hold it but cannot promise it (rental terms 10).

Not for damage recorded at pickup. When you collect the car we check it together and record all existing damage in the Vehicle Condition Report, which you sign and get a copy of; we photograph the car, record a 360° video and send them to every renter, and you may take your own photos too. Damage not recorded then is presumed to have occurred during the rental unless you show otherwise, so point out anything we missed before you drive off (rental terms 10). New damage found at the return inspection is charged at the actual repair cost (never above the price list for listed items and, when your cover applies, at most your excess), plus the damage administration fee, with written notice, photos and the estimate or invoice within 10 days. Apart from a hold for damage no cover option includes, nothing is charged until 20 days after that notice, and within those 20 days you can ask for an independent Cabas assessment, which binds us (rental terms 13–14).

Iceland drives on the RIGHT. The first hour is where most mistakes happen, so take junctions and roundabouts slowly (give way to the inner lane), and remember headlights must be on at all times, day and night. Otherwise the rules are familiar — just go slower than you'd expect on gravel and in strong wind.

Full-to-full: you collect the car full and return it full, refueled within 5 km of the return location; a plug-in hybrid need not be returned charged. If it comes back short, we charge the missing fuel per started eighth of a tank, at the price per liter that N1 publishes for its station at Flugvellir 27, 230 Reykjanesbær, on the day we fill the car up — without markup — plus the €30 refueling fee (rental terms 11, 40(j)). Our fees page shows examples per car. An N1 fuel-discount tag on your keyring gives a discount when you fill up at N1 stations.