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John Cletheroe's
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No car rental operators will rent a vehicle to anyone under the age of 21.
A few operators will rent to someone aged 21 to 24 but will impose a hefty fee (typically $15 to $20 per day) on such drivers. One company quotes rates of CDN$10 per day for drivers aged 21 to 24 in Canada (in early 2000).
Policies regarding rental to young drivers and the associated charges for doing so may differ from location to location even within the same chain.
Andy Smith of Elk Grove, California kindly sent me these comments:
I noticed that on your page regarding Car Rentals and young drivers, you mention that no car rental company will rent to drivers under age 21. This is true for some car rental agencies. However, other agencies such as Hertz refuse rental to drivers under age 25. Additionally, while no company will rent to someone under the age of 21, a few will allow under-21 drivers to be added to the rental contract provided the vehicle is rented by someone over age 21. I was 20 years old when I was added onto the rental contract of a vehicle rented in my father's name at Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and was free to operate the vehicle under normal restrictions.Mark Hankinson sent me a message saying that RentAWreck specialise in renting vehicles to under 25's and under 21's.
Bear in mind that some car rental companies require additional drivers to present a credit card.
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Most recently modified 15-Oct-02