Reviews for

Car Rentals in Iceland

We booked the car after office hours because we waited for our covid results. The next morning we arrived at 8o'clock at Blue to pick our car up. Apparently, the booking hadn't came through. They asked us to wait until 9am until the KEF office opened to check their mails. We waited and by 9am there was a solution: they hadn't had time to bring over an Aygo from KEF to Reykjavik so instead Blue gave us a Duster :) Which was a super solution for us. But this is maybe a lesson to give a notice that, when booking last minute, some cars might be unavailable.

We had a really good experience with Northern Lights car rental. First off, they were very accommodating with multiple changes we had to make, including last-minute changes, due to Covid 19 related flight cancellations and rebookings. We rented a four wheel drive Dacia Duster, which was perfect for our 3-week tour on the rough dirt roads ( not F-roads) along the fjords and over the mountains in West Iceland and the Westfjords. The Duster was not the newest, but it was obviously well maintained. It was very rugged and never let us down.

Dacia Duster was simply perfect! We had an amazing adventure through Icelandic roads: the 4WD allows you to drive on the F-roads, the car is very spacious and easy to drive. Highly recommended!

From the organisatory point of view, we were very happy with Star Car Rental, we experienced an amazing client support with a very fast response rate. Especially because we had several changes in our arrival date due to the Corona-virus. The pick-up as well as the return of the rental car went also pretty smooth. The only minor drawback were two points with the car that we noticed during our trip. Both the breaks as well as the tires were too outworn and should both have been replaced much earlier. Everything else with the car worked out perfectly.

Both pick up and drop off were friendly and efficient, pointing out the various minor bodywork blemishes. Minor suggestion, they are so close to the airport that walking directions, rather than reference to a non operating shuttle bus would be preferable.

The dacia Duster is sufficient for easier f-roads. The roof tent is well suited for 2 normal size people.

I loved it! Much more comfortable than I had expected and also powerful in the steep parts of the road

Everything was perfect. Only thing to mention was that there was not an agent waiting for us on the airport when we arrived. But we called the number from the voucher and agent came in like 15mins. No problem. Next time I would choose you again. We had no issue drive so - didnt need any extra service (like car towing, replacement car) or insurance. Thats where you would have to prove your quality service.

Excellent experience. They picked up us at the airport on time and the car hadn't got any problem. I suggest it

Everything worked, we were happy with the support!

The Jimny was great for short trips not exceeding 60km/h. Around 80km/h the steering wheel would start to shake and the Jimny became wobbly over the road. Roof tent was excellent, easy to use and setup was a matter of seconds. We chose for the additional kitchen box. The two gas canisters provided were empty so we didn't make use of the cooker.

Pick up at the airport was a little bit slow. Not enough drivers/cars to transfer all people from the airport to the rental company. We received a great car (not the one that was reserved) but gps was no good. After a couple of days the dashboard of the car mentioned that a check up was necessary. Called the company and they told us not to worry. Drop off was not that smooth. Only two people present who were driving people from their office to the airport while no one was in the office taking care of people who wanted to bring back their cars.

Easy to find, good communication pre-rental. The car is rather new with not much mileage. When we pick it up, some part of it are not so clean compared with rentals in other countries. But after driving around Iceland especially in F-roads, I understand how difficult it is to get a thorough clean of the entire car. The cigarette lighter socket did not work and we noticed it only the day after we pick it up. It is not a big deal but would be great if we are informed when we pick it up.

The car was technically ok, but could have been cleaner, especially the inside of the windshield. The dimensions of the rooftop tent could be pointed out more clearly. I'm 190cm and could not stretch fully.

A good experience on quite all points. Friendly staff, no problems with the car, good price and quick check in/out. Just, credit cards are not common in France (only debit cards) and the money debited for bail generated unexpected fees (change rate)

Mjög góður bill, æðislegt að keyra hann og gott rúmpláss. Aftur á móti gleymdi skutlarinn að ná í okkur á réttum tima, áttum bókað 9:30 en hann kom kl 11. Svo var kæliboxið fullt af grænu sulli/vökva ofaní þannig við vildum ekki notað það.

Almost everything is good.

I used the services of Northbound by renting from Lava Car Rental for my trip to Iceland. I strongly recommend their services for the value for money and they are very serious. I rented a dacia duster in very good condition much cheaper than with international companies.

Car was top - new and it was the larger model (7 seats instead of 5 seats) with no extra charge. Super Service by MyCar Rental, Airport Shuttle (to the Rental Office in Keflavík) at any time as agreed (and flexible as we arrived earlier than planend). Super qick handover of the car (too qick? - as they forgot to hand us over the WFI rooter - we got it than immediately by the Reykjavík office after our request call). Car return was also very fast. So far so good! We didn‘t had any troubles - so we cannot judge on Problem dealing.

Das Auto war unseren Anforderungen entsprechend. Enttäuscht waren wir allerdings von dem Dachzelt, da es nach 5 Regentagen nicht mehr bewohnbar war. Die Abdichtung am Heck des Zeltes war undicht und die Matratze konnte man auswringen.

The service is good, but the car is old, whose mileage has over 180000 km. So the car always broke. It’s windows lost control, the battery always broke that I can not set up the car. In half of the trip, the car alert us for maintenance. I think that such a situation shouldn’t happen. The company should check it more frequently.

Freundlicher Service, Rückfragen im Vorfeld schnell beantwortwortet. Mit unserem Dacia Duster waren wir sehr zufrieden, hat auch schwierige Streckenabschnitte zuverlässig gemeistert. Leicht zu fahren. Lediglich das Dachzelt hatte leichte Mängel. Die Nähte teilweise nicht mehr gut und eine Stelle wäre bei Regen vermutlich nicht dicht. Ansonsten ist ein solches Zelt sehr zu empfehlen. Würde bei Northbound wieder buchen.