Car rental Mallorca and Andalusia

Adding a second driver costs between six and twelve euros a day with a common cap of sixty to ninety euros per rental, and declaring them is essential because damage caused by an undeclared driver removes the damage cover entirely.

Mechanical failures caused by wear, maintenance or a defect are the hire company's responsibility and it must provide assistance and a replacement vehicle, while damage resulting from misuse by the driver is billed to the driver.

Spanish law requires an approved child restraint system for every occupant measuring one hundred and thirty five centimetres or less, and those children must travel in the rear seats except in defined circumstances.

The hold is a pre-authorisation that blocks part of your credit limit for the amount of the excess plus fuel, commonly between eight hundred and two thousand two hundred euros, and it is released between five and thirty days after the car is returned undamaged.

The rules visitors most often get wrong in Mallorca are the lower speed limit on conventional roads, the tiered urban limits introduced in recent years, the requirement to give way to traffic already in a roundabout, and the etiquette of narrow mountain roads.

Licences issued in the European Union and the European Economic Area are accepted in Spain without any additional document, while licences issued elsewhere generally require an international driving permit or an official translation alongside the original.