Car Hire Booking Terms & Conditions

Truly® algarve offers its client the option to pre-booking holiday transportation with 'AutoJardim'. Payment will be made directly to AutoJardim upon arrival & collection of your vehicle, and can be made by credit card or in Euros.

You will be asked by the vehicle supplier to agree to the following conditions: 

To book your car hire please email us> with your requirements.

PLEASE NOTE THAT AN AIRPORT TAX OF €25.00 WILL BE CHARGED BY AUTOJARDIM FOR ALL BOOKINGS WHERE THE VEHICLE IS COLLECTED AT THE AIRPORT. THIS CHARGE IS IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY/DAILY CAR HIRE RATES SHOWN.

A Road tax of €1.20 per day will be supported by the Supplier.

To be covered by Insurance, Drivers must be duly mentioned on the Rental Agreement.

The client (whether driver or not) is always responsible for a 'bail' of the amount of €900.00 for Groups A, B and C, €1500.00 for Groups D and E, I & J,  €2000.00 for Groups F, G, H and N and €3000.00 for the remaining  groups - in the case of a self-provoked accident, in case of damages caused by acts of vandalism, in the case of theft of the vehicle or of theft of any of its accessories, and as long as the driver is unable to identify the guilty party.

This payment must be made upon delivery of the car, in cash (Portuguese or Foreign currency) or by credit card imprint.  The 'bail' will be refunded to the client at the end of the rental, so long as no accident has taken place, & as long as no damages have been caused to the vehicle by acts of vandalism, theft of the vehicle or of any of its accessories.

The aforementioned situation can only be eliminated with the payment of an insurance of €8.50 per day for Group A, B, C,  €10.00 per day for Groups D, E, I and J, and €15.00 per day for Groups F, G, H & N, and €20.00 for the remaining Groups. This amount has to be paid by the client when receiving the vehicle if they wish to 'waiver' the 'bail' amount described above.

In case of accident by fault of the client, & taking into consideration Portuguese Law, insurance companies decline any or all responsibility for that driver of all damages caused to the hired vehicle or to Third Parties whenever it is detected that the driver was driving under the influence of Alcohol, Narcotics, Drugs or Toxic products or by insanity of the driver.  Also if the client uses the car is sportive competitions, races, or challenges, contests, bets, etc..

We also must inform clients that even if the car's driver is not under the influence of any of the above items but by any means also destroys the rented car by his own fault 'Autojardim' will not refund any amount for the time left to complete the rental and will only give another car upon receipt of a larger 'bail' that may cover eventual damages that can be caused to the new car. 

It is important that clients read and understand these 'Terms & Conditions' - if you do not, or have further questions then please contact us for more clarification. If you take possession of a rental vehicle it is upon acceptance of these 'Terms & Conditions'.

Note: For each delivery or collection outside of our normal hours at Airports a fee of €17.00 will be charged directly to the client.  Normal hours are 06.00am to 24.00pm.  Even during normal hours, excluding the Algarve, Airports or place where we have offices a fee of  €0.50 per Kilometre will be charged from our nearest office.