[ulhas.ahirrao]

Dear BHPians,

Can you please suggest good self-drive car providers in Madurai.
None of our usual Zoom Car, Myles operate in that area.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

[gkveda]

None as far as I know in Madurai and Kottayam. I tried this around a year back when I had planned to go to Madurai (Or Kottayam) by train and from there to Thekkady and Munnar, back to Madurai.

Could not find anything in Madurai. In Kottayam, I could find only one car rental but he said, he would give only to Non residential Keralites. ie., Keralites who come from abroad for vacation in Kerala for sometime, would get this rental. Else not.

This was around a year back. Finally I decided to take by car from Bangalore and completed the round trip.

[GTO]

For obvious reasons (driving pleasure & trust in my own driving over others), I prefer self-drive rentals.

However, if I'm visiting a place where a known brand like Zoom or Myles isn't there, I prefer to take a chauffeured taxi from an established company (Savaari, Carzonrent etc.). Reasons:

1. Self-drive rentals in smaller towns are run mostly by shady businessmen. Not to paint all of them with the same brush, but as much as possible, I don't like dealing with the unorganised segment.

2. A chauffeured rental from a big company ensures a certain level of driver quality & etiquette.

[BLACKBLADE]

There are a couple of self drive car rental services, available at Madurai. Among which Ova cars (www.selfdrivecarsmadurai.com) has got some decent reviews in Google.

You can get in touch with them, at the below address.

Self Drive Cars Madurai
No.143C, Kamarajar Salai,
Theppakulam
Opposite to Anbu Hospital
Madurai - 62009

They are open 24x7 and their Customer Care number is 9941007031/30.

However, I would advise you to get to know their rental policy terms and conditions, security deposit and tariff details, beforehand. In case you decide to hire a car, ask for the papers of the car, and check them thoroughly.

Most important thing, is to check their policy, on liability of repairing the car, in case of minor/major damages.

As GTO rightly pointed, if you find any shady dealing, back off! Better to hire a taxi from reputed operators.

[ulhas.ahirrao]

Originally Posted by GTO

For obvious reasons (driving pleasure & trust in my own driving over others), I prefer self-drive rentals.

However, if I'm visiting a place where a known brand like Zoom or Myles isn't there, I prefer to take a chauffeured taxi from an established company (Savaari, Carzonrent etc.). Reasons:

1. Self-drive rentals in smaller towns are run mostly by shady businessmen. Not to paint all of them with the same brush, but as much as possible, I don't like dealing with the unorganised segment.

2. A chauffeured rental from a big company ensures a certain level of driver quality & etiquette.

Thanks GTO. I agree. It makes sense. In-fact one of the quotes I got for Ertiga was more expensive than chauffeur driven Innova with fuel!