Drivalia at Malaga Airport

Pros: Nice staff

Cons: The directions for the pickup area provided by discover cars were wrong They should say got behind the train station. Some car functions were not working or malfunctioning like collision assist, cruise control

Pros: It was esay to find. Fast pick-up and drop-off. Company staff was polite.

Cons: I didn't like that I had to leave fuel tank full, however it wasnt full when we get the car.

Pros: Professional. Will definitely use them again.

Cons: Only issue was we had a second car and driver forgot credit card / as well as what we paid to DiscoverCars so we had to pay local insurance as they would not accept my credit card instead.

Cons: Don't accept anything but credit cards for a deposit which is a first for us. Made us pay 350 euro extra when we used a visa debit card instead. Staff was rude. Called us a taxi without a baby seat.

Pros: Friendly staff, car was excellent

Cons: Their pick up instructions are not good at all. Location given does not seem to be the same place they actually pick up / drop off at. It isn’t a custom pick up. They run, in effect, a circular bus service. You have to wait for it, like a normal bus. This is not made clear, at all. We ended up having to get a cab from the airport to Drivalia.

Pros: Excellent service and quick

Cons: Air conditioning is not working on the car

Pros: Car was cancelled before I got chance to book in.

Cons: Didn’t answer phone before closing time so they cancelled my booking and took the money.

Cons: Long wait for bus to airport

Pros: Everything. Nice honest people.

Cons: Everything was great.

Pros: Drop off was quick and simple

Cons: On pick up, staff, an older lady, was very unfriendly. No spare tyre in car. No roadside assistance even for mechanical. Have to call emergency assistance and eur200 fee. Questioned this and younger girl said it would have a pump up can for temporary fix of tyres but none in our car. Older lady said even if we had one and we had to use it, they would charge us eur200 if we used it. What a joke! Looked them up and u can buy a can for eur15-20. A very unfriendly check in staff.

Pros: Great service from Drivalia as normal fast reliable good value

Pros: IT was a very good price

Cons: The usual issues on Pick up from Drivalia trying to sell extra insurance at an exorbitant rate. Then when we returned the car, they tried to say there was new damage. Fortunately, we were able to show a photo taken on pick up and they then agreed the damage was pre-existing. They were just OK and what we have come to expect form this sector.

Pros: We waited for more than 45 minutes at the airport for the shuttle to arrive - even after a phone call. But the agent at the office was nice and efficient It was very difficult to locate the office , when returning the car. There were chocolate stains on the front seat , and the windows were dirty on the inside.

Cons: There were quite a lot of scratches on the car - some of them noticed by Drivalia. But the agent when we returned the car was the most rude and impolite person I've ever met.He insinuated that I had made a huge scratch on the car - but I had taken photos at the hand-over and could prove otherwise. When taking back the car key , he also took my personal Drivalia papers , and refused to talk to me , when I asked to get them back He shouted rudely at me in front of 10 astonished customers ,

Pros: The car has a few scratches etc but that is to be expected. They don't create drama when you hand the car back. Not that i had any additional scratches etc but they are not picky

Cons: So far so good

Cons: When we went to pick up our vehicles, they said that full protection only covers the damage caused to the other vehicle in the event of an accident. We were told that if we wanted full protection for our own vehicle, we would either have to pay 100 euros or our card would be blocked for 1200 euros. It was said that even small scratches on the vehicle will be deducted from the blocked fee. They made us believe in a separate protection under the name of full protection in exchange for 100 euros.

Pros: Just the fact that they always answer the phone is fantastic. Flexible. Even though I landed late (after closing time), we were able to come to an agreement and I was able to pick up my car. The same thing with the return. Very smooth.

Cons: Car cleanliness. The windshield was quite dirty and I'm talking about the inside. Otherwise it was no complaints.

Pros: The cars are ok.

Cons: Car wasn't filled up to the max, the office / waiting room is dirty, the location is like out of a Tarantino movie.

Pros: Fast fast fast

Pros: It was easy to comunicate with customer service. They reminded us all terms and conditions, rules about Gibraltar in short way and we could go.

Cons: A bit complicated to find a way on return, as navigation passed thru them 3 times :)

Pros: kind and helpful staff (when talking face-to-face), good car (few scratches but nothing serious)

Cons: time it took to get to the rental place and lack of response when called customer serv. We waited for over 30 mins for shuttle bus to arrive at pick up point. I called 3 numbers provided on the voucher but no one answered. There is only 1 car which carries customers from rental location to the airport and back. Driver doesn't do empty rides.

Pros: Lady was very nice and helpful, when l said l had changed my mind of early hours drop off to late the day before.

Cons: But l found it very hard to find how to get back to the place, the way of speed on roads weather and darkness, l could not find it till it was closed, l managed to find the late drop off and put the keys in the box. In hindsight I should have had sat nav

Pros: Nice friendly staff

Pros: Efficiency was !

Cons: Cleaning glass inside not done

Pros: Well maintained cars, clean and equipped with all the feature which you could require during the holiday. Reasonable prices, easy phone contact.

Cons: Poor shuttle service, we needed to wait for the bus at the airpot for more than 30 minutes; after return another 35 minutes, despite the second shuttle bus was available at the premises

Pros: mostly everything

Cons: nothing

Pros: quick pickup and dropoff process

Cons: The vehicle had small issues, from non working USB ports to lack of power overall. Difficult to drive up hills

Pros: Good desk agent experience and quick processing getting the car

Cons: Waited a long time at airport pick-up point to be brought to office (had to call after long wait) - maybe instruct customers to call once at pick-up and come straight away?

Cons: Shuttle driver was more interested in texting than taking care of customers. Rental lot was really hard to get back to.

Pros: Car was as described.

Cons: Made me pay a €1000 euro ‘negligence’ deposit which was not listed on the voucher.

Pros: Great experience thank u

Pros: Fast and easy

Pros: The service was very good, the car was good, about 25,000 km with minor dings. The price and value was excellent and the staff very professional

Cons: It was tricky to find the shuttle pick up at Malaga airport - this was most confusing. Also, unlike better known international car rental agencies, Drivalia was on on industrial estate a 5 minute drive from the airport. In the end neither of these was an issue - the car and the service were very good

Pros: Good to have hybrid car, lovely office

Cons: Car had damage, no signs at bus collection point, quite long wait for buses

Pros: Friendly service, good value

Cons: Slow pickup, car had sticker marks all over it upon pickup, only had quarter tank of gas so had to get expensive gas near airport.

Pros: Très bon service

Pros: Quite efficient. No waiting time for the shuttle bus.

Cons: It is situated a few minutes drive away from the airport.

Pros: Value for money.

Cons: Easy check in. Having to pay extra for Road Side Assistance (which I declined). I had excess cover, but this confused me. Surely if the car breaks down that should be your responsibility without asking for further payment.

Cons: I regret to choose this company Drivalia. Since day 1, I have a low oil level check and the car has no water for the wipers.

Pros: Friendly and helpful

Pros: Very good service

Cons: Nothing

Pros: I checked-in in advance and that saved time at the moment of pick-up

Cons: I had to spend time recording videos of the car condition as there where small scratches that were not mentioned in the rental contract. The company representatives were unavailable to update the contract with me, that is why I had to record a video.

Pros: A bit rude personnel (men), they take only credit cards, a bit demanding to get full insurance from them instead of Discovercars.com, saying that there may be problems with a deposit if car is scratched etc, but still all good 8 of 10

Pros: Super snel zowel bij ophalen en terugbrengen, aardig personeel.

Cons: We hadden een babystoeltje bijgeboekt. Konden kiezen uit 3 stoeltjes waarvan 1 helemaal kapot was en het piepschuim zichtbaar was. Daarnaast waren alle stoeltjes niet schoon. Dit zou zichtbaar verbeterd kunnen worden.

Pros: First class

Cons: Efficient

Pros: Simple process and helpful. I was upgraded to an estate version of the car that I had booked.

Pros: No fuss, efficient service without hard selling.

Pros: Everything

Cons: Will se when deposit will come back

Pros: Overall experience was ok, van did the job and drop off was so easy.

Cons: Pick up was a huge issue, a sassy representative who was not much help. With there not being any indication on where to add flight times, this was the main issue. I had mistakenly entered the incorrect flight arrival time so we were late, but with it being stated a "shuttle bus" we thought there would be no issue in taking us to the rental. She was rude and not helping with any alternatives. Until an hour later she took us to the car rental.

Pros: Clean car, friendly staff!

Cons: Would have been great if they had a specific queue for us that already completed the pre-check in online, in that way we didn't have to wait so long!

Pros: Very good service and shuttle. Would use again

Cons: Understanding the insurance

Pros: The rental agent was very dismissive once we turned down buying the extra insurance through the agency. Obviously, the agency dislikes providing service when the vehicle is booked through booking.com. That gives me second thoughts about using a third part site. I am concerned about the $1000.00 deposit as to whether the agency will try to apply charges that are unsubstantiated. They verbally said no at drop off.

Cons: The car was excellent and economical to drive.

Pros: Good car at a good price

Cons: It took allmost an hour to pick up the car - a huge line and not enogh staff to help

Pros: Friendly

Cons: Long wait at check in, probably due to staff shortages. Not a problem though.

Pros: Good service

Pros: Fast pick up

Cons: Did not answer the calls, needed to drive back (it took me extra 100 km drive) in order to get on hold, no apologies received

Pros: I could not change main diver without discovercar's permission and I have to pay pay extra cost.

Pros: Good service

Cons: Drivalia was not in the airport

Pros: Great service. Excellent car with all new features.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: Best value for money, lovely fiat, we were picked up and dropped off by shuttle. Great drop off service. Car was checked in minutes at the drop off car parking site without us having to walk in to the reception.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: no good i get today 30/1 not my deposit back.

Cons: i droped saturday the far back. all was ok. but my deposit 1000.- eurot still hasn't been refunded, I think it's very bad

Pros: The agents were nice and helpful, including the shuttle driver.

Cons: They gave us a car with defective door locks (confirmed by the local Drivalia store in Málaga, Spain and documented on our receipt). This directly contributed us getting robbed. The thieves were able to steal two suitcases with more than EUR 6500 of personal property in them without breaking a window or otherwise breaking into the car. There was no way to pursue a claim while we were in Málaga and the company has not responded to our email where we requested to be reimbursed for our losses.

Cons: They didn’t do their homework on electric cars charging network. They’re ready to leave customers hanging dry

Pros: Very good new car for reasonable price.

Cons: Long waiting for shuttle. Off hours delivery charged 20 EUR extra.

Pros: Agent offered me insurance for £158 for Seven days or deposit of £1200 on a credit card only. Also when I returned the car, fuel tank was half empty, so I asked the agent how much would it cost? She did offer me to go back and get it filled or it would be around 1.47 per litre as compared to1.45 from the station. As it was just a couple of pennies over, I said I can pay it to them but was shocked to see that she charged me £75 for a half tank of a small Ford focus car. Extortionate!

Pros: Helpful

Cons: Woukd have liked to know where nearest fuel stations were

Pros: Fast efficient pickup friendly staff

Cons: Nothing all good

Cons: Had to wait for 25mins whilst they cleaned the car, on collection. Not ideal. Make sure you check the car over and make them aware of marks not on the agreement. We had a few. We photographed too, which was a blessing because they tried to tell us we had damaged it, dispite it being on the mark up agreement. They quickly agreed we hadn’t damaged upon us showing them pictures. But abit of a hassle.

Cons: They tried to charge me for a second driver that was already included in my contract

Pros: It was a quick turn around and I was helped turning the entertainment system from spanish to english.

Cons: The extra insurance sell. As always when I hire a car in spain.

Pros: Apart from waiting too much for the shuttle, things were all fine.

Cons: Too much wait for the shuttle, and no signs.

Pros: Great value and fantastic service

Pros: Disastrous service, lady who checked the car was mean and rude, totally unprofessional, very disappointed, I won't use this company again and would not recommend anyone else to use it.

Cons: Attitude of the employee, we are family with baby and she didn't care, she was just smiling and being rude.

Cons: - Additional cost in case you don't have credit card, - waiting more than 30 minutes for shutlle bus, - unpleseant and not hehlpfulpersonnel durining picking up the car

Cons: We´ve rented 2 cars with Drivalia in Malaga. Both were crashed and they charged us extras for delivering the car too early. Also too strict regarding fuel - charging us almost 50 euros for 5 liters.

Pros: Fast check-in and check-out. They keep the cars in really secluded area and even using GPS it was not easy to find the place to return the car, but managed it asking locals around there.

Cons: The only thing which was very minor was that on the last day the tire pressure light came on.

Cons: Atsirado papildomas draudimas vietoj užstato, nors buvome sumokėję Full Coverage.

Pros: Great service, good value for money

Cons: Probably I didn’t read properly but I didn’t realise pick up was so far from the airport

Pros: Efficient at pickup

Cons: Difficult to find drop off at 3am and extremely difficult to manoeuvre up 5 flights with car as very dark and cars dumped everywhere

Pros: Nothing

Cons: They have claim a damage that I didn't do

Pros: All cars are almost brand new, well maintained, low mileage, well equipped, very welcoming.

Cons: Booked and paid for premium convertible , but instead I was offered a standard car. After making demands, finally been offered exactly was I paid for.

Pros: All the people I dealt with were very helpful and professional.

Cons: They didn't inform me clearly that I have to pick the car some were eles than airport, I couldn't find the bus from airport and I had to take a taxi, I already bought the full insurance but they blocked 2000 Euro from my account

Pros: Almost new car with huge storage space needed to travel with a child

Pros: Helpful and efficient

Cons: N/a

Pros: Very flexible and friendly

Pros: very professional

Cons: drop off was difficult

Pros: Efficient in getting us from the qirport to depot qnd return; fairly quick in getting the pqperwork sorted to collect the vehicle.

Cons: When ze dropped the car back there wasn't enough staff there to deal with the number of people collecting or returning cars so it took a long time to be seen and dealt with.

Pros: Very very little. Basically Drivalia was awful. It was a s**t experience from start to finish.

Cons: BHait and switch which means if you don't have a VIsa/Mastercard credit card or someone that is not the named driver can provide this they charge +250 Euros. That is basically a scam to headline a low day rate but then sting you when you turn up. It took +45 minutes to get to the rental location. Poor transfer from the Airport. Utter waste of time in the blistering heat. I asked to extend the rental 24h before ending. They refused and threated to charge me 300 Euros if I was late.

Pros: Nothing!!

Cons: The entire service was terrible!!

Pros: excellent car, staff were very good and friendly. did not push extra insurance.

Cons: wait for minibus was longer at the airport than expected. and long wait at reception. not enough staff. but again cat really complain with the price paid.

Cons: Your car rental company "Drivalia" is cheating and incorrectly charging your credit card. The fuel tank was full, but they wrote that it was a little low on fuel. After that, he does not respond to emails.

Pros: Car was absolutely fantastic, best rental car in 20+ years travelling to the coast

Cons: Friendly and efficient. So much better than any on site providers at the airport. Would 100% use again!

Pros: The car was new.the desk agent was efficient

Cons: The pick area was in different place. There is not sign where to stand

Pros: Staff approach and car quality.

Cons: Out of hour Drop off facility as car park was cramped.

Pros: Car was clean

Cons: Paid for out of hours drop off… absolute nightmare. Was told to drop back to a location that was closer to the airport. Did that… creepiest place ever. FULL of cars. Loads of people waiting for one 8 seater bus. Waited for 30 mins and ended up having to walk/ run to the airport across very busy main roads.. very dangerous! Otherwise we would have missed our plane. Would not recommend or use drivalia again for this reason or

Pros: Driving in Malaga is tricky but otherwise everything went smoothly.

Pros: Lovely staff and efficient service.

Pros: 10 minutes to complete paperwork and get car key

Pros: Modern car, quick service

Cons: Forced us to buy their extra insurance

Pros: Very friendly staff

Pros: Everything was smooth and fast, no sale pressure to buy insurance

Pros: All went well with car pick up. Early drop off at garage was challenging. Garage was over loaded making access to ramps very difficult.

Cons: Need better early drop off Location.

Pros: Car was new.

Cons: Long waiting, droop off car in dark garage in 5 th floor ! No one told us that. We need extra 20 minutes.

Pros: Fast and efficient. Great brand new cars. Good shuttle service from the airport.

Cons: Everything was fine. Location was someway from the airport which I understand helps keep their costs down and prices affordable.

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Very little

Pros: Friendly super efficient and knowledgeable

Cons: Standard and cleanliness of car very high great price