Magic Islands Rent A Car at Ponta Delgada Airport

Pros: Well, we got a functioning car without to much hassle for our holidays.

Cons: The guys we‘re super unfriendly („Bro, yo, go out of the way“ and similar remarks; almost funny those boys). Little information available. They‘re office is in the middle of no where in ponta delgada. if not going to the airport they could at least offer to call a cab, if not even pay for it. all in all pretty bad service. Car was in semi good condition. Breaks squeaked and going over bumps/bad roads it all sounded like it would fall appart soon (it didn’t; still…)

Pros: Quick, clean, friendly

Cons: It wasn't a meet and greet as advertised, first you had to find a certain carpark, then wait for them to arrive in the van and pick you up

Cons: Paying 35Eur for dropping the car off 1 1/2 hr earlier than what I have stated at the pickup...even though I was not the only customer at that time that needed a shuttle to the airport. A "first" for me and I rented cars a lot in the past.

Pros: Super friendly and efficient service once you’ve arrived at the desk. Return was the quickest we’ve ever done.

Cons: No desk on arrival at airport terminal. You have to call and wait for ages for a vehicle to come and pick you up and drive you to the pick up location.

Pros: I rented a car two weeks ago, and everything went smoothly. The service was excellent, with a convenient shuttle that picks you up from parking lot 5 and takes you to the rental office (just a 3-minute drive). You simply need to call them once you’ve arrived at the airport. The car provided was in perfect condition and very clean. The staff were friendly, polite, and helpful throughout the process. I booked through www.discovercars.com, which offered the best price I could find.

Cons: Nothing.

Pros: Fair prices and treatment. Nice people, easy and fast process

Cons: A large deposit and it took up to 1 week to receive it back. Last part probably not their fault.

Pros: Nice folks

Cons: Nothing

Pros: It was excellent, I wrongly checked the flight time (due to time difference) and the company let us take car earlier, was amazingly nice and make everything very easy. Highly recommened

Pros: Tiers were not enough filled with air

Cons: We did not receive the car we paid for (received a lower category) and after 5 days still not received back the 1500€ charged on credit card.

Pros: Quick and good quality service

Pros: All services were very quick on friendly level.

Cons: The deposit isn’t blocked on your account but paid directly on Magic island account. After returning the car you have to wait if the deposit is coming back. I’m waiting 4 days and still isn’t. This is not good feeling.

Pros: Super profesjonalna firma. Szybki odbiór z lotniska, ekspresowe wydanie samochodu. Bardzo miły personel. Otrzymałem prawie nowy samochód w wyższej klasie niż zamówiłem i zapłaciłem. Bezproblemowy zwrot. Polecam.

Cons: Nic.

Pros: Nice personnel.

Cons: My car was not ready at the time of pickup. I was offered different but smaller car, as I didn't want to waste my holiday time on the car rental station to wait there an hour or more thus I took the offer but with no discount or anything. They charged me for a deposit (no blockation) and I received the money back after 2 weeks and of course due to currency changes I lost more than 60€.

Pros: Fast and kind workers.

Cons: We asked for a manual car and there weren't any left. So had to quickly learn how to use an automatic.

Pros: I was surprised at how fast the pick-up and drop-off process was. I was also impressed by the newness of the cars. Before renting, I read some reviews and was a little apprehensive. However, I was pleasantly surprised. I can recommend this company. We had a hybrid and saved a lot on fuel during our travels.

Cons: Just one thing. We found some trash in the door when we pick the car up.

Pros: Very professional, very nice team members and efficient. We got an upgrade and the car was fantastic.

Cons: everything was great.

Pros: Nice People and promptly on time to meet at 5 AM.

Cons: Distance from the airport and $1500 deposit

Pros: Everything went great.

Cons: None

Pros: Quick, easy, straightforward and helpful.

Cons: -

Pros: Magic Island, in my opinion, is one of the best, if not the best, car rentals in Sao Miguel. Apart from the booking being at a very great cost, the deposit was only €100. Rare to find. Thank you, Magic Island, for the upgrade.

Cons: Nothing

Cons: Did not like that they run the card for deposit, whereas larger car rental companies do not. Not ideal for non-EU residents

Pros: Time spent for picking up and dropping of the car. The staff was really friendly, all went really good.

Cons: All went good!

Pros: Price, fairness and quicness of personal,

Cons: Desk is not in terminal, you have to call for shuttle.

Cons: We have waited about 30 min for our car because car was't ready at pick time

Pros: Good Service provided after call to refill oil.

Cons: Tires were close to end of life, probably oil level was not checked before rental. Pay to much detail to little scratches on car at car return.

Pros: Everything. Good attention, new car, clean, effectiveness picking up and dropping off the car.

Cons: They charged 1.500€ and returned them after 4 days after dropping off the car.

Pros: New car, immaculate

Cons: Arriving tired and no meet and greet

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The driver for the drop off was very nice.

Pros: friendly and very helpful staff

Pros: Complete, efficient , friendly service.

Pros: Boa tarde, preciso que me informem por favor quando me vão devolver o meu dinheiro da caução? Muito obrigado.

Pros: Good value, quick and easy drop off. Better car than we were expecting.

Cons: The instructions for pick up at the airport were not very clear. We had to ask one of the other rent-a-car providers what to do. Luckily they were very helpful.

Cons: Foreign cardholders beware! Instead of blocking the deposit on your credit card, they charge and then refund if the rental exceeds 4 days; there's a possibility for unexpected Forex losses.

Pros: High quality service

Pros: Very good car and worth the cost!

Cons: Need to call the Co. when you arrive the airport then they will send a people to pick you up to their place, it is about 5 mins away.

Pros: contact with and digital documents, speed of case handling

Cons: non

Pros: Evriting wass clearly explained and easy to rent .The car wass exactly what we pay for it,and the team wery helpful and nice.

Pros: Very nice guys!

Cons: The insurance construction is not transparent enough

Pros: Clean,new car.

Cons: Off site pick up and drop off means a bit of a hassle. They have made it as smooth as possible but with offsite they are only open at 7.30 and need to charge 30 euro extra if you have an early flight.

Pros: Price

Cons: Cosmetic damage to the car

Pros: it was straight forward.

Cons: location of car pick up.. client should have the car brought to them given the difficulty of finding the location.

Cons: We have an engine problem, and we needed to replace the car, but when we called the company they told us to come to the office immediately and didn't send us another car, even we was hour drive from the office. And they didn't gave as anything to compensate us

Pros: nothing

Cons: horrible!

Pros: Car was better than expected.

Pros: I didnt know that their office is a few km from the airport

Pros: Rapidez en la entrega y devolución del vehículo

Cons: Que no tenga a nadie en la llegada al aeropuerto a la llegada del cliente

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Fast and friendly service. Nice car, clean, even a Phone holder inside. Excellent company!

Pros: Everything's ok in general

Cons: They may be scammers because they said they will return the deposit and they took my credit card and did some transaction to return the 1200 euro, but when I checked the statements - the refund was canceled 😞

Cons: Nous attendons toujours le remboursement de la caution

Pros: The car was new.

Cons: They illegally withdraw 491.97£ which they refuse to send back despite multiple emails.

Pros: quick and efficient.

Cons: for us it would be easier to have a pick up in Ponta Delgado city center as we had not booked a car in the whole period of our stay.

Pros: Servicio de lanzadera porque no se encuentra en el mismo aeropuerto.

Cons: El cargo en cuenta en vez de bloqueo para el depósito.

Pros: NOTHING

Cons: Absolutely they wanted to get extra money on top of renting fee

Cons: It wasn’t totally clear that you had to call the telephone number on arrival at the airport to get met by the car hire company.

Cons: At P5 not clear where we had to go or who was going to pick us up.

Pros: Really nad artistide! They "find" in our car one accident. When we like to make OÜ olen pictures of it, they reffused it. When we started to film their artistide, they said , ok , your car is ok......we haven' t got yet our deposit back. They sent to us our final doc in Portugal.......now we havent got any additional information about when they will relize our deposit and etc. Really bad company!!!!!

Cons: Nothing!

Pros: Several scratches and damages on the car. Technically the car was ok, tires (especially in the front) were on their last miles.

Pros: The car was outstanding.

Cons: It took a long time to get in touch with the front desk to get our pick up organized from the airport. The guy who drove the van was quite rude to us, especially my partner. The car was given to us with a full tank, however the gauge went down a quarter of a tank after a short drive to the hotel. When returning the vehicle, was overheard the couple ahead of us reporting a similar issue but the representative they spoke to was quite rude and dismissive so we did not push the issue.

Pros: Professional, friendly, efficient, thorough and superb cars!

Cons: Not situated in the terminal - have to call for a shuttle bus, and we didn't have a signal, but ok once that sorted.

Pros: Thorough, efficient, fantastic cars

Cons: That we had to call for a shuttle bus.

Cons: Magic Island is a company that is well organized - all operations and transfers run smoothly. However, it seems to be their side business to rip off the customers. When returning the car, 2 other customers were confronted at the same time with the same problem as us: As soon as you drive up, the employee stands there with a cleaning rag and looks for paint damage, which he then also finds. Damage that you have neither caused, nor can prove that they were already there. Apart from that, the c

Pros: Rapidez en la devolucion del vehículo

Cons: Solicion tarjeta de crédito a pesar de tener todo riesgo contratado con Booking o Discovercars. Esto genero tensión y malestar en el viaje. El exceso en la inspeccion del vehículo, aspecto que ya aparecia en los foros de internet. Lo que indican que hay intereses en encontrar el mínimo daño insignificante para hacer negocio con los seguros

Pros: Very helpful agents; easy pick up and drop off; car in good condition

Pros: Very good service

Pros: Car was great, clean and in perfect condition. Check in was fairly smooth once we were picked up. Location is off premise, and we had to call to inform them we were there so make sure you can make international calls.

Cons: You have to pay a €35 extra fee to drop off the car outside of regular hours. I don't mind the fee but it was as much as a days rental, which felt excessive. Unfortunately, someone hit our car while we were parked. Luckily, I'd purchased full coverage so wasn't worried about it. When I emailed Magic Island to discuss, their response was rude and condescending. When I asked if they could clarify their response, they were even more rude and condescending.

Pros: -Price and service

Cons: -In terms of defects of the car. They take note of every single spot or mini mark (almost you need a magnifying glass to see it) and therefore it is impossible to control if you have been the responsible for that. It generates distrust.

Pros: Better value than other companies. Prompt pick up from the airport.

Cons: I canceled the reservation, requested a refund. It took over a week to receive the refund and I lost almost $40 due to the exchange rate. I should get 100% of the cash refund. This is NOT acceptable

Pros: efficiency, price/quality of the provided car (Fiat Tipo), customer friendliness

Cons: Difficulty to find provider on the airport P5 as it wasn't clear in the upfront communication that I had to phone them.

Pros: Overall good service

Pros: It was a great car and ran on Disel which let us drive around the entire week and only spend half of the tank in gas

Cons: it was not at the airport. had to ask around and finally call a number to have a shuttle come pick us up and take us to the location which was 5-10 mins away from the airport

Pros: Nice representative when picking up

Cons: Was a bit unclear at the airport where to go

Pros: We had a terrible problem and we had to go black home quickly. People Who work in Magic Island helped us and were so kind with us. We'll never forget it

Pros: Service is great, staff friendly, cars are new and clean. I am sure I will use their services again next time.

Cons: It was not clear where to wait for the driver to pick us up .

Pros: Personal service

Cons: Nothing to dis like

Pros: The staff was very friendly and responsive.

Pros: They did a good service.

Cons: They made us feel comfortable if we needed any help.

Pros: The lady who helped us collect & drop off our car was exceptional, 5 star service.

Cons: The car was a little lacking in pick up but besides that it was a good size to get around the island.

Cons: They have hold my 1200 deposit for the smallest most ridiculous "scratch" I ve ever seen in a wheel, we couldn't even see it, just when we went down and put our eyes 10 cm from the wheel we saw it, I find very suspicious that they went straight and saw it. We definitely didn't hit it at any time. Very untrustworthy company

Pros: Professional and efficient service by everyone involved.

Cons: Nothing

Cons: They tried to scam us.

Pros: Quick, efficient and friendly

Pros: Smooth

Cons: We were promised a Mercedes, but we got a Volkswagen.

Pros: Fast process, no hassle and tricking at drop off, all went well.

Cons: Mind that the dorp off and pickup is not at the airport. Is you leave too early or too late, out of workjng hours, an extra cost applied, which is normal.

Pros: New cars, prompt service and a great price!

Cons: efficient staff, very helpful

Pros: Considerate, professional and efficient.

Cons: Difficult to find the rental agent when we arrived in the airport. But once they found us, they were brilliant.

Pros: Car was extremely clean. They were great about not upselling me a bunch of insurance. I would definitely rent from them again.

Pros: Nice car for a good price

Cons: Location was very busy

Pros: Friendly, simple, and was very happy with the car we were given.

Cons: Everything was great, zero complaints.

Cons: Onestly, they're villains, unfair. When i picked the car, they let me check just the car body without giving a look to the bumper or under the car. When i dropped the car, they didn't look at car body, they were waiting for us to look only to the bumper where they found scratches (in my opinion they were already there and they knew it. this justifies why they didn't let me check under when giving me the car). Really bad experience

Pros: Car was ok

Cons: Meet and greet, I was expecting the car at the airport not a bus ride with everyone else to a dodgy industrial estate in tge back end of nowhere

Cons: they said full insurance would not cover any damage but rims or tires

Pros: Terrible experience with this company, they tried to take advantage of us by mumbling specific terms in the rental agreement,

Pros: Good English and good service, seem that not one person took care me at once when leaving car.

Cons: It would be even better that the drop off can be done directly at the airport (ponta delgada).

Pros: No complaints everything was good from start to finish

Pros: Pick up and drop off at the airport were efficient.

Cons: The 1200€ deposit is REALLY EXCESSIVE! We took an all in insurance with discover cars but they asked us to take the same insurance with them in order to reduce the deposit. Luckily we had enough money on the card to pay for this deposit.

Cons: A little hard to find where to pick up the car at the airport. Other than that it was great

Pros: Personal time spent to look at the existing damage to the car to make sure that all damages are registered correctly.

Pros: Economy of our time. Everything is clear for client. Very good prices of rental.

Cons: Everything was OK.

Pros: Very efficient, would definitely use again

Cons: We didn't realise we would be taxied to our car, not a problem but didn't read this anywhere beforehand so wasn't sure what was going on when we all got in to the transit.

Pros: Everything was fine👍

Pros: Very good. Car was bigger than the one we booked. Staff courteous and proffessional.

Cons: They actiuall take the bond off your card, then credit later. Results in a loss of money due to charges and exchange rate. Should "block" payment, like other companies.

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Efficënt staff

Pros: friendly staff, reasonable price

Cons: everything is fine

Pros: It was quick and professional

Cons: I would like them to show what other cars do they have in the fleet for the same class of cars. Because I was supposed to get a Mercedes Class A but ended up getting a Skoda Rapid, wasn’t what I was expecting

Pros: Very bad with fully insurance

Pros: Super friendly

Pros: Perfect cars great price very nice people

Cons: Inconvenient pickup at the airport - they dont have a desk

Pros: They are really kind and the car was perfect

Pros: Low price, good car

Cons: The office is not directly at the airport

Cons: They were only supposed to block a balance off on my credit but instead ended up taking the money and having to return it back on to my credit card. I ended up losing $60 on the transaction due to foreign exchange conversion.

Pros: relação preço qualidada

Pros: The car was reasonably clean.

Cons: - We felt disdain from the man that checked us in. - Deceptive answers to questions. - Charged us over 200 euro for a small scuff on a wheel rim which I suspect was already there. - Not the car we ask for.

Pros: Price

Cons: The car pick up took too long and is not occuring on airport facilities. We needed to be transferred by shuttle to magic islands facility. The car was badly cleaned, had a lot of scratches and defects The dropping off was scheduled to an out of hour (5am) and the agency staff arrived late and very close to our flight time.

Cons: Accussing us of making a scratch which we did’t and was almost invisible.

Cons: Unclear info how to pick up the car. They send instructions wait at car park p5, but pick ups you at p6 :-/ Expensive upgrade to better insurance - 50 eur/day, while whole rental cost 50 eur for 4 days

Pros: The type of vehicle was nice.

Cons: They charged me an additional 100 Euro when the contract I signed 25 Euro, as applicable.

Cons: After we picked up the car one of the employees of Magic Island car rental used the information from the car form to look my friend (women) up on Facebook and started sending her messages multiple times. I’m sure this is against the European privacy laws for company’s. When we delivered the car back he brought us to the drop of point at the airport but he drove really fast and unsafe. Would not recommend this company.

Pros: Nothing.

Cons: Unpleasant. Didn't feel trust worthy.

Pros: They waited for us after office closing time, fast check in and out, polite and professional.

Cons: The car was old, with many miles on it, quite a few dents and very smelly. If they could improve the cleanliness and smell of the cars, age and condition can be overlooked.

Pros: The company didn't accept my card to pay the deposit (1200 euros) and, as it was 8pm, the person who managed the reservation was rushing us and didn't propose alternatives, other than paying 80 euros per person and per day to enable one of my friends to make the reservation and drive the car instead of me. We couldn't get back our reservation money (~140 euros). We went to another car renting company in the airport, which let us pay easily the deposit (only 100 euros) and where very helpful.

Cons: The rush, the absence of help and understanding and the very high deposit.

Cons: Dropped car off after taking child seats out and was charged $100 because of slightly dirty car. Not told this was a charge until “reading the fine print”

Cons: As others have noted, when dropping off the vehicle magically damage is found on the tire of all places. We were not told to inspect the tire at our initial pickup because who would think to? The tire that is subject to the most wear and tear. I urge you do not rent from this place. Save yourself the aggravation.

Pros: The se4vice, the car, the friendliness of the staff.

Cons: /

Pros: Quick

Cons: Took a few queries in the terminal to determine where we had to go to pickup the car

Cons: Car was not what we ordered I.e. we ordered a jeep and got a B class low slung Mercedes. Nice car, but not ideal for the roads on the Azores.

Pros: The car was not the car I had ordered but it turned out perfectly fine.

Cons: Cheap and easy to find.

Pros: Everything went smooth.

Cons: The car was running low on oil on the second day, so had to take it back to fill it up, but not a big deal overall

Pros: The staff were nice and efficient. The car was nice.

Cons: Nothing, they were great!

Pros: Agents pleasant. Not out to find fault / rip you off

Cons: nothing really

Cons: The company refused to return my security deposit despite informing me that the car was returned in perfect condition. They stole 1200 euros from me and told me to ask my bank to refund me if I wanted my money back.

Pros: Efficient, honest and friendly agents

Cons: Took about 30 mins to pick up, but that's because there is just one guy at the desk... Also, I expected the car to be cleaner

Pros: Easy and quick

Cons: Could have been more clear where needed to walk to to find car park area 6

Cons: No one was there when returning the car, had to call and wait

Pros: Staff very friendly and helpful.

Cons: When returning the car, the company representative found defects under the car that were not checked at all upon receipt, very sad to close deposit on a small dent on the bottom of the car!!!

Cons: Dont trust them. Received a big van which I didn't order, that I couldn't drive it in the narrow roads of the island. I paid for a luxury car and received something that can't be driven.

Pros: quick service

Pros: I really liked the hybrid fiat panda car. It was the best choice to drive with this car. It is narrow (on islands are always narrow roads) and do not consume much gasoline.

Pros: The attention of the personal

Cons: The time needed to recover the fee

Pros: Fast.

Cons: The car was not very good with gears and motor but we managed it.

Pros: The guys were able to solve the situation

Cons: In 21 century the credit card is the only way to pay the security deposit

Pros: Attention to detail, honesty, friendliness, helpfulness. Amazing car for the week couldn’t have expected any more thank you for making our holiday even better

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The girl at pickup was prompt and gave us a good car, the best we had in the Azores.

Cons: The bearded guy at drop-off was the most thorough person I've ever seen in car hire. He checked every inch of that car, even underneath. He even tried to charge us for a tank that was 99% full at drop-off, the same as we had picked up. Then, after half an hour of stress trying to find our photo of proof, he tried to pretend to be nice. He wasn't. He also wouldn't allow us to drop off the car at the same time we picked it up.

Cons: I didn’t get my insurance back, yet the office said it would be back in matter of days.

Pros: Fast communication

Cons: They charged big amount of money for a negligible (almost invisible) bend of doors. Not sure, if it didn't exist when a car was rented. They also charged additional 2 days rental cost for "Vehicle stoppage to repair the damage". Lucky me, I had an insurance at DiscoverCars

Pros: Friendly and helpful staff

Pros: The personnel were very efficient. There isn't anything in the airport indicating where the kiosk is

Cons: 1. No manual in the car 2. I wasn't able to cancel my reservation earlier without paying for the full price

Pros: Upon our arrival at the airport we had to go to Lost and Found to report our baby seat which stayed behind at the airport we took off . In result, we were a bit late for the pick up and explained our unfortunate situation, and reason for the delay . In response , Magic Island Team offered us a free of charge baby seat during our rental period and also waited patiently for us despite the delay.

Cons: Nothing to add.

Pros: They are fantastic people

Pros: The people running this service are scam artists and attempt to defraud.

Cons: Already complain/ report this situation and still waiting to solve the issue. Never got the service and asked for refund.

Pros: Fast and friendly service. The car was brand new, excelent.

Cons: There was a miss comunication between Discovery car and Magic Islands. I asked for a delay in pick up for Discovery cars, it was confirmed (was only recorded in vaucher by my request, should be by defaut ...) and Magic Islands pick up service was not aware of this change .. Aynway we was able to quit at initial hour from airport. The return of deposit is slow .. After 1 week i do not received it yet.

Pros: Car was in a good condition and was really clean.

Cons: I returned a car 28th of January and Magic Island employee took it and said it is absolutely Ok, but did not give me a paper confirmation of that. They still have not given me back deposit 1200 euro and don’t responding to my e-mail.

Cons: After couple business days, my secure deposit of 1200 euros hasn’t been ree

Pros: By far, the worst experience I have ever had renting a car. Staff were unwilling to helpe find a solution to leave with a rental car. I ended up paying for a rent I couldn't even use.

Cons: Staff were horrible. Coordination between Discovery Cars and Magic Cars was terrible. The rental ended up failing and I lost $100... Because Magic cars wouldn't let my place a deposit with the car I used to book the rental. Terrible. Just terrible.

Pros: The car was ok.

Cons: The infant car seat was old and battered, and didn't have ISO-fix so the safety standard was much below my expectations.

Cons: flight was delayed by 2 hours and they cancelled my reservation had to book another car

Cons: Magical Islands provided a very bad service: when I returned the car, they went to the maximum detail when checking the car and charged me for damages that are related to normal usage (which weren't even checked when I picked up the car). Besides that, the staff was not polite and not professional.

Pros: Nothing -- they were awful.

Cons: The car was not ready at the arranged pick up time and the representative had no knowledge of my contract. The service was rude, had an unexpected parking charge of €4.50 just to be dropped off at the office and absolutely did not trust the company for one second.

Pros: Quick pick-up and drop

Cons: Have to delivery washed and cleaned , the doesn’t have a spare tire.

Pros: Very friendly and fast, my flight got delayed and arrived very close to closing time of the agency and they were waiting for me.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: everything

Cons: nothing just thing that the deposit is high

Pros: Magic Islands is a con company, added 3 damages to the car return form afterwards to fleece me of €1200. I've see end original pic of the form when I returned the car and damages which they added afterwards. They are thieves who fleeced me of my money,

Pros: Nothing. They provided a filthy car and refused to take any responsibility for it. The importance of cleanliness during the pandemic seems to have passed them by. They are the most unprofessional car company I’ve ever dealt with.

Cons: Dirty car and charged me an extortionate amount for a tiny scratch on the wheel. I asked to show me the price list and they couldn’t. They are a scam.