When they talk about Sochi, they mean not only the city itself, but the entire resort area called Greater Sochi. It stretches for 80 km along the Black Sea coast. The metropolis consists of 4 large parts. These are Lazarevsky, Central, Khostinsky and Adlerovsky districts.
While resting in Sochi, in addition to relaxing on the beaches, guests tend to visit all its corners. This is facilitated by the numerous bus excursions offered by local travel agencies. However, this type of travel is associated with some inconveniences.
Freedom of movement, independent planning of trips and parking - all this can be provided by car rental in Sochi.
The advantages of car rental
Renting a car saves tourists from an exhausting trip to Sochi with their own car. For guests of the city from remote regions of Russia, a road trip can take half of the vacation, and this event will be very expensive.
Arriving by plane or by train, you can get into a rental car right at the airport or train station. This has a number of tangible benefits.
- You can feel mobile, not dependent on public transport schedules or the whims of taxi owners, thanks to the vehicles taken for temporary use. This service sector often makes it possible to enjoy driving the car that they dream of buying.
- A minibus will allow a large family or a large group of friends to travel
- Taking a guide with you for an individual excursion in any area of Greater Sochi will give you a spacious minivan salon.
- Having received a car for temporary use, tourists will be able to visit in a short time not only the most remote areas of Sochi, such as the villages of Loo, Magri, Dagomys, Golubaya Dacha, but also go to the park complex of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and visit the famous Skypark.
- Most rental agencies allow renters to travel in their vehicles across the territory of the Stavropol Territory and Abkhazia, thereby providing the opportunity to visit Sukhumi, Lake Ritsa, Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk and other wonderful places in the North Caucasus.
- Driving a rented car relieves travelers from having to deal with its maintenance. Tourists can enjoy a good night's sleep without worrying about secure parking.
Where is it profitable to rent
The international practice of registering car rent shows that this must be done in advance. The best option in this matter would be to book a car before the trip. You will not need to spend time looking for a rental agency upon arrival at the resort.
It is enough to find the website of a suitable rental company and place an online reservation for the car you like. The iron horse will be waiting for the customer in the parking lot near the airport building, railway station or in another agreed place in the city.
The easiest and most profitable way to search for rental transport in Sochi is to use the services of the aggregator of local rental companies Myrentcar. The largest car rental broker brings together offers from local rental businesses. The client has a wide choice of transport in the region. You will always find on the website a car according to your taste and wallet.
In parallel with this option, it is possible to arrange temporary use of the car at the same time as booking a hotel room. Many airlines and hoteliers provide this type of service. The customer can book a car rental during the ticket issuance.
The cost of services may be less than the usual fees, thanks to reliable intermediaries - airlines and hotels. Searching the Internet for car rental options in Sochi, in most cases, will lead the client to the Myrentcar website.
Prices
One of the priority factors influencing the choice of rental transport is the cost of services. The prices for cars in Sochi directly depend on the class, brand and year of manufacture.
Aggregator Myrentacar offers to rent one of more than a hundred cars of various classes. For example, a KIA, Chevrolet and Renault car with a sedan body will cost the customer around 1,500 rubles. per day. But the Nissan will cost the customer about 2,000 rubles daily.
For an SUV, convertible or premium sedan, you will have to pay at least three thousand rubles.
It should be noted that rental companies are interested in the delivery of cars for 7 - 8 and more days. The longer this period, the more significantly the costs and time for submitting and receiving the car are reduced, the fewer paperwork is performed.
To encourage customers to use the car for a long time, rental companies offer a flexible system of discounts. For example, the daily costs for 8 days will be much less than the rental price for each of the 2 booked days.
Conditions
The rental conditions of various local firms differ little from each other. Myrentacar publishes on its website "Terms and Conditions of Renting and Car Renting", which meet the international norms of car rental.
Let us note the main provisions of the Terms in a short form:
- the minimum fixed rental time is 24 hours
- if the car is returned before 12 am, the day is considered complete
- the customer must notify the company in advance about his desire to extend the lease, and not at the time of delivery of the car
- with less fuel in the tank than at the beginning, the driver refunds the difference in monetary terms to the lessor during the transfer of the vehicle
- the car is provided to the customer immediately after washing. The same requirement is imposed on the driver upon the return of the vehicle. Otherwise, the renter will reimburse the cost of the car wash.
- trips around the Stavropol Territory and Abkhazia must be agreed by the driver with the rental company in advance
- upon the occurrence of an insured event, the driver is obliged to urgently notify the rental company and present it with a police report on the accident. The insurance coverage does not cover damage to wheels, underbody, interior and windshield
- parking and fines are paid entirely by the renter
- people who are at least 25 years old with a minimum driving experience of 5 years are allowed to drive a car
Which car to choose
Several criteria affect the choice:
- financial capabilities of the customer and the cost of rent
- the presence in the car of an automatic transmission or a manual gearshift
- mileage limitation or lack thereof
- number of passenger seats
- comfort, depending on the class of car
- availability of climate control
- equipping with audio and video system
- availability of child seats
- terms of franchise and deposit
- places of delivery and delivery of the vehicle
- car color
- provision of additional services
- optimal rental period affecting the discount
As a rule, the simultaneous presence of all the listed requirements in the lease agreement practically does not happen, so you always have to sacrifice something.
Deposit and deductible
These two terms mean certain amounts of money specified in the rental agreement for a particular car. The tenant needs to be clear about what these two concepts mean:
A deposit is a collateral amount of funds that is blocked on the account (card) of a temporary user by a car. The money is frozen in case of reimbursement of that part of the cost of restoring the damaged car that is not covered by the insurance.
If any are found by the rental company, then the required amount will be deducted from the deposit. If the amount of monetary compensation exceeds the blocked amount, then the lessee pays the difference additionally.
If the car is handed over without being inspected by the distributor, then upon detection of damage, the employees of the insurance company have the right to request the bank to block additional funds on the user's account.
A franchise is a certain amount of money blocked on the customer's account. Anything that exceeds it in case of an insured event is paid by the insurance company.
To make it clearer, you can give the following example. The franchise was 30,000 rubles, and the amount of damage was 60,000 rubles. In this case, the lessee pays the franchise, and the remaining 30,000 rubles. extinguished by the insurance company.
Additional services
In addition to fulfilling their basic obligations, many firms offer a number of additional services. You can get a car with a child seat, audio and video system, navigator, etc. Any additional option will cost the driver an extra 150 rubles per day.
For an additional fee, the car can be delivered to the customer to any remote place, as well as install a Wi-Fi router in the car, enter into a co-driver's agreement (this service is free).
Receiving and returning
There are two ways to get behind the wheel of a rented car. The first way is to personally visit the office of the rental company and conclude a contractual relationship. The second way is to solve all the issues on remote access on the Internet. Its advantage is that all formalities can be settled immediately before the trip.
When meeting with a representative of the rental company, the tenant presents an electronic voucher printed on a printer, a passport and a driver's license.
Before signing the contract, the customer needs to inspect the car. In the event that unrecorded damages are found, and there are no agreed additional services, the customer must demand from the counterparty to make the appropriate changes to the relevant section of the contract.
The company must present the car in its pure form, both outside and inside the cabin. Upon receipt of the transport at his disposal, the tenant pays the difference between the amount of the contract and the advance made in advance.
When handing over a car, the driver must present it after washing. In the event of any damage not previously accounted for, the money for their elimination is withheld from the returned deposit. The fuel level in the tank must be the same as when receiving the car. The lessee compensates for the shortage in cash.
How to book on myrentacar.com
To book a car online, you must:
- Go to the website of the company myrentacar.com and choose the area of the city where it is convenient to get a car and where it is convenient to return it. Indicate the date and time of receipt, return of the car.
- If you want the selection to focus on a specific car, turn on the "Filter" option. With its help, it is possible to highlight the offers of a certain brand of car, type of engine, gearbox, cost of daily rent, etc.
- Choose a car that suits your requirements.
- In the window that opens, familiarize yourself with the terms and conditions, if you need to mark additional services - booking without a deposit, removing the mileage restriction, a child seat, a mount for sports equipment, etc. Then click the "Book" button.
- Further, the places, dates and times of receipt and return of the car are finally recorded. The rental period must be a multiple of 24 hours. Even the slightest excess of this time limit will be counted as an additional rental day.
- The customer fills out a questionnaire and makes an advance payment from a bank card or account in the amount of 15 - 20% of the contract amount. The rest of the money is given to the representative of the car rental company upon receipt of the car.
Cancellation of booking
Life is unpredictable with its surprises. A situation may arise that the trip to Sochi has to be postponed, but the booking has already been made and an advance payment has been made. The situation is quite correctable if there is a week in stock.
7 days before the onset of the contractual relationship, the distributor will return the advance payment to the card in full minus the bank transfer services. Otherwise, the client will lose all the money. It should be noted that the time limit for canceling a car reservation in the "Lux" and "SUV" categories is 30 days.
Gas stations
The entire Black Sea coast of the Krasnodar Territory is covered with a network of petrol stations of various oil refining companies. Of these, the most famous branded filling stations are LUKOIL and ROSNEFT.
Fuel quality and service at Sochi filling stations meet the highest requirements of international standards. Gas stations are concentrated mainly on the most demanded destinations.
Almost all gas stations have stores with a wide range of products, and you can also buy essential goods, clothes and shoes here. Toilets are free here.
Large gas stations attract customers with a car wash, a small service station where you can check the oil level and even change it. Also, while refueling the car, you can use the compressor and inflate the tires.
While the petrol station workers are busy servicing the car, the driver and passengers can have a snack or a cup of coffee in a local cafe. The prices for gasoline and diesel fuel are no different from the cost of fuel throughout the Russian Federation.
The state service constantly conducts raids, during which it checks the correspondence of the real displacement with the meter of the filling station, and also monitors the quality of the fuel.
Roads
Over the past decades, the Government of the Russian Federation has been making a lot of efforts to restore the road surface and build new roads in the Greater Sochi region. In all major directions the roads are in perfect condition.
Road services constantly monitor the condition of the road surface. In the event of any damage to the asphalt concrete, road workers will eliminate them as soon as possible.
The renters who have rented a car in Sochi can enjoy a comfortable ride on the roads of the highest quality. The only thing that can spoil the mood is the local traffic police, and then only through the fault of the driver himself.
Strict supervision of speed control reigns here. The violator will face imminent punishment for speeding. In addition to the police themselves, a huge number of cameras monitor the speed of vehicles on the roads of Sochi.
It should be reminded to those who still strive to get behind the wheel of a drunken person that, as a rule, a meeting with a traffic cop's pipe does not bode well.
If a representative of the authority, when stopping, expresses claims about the technical condition of the car, the renter must call a representative of the rental company to the place - let the policeman deal with him.
Parking
Thanks to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, the city's infrastructure has improved significantly, including many convenient, paid parking lots, and places where you can park your car for free. In the center of Sochi, there are municipal parking lots on wide streets. Road signs inform about it.
Payment for parking is made in parking meters with a bank card or a special parking card. Also, parking is paid via SMS or the Sochi Parking Space application. Drivers are offered to pay for parking in multiples of 15 minutes.
The last payment deadline is 15 minutes before the parking time expires. Otherwise, the driver will be fined 1000 rubles. There are rules for using the parking meter on each machine. They operate from 8 am to 8 pm.
In addition to municipal parking lots, there are many private parking lots in the city, the rates of which can be twice as high as state prices. Their advantage is that the parking areas are located in convenient locations.Along with fenced off protected areas, the city has multi-storey car parks with lifts.
Finding unattended parking lots requires knowledge of the city. In any case, the further from the central part of the city, the more opportunities for free parking.
