Can You Rent a Car For Someone Else?

The basic answer is no.I assume that this gentleman did not read the
You can reserve a car for someone else and youterms and conditions on the website where he
can rent a car and let someone else drive it, butbooked the reservation.
you can't rent it for them.It stated that the credit card used to book the
Car Rental companies require that the personreservation must be the same credit card shown
picking up the rental car show a valid driversto the rental counter at the time of pick up. Most
license and credit card in their own name. This isof the prepaid booking sites have this stipulation
extremely important.listed as well as a condition that all reservations
There was an article in the news recently about abooked are non-modifiable, non-cancellable and
father who reserved a car online for his daughternon-refundable.
because she was unfamiliar with making travelThe last I heard was that the booking site
arrangements. He chose a prepaid booking siterefused to refund his money and the car rental
and booked the car in her name with his creditagencyoffered him a small credit, but not the
card number, thinking she would just pay himamount of the reservation he had made.
back.Many people assume that they can rent the car
Unfortunately the car rental company would notand let someone else drive it and that because
honor her reservation and she ended up having tothey never drove it, they were not responsible
rent another car at a higher price. Meanwhile thefor the vehicle. Not true. The renter of any rental
other reservation had been paid for and no refundcar is considered the primary driver, even if they
was given. The father was understandably upsetnever drive the vehicle. Anyone else who drives is
and felt that the booking site or the car rentalconsidered an additional driver and must have the
company should have a) honored the reservationpermission of both the renter and the car rental
and/or b) refunded his money.company to drive the vehicle.