Car hire Gran Canaria no credit card: how the rule works.
The card requirement is attached to each car. Some listings state that a physical embossed credit card in the main driver's name is mandatory. Others require no card.
Minimum age and driving experience are set per car, and the rental agent may refuse the car if the driver does not meet them. The licence rules are the same whether the car is delivered or collected in arrivals at the airport: the physical licence card, valid until the end of the rental, with its details in Latin script.
- At the airport, needing no card
- Available this week
- At the airport, credit card required
- Available this week
- Resort delivery, needing no card
- None this week
- Zero-deposit cars, both pick-ups
- Available this week
- Where the terms are stated
- During booking, and on your voucher
What does the card requirement say?
Where a card is required, it must be a credit card, physical and embossed, in the name of the main driver. Embossed means the number and name are raised on the plastic. A card held in a phone wallet is not a physical card.
Some suppliers accept a debit card. Where they do, it is stated during booking and on the voucher, and the debit card must also be physical, personalised, embossed and in the main driver's name.
Filter to the cars that need no card.
The search shows the card requirement and the deposit on every listing, before you pay.
See no-card carsWhere no card is required.
In every window measured for this site, the delivery cars serving the south-coast resorts required no credit card and held no deposit. At the airport, some cars require a credit card and some do not, so the panel shows both live.
The delivery cars have all been manual, none offered free cancellation, and all had uncapped mileage. They are the cars delivered to the southern resorts, brought to an address in San Bartolome de Tirajana, Meloneras, Bahia Feliz or Puerto Rico.
No-card cars at the airport too.
The airport fleet has cars that require a credit card and cars that do not. The airport fleet also has the automatics and every car measured with free cancellation.
The search shows each car's card requirement before you book, so you can filter to the cars that match the card you carry.
Is there a deposit, and where is the number stated?
The deposit is set per car. The payment method for the remaining rental cost, how the deposit is held and the refund timeline are set out during booking and repeated in the rental voucher.
Every delivery car measured has held no deposit. The panel shows whether zero-deposit cars are available in each pick-up this week.
Questions about paying, answered from the conditions.
These answers follow the rental conditions that apply to bookings made here. The listing and your voucher are what apply to the car you choose.
Can I hire a car here with a debit card?
Some suppliers accept a debit card, and where they do it is stated during booking and on your voucher. The debit card must be physical, personalised, embossed and in the main driver's name. A card held only in a phone wallet does not qualify.
What does embossed mean?
The card number and the holder's name are raised on the plastic rather than printed flat.
Which cars need no card at all?
The cars whose listings are marked as needing no card. The panel on this page shows whether each pick-up has them for the coming week. In every window measured, every delivery car serving the south-coast resorts needed no card.
Is there a deposit as well?
It depends on the car. The payment method, the deposit hold and the refund timeline are set out during booking and repeated on the rental voucher. Every delivery car measured has held no deposit.
What happens if I turn up without the right card?
Where a listing marks a credit card as mandatory, the rental conditions require it at collection, so check the listing and your voucher before you travel. The rental agent may also refuse the car if the driver does not meet the minimum age or driving experience.
