Arrival
The rental starts after the flight.
Victoria airport car rental points at an airport north of downtown, on the Saanich peninsula. The inner harbour is a drive. People sometimes expect the terminal to be beside the Empress. It is not.
Ferry arrivals are a different door and are not this page. No shuttle minute is published. The city guide is Victoria.
Into the city
Leaving the airport is its own drive.
You drive south into the city or north and west if the island, not the harbour, is the point. A car that only circles the inner neighbourhoods may have been rented too early.
Nanaimo is a highway, described on its own page.
Vehicle
Choose for the luggage and the next road.
Compact or midsize is the usual fit. An SUV if the island highway and the luggage are the week. Rain is ordinary. Ask whether the car has the tires the season calls for.
Before you book
Questions worth asking a provider.
Ask whether the car is collected at a terminal desk, in a garage attached to the terminal, or at a lot that needs a shuttle. Ask what happens if the flight is late, whether the pickup window can move, and what documents the driver must show.
Ask how fuel is handled, whether mileage is limited, whether an extra driver can be added, and what the company means by its protection options. Those answers belong to the company you choose. Ebomim does not run a desk at this airport.
Use the airport’s own directions once you are in the building. If the car will not come back here, read one-way car rental before you assume the return is simple. Late flights are discussed in pickup and drop-off, and the licence and insurance questions are on driver requirements and insurance.
Questions
Before you decide
Is the airport at the inner harbour?
No.
Does this include the ferry terminal?
No.
Are directions inside the terminal given?
No.
Is a car guaranteed?
No.
Next
Note the place and the dates.
The planner records a pickup, a return, and an optional vehicle class. Ebomim does not reserve a car or publish a rate.
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