Few places in the world are as beautiful and exotic as Honolulu, capital and largest city of the American state of Hawaii, an island region like no other. The city is awash with tourist activity with many fabulous attractions to discover. Chief amongst these is the Shangri-La Museum which features the entire collection of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, including some extremely rare medieval Persian exhibits. Similarly, you won't want to miss the beautifully-restored Iolani Palace, a lovely Neoclassical building that was completed in 1882 for King Kalakaua and is now the best place in the archipelgo to learn all about Hawaiian history. Home to the excellent J. Watumull Planetarium, Bishop Museum (Hawaii's state museum) is another must-see attraction which contains one of the world's best collections of Polynesian art. With a car hire in Honolulu you'll be able to visit Pearl Harbour and all its historical attractions before driving to the Lyon Arboretum, a 194-acre botanical garden situated right in the middle of a rainforest.
When you rent a car in Honolulu with Auto Europe you'll be able to see the best of the city at your own pace. Choose from a range of low-cost categories for city sightseeing itineraries or something larger and more powerful for an extended road-trip around the verdant island of Oahu. Auto Europe currently offers more than 28,000 pick-up points in over 190 popular destinations, with several convenient downtown locations available in the city, as well as Honolulu Airport a few miles from the city. For peace of mind, please keep scrolling down to read what others have written about the quality of their recent Auto Europe car rental experience in our Honolulu car hire reviews section below.
" Auto Europe is an easy site to understand as car hire can be a bit of a minefield. Used them many times now "
" A short queue on our arrival which was dealt with very quickly. Our experience was the same and were on our way. No problems with the car and great to see the island. Drop off was even easier . Drive in and walk away "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Have been very impressed with Auto Europe and would be happy to recommend "
" Experience at Honolulu Airport was excellent. Car clean. Good service. No problems. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Have used auto Europe multiple times and found the prices competitive with access to the hire companies I like using "
" Very efficient and quick. No pressure to buy unwanted add ons "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 8 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Process was great start to finish. Always recommend autoeurope to friends. "
" Could not have went any better. Assistant was friendly and professional. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 9
" As above "
" I was very pleased with my rental. The only concern I had was when handing the vehicle back. It was a bit disconcerting not to have the vehicle checked for condition/fuel level etc. It was only when I went to the kiosk to ask the agent to carry out a check that this was done (and the vehicle was found to be satisfactory). Otherwise I was very happy, thank you. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 8 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Never had issues with auto Europe but will NEVER choose Dollar car rental again, "
" I had three separate rentals with Dollar this holiday. The first to rentals were somewhat unsatisfactory due to the condition of the cars offered ( dented and dirty). The Honolulu rental was the worst experience ever for other reasons. We queued for appr 90 minutes to get to an agent ( who was lovely) to get the paperwork done. We were then sent to another area to collect the car only to be met by another queue of very unhappy customers who had been waiting for their car to be allocated up to 2 hours ( allegedly). We were lucky as we got our car after an hour waiting and the car was clean and damage free too.... Return was straightforward on all three occasions. "
Value for Money: 7 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 6 Expediency of Drop-off: 8 Condition of the Vehicle: 2
" Hassle free and value for money "
" No up-sale at the counter, hassle free pick up and drop off. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Great car friendly service "
" Only Drawback with Alamo in common with all the car rental companies in Hawaii is the price or car rental must rank as one of the most expensive in the world "
Value for Money: 8 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Very good service provide by Alamo "
" Excellent service and nearly new vehicle without marks "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Competitive price from Auto Europe and easy website navigation. 100% positive and would highly recommend "
" Very easy and straightforward check-in process. No wait time at all. Knowledgeable clerk behind the desk. Smooth return. Very happy with the service and a selection of cars provided. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Everything was great, just the quality of the vehicle was lacking "
" Staff were great but when we collected the car the -st car we were given took a while to start only for a warning that they key battery was critically low. They had no spare batteries so we had to move to a second car. This was in even worse shape with worn out carpets, more dents and scratches and the bumper kept coming loose. But the warning light for tyres stayed on the entire time (the guy checked and said pressure was fine so he wasn't sure why the light stayed on). But after moving all our luggage once and the late hour i just accepted it and took the car, but I took a video and photos of all the damages so we wouldn't get charged. We had to clip the bumper back on properly after every journey tho which was annoying. We did point this out to staff on return. The car did what we needed so no complaint just not the experience and quality of vehicle we expect from having used sixt before. "
Value for Money: 9 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 3
" I have used auto Europe for a number of years and will continue to use them "
" The staff at the desk could be a lot friendlier and left you hanging about when he was playing on his phone and the same when returning the keys the lady was very off not friendly at all "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 5 Expediency of Drop-off: 7 Condition of the Vehicle: 5
" Would have no hesitation in renting Dollar again. "
" Everything went like clockwork, no issues at all. The vehice was clean and washed, couldn't fault the service. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Auto Europe was easy to deal with and efficient. They could not be held responsible for the chaos at Dollar Honolulu. "
" The car was good and we had no trouble with it. Unfortunately Dollar was not up to its usual standard. I waited about an hour before getting the car as all seemed to be frenetic. To make matters worse the car we were finally given was sitting ready and waiting in my line of sight the whole time we were standing around. Other customers who were waiting were having cars prepared and brought over from the parking lot. Ours was outside the back of the office. Also, I was disappointed to have to take out another $10 a day insurance that was sort of voluntary/compulsory. "
Value for Money: 6 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 3 Expediency of Drop-off: 9 Condition of the Vehicle: 8
" Rude staff at the counter,would never use this service again,see above notes. "
" When I arrived to pick my car up,they would not let me take the car as I had arrived 50 minutes early,They then hounded myself to take out extra insurance even after I had explained I didn't need it,this went on for 15 minutes until I eventually took it. when I went to pick the car up it was quite frankly scratched and dented on all body parts.This was my 17th time hiring a car in the USA,and quite frankly the worst experience I have ever received. "
Value for Money: 1 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 1 Expediency of Drop-off: 9 Condition of the Vehicle: 3
" Easy to book, price was cheapest I could find. No issues using the voucher when picking up car. "
" Swift service, fantastic shuttle bus too and from airport. Car was very good value and of good quality. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 9
" Great reliable service good standard of car and Auto Europe were very competetive in price i hired 2 cars at 2 different locations in USA during my trip and had no problems at either site "
" Pick up was offsite but shuttles were regular and easy to locate on leaving airport, no queues once at car rental site and was sorted very quickly and off to my car "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" An excellent experience. That of course is mainly down to Alamo, but AutoEurope did its bit with an excellent bookng process. "
" Always good clean cars & efficient system. Pick whichever car you want from the line. But the biggest plus by a country mile is Alamo's no-excess cover included in their competitive rates via AutoEurope - makes both collection and return so simple, no need to hunt for pre-existing scratches, no long wait while the car is checked on return. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" The auto was provided by Advantage and performed very well indeed. But it didn't come with SatNav builtin, so I had to pay extra for one based on a mobile device attached to the windscreen, which proved to be temperamental, sometimes refusing to find a destination or a route. "
" Booking a hire car with Eurocar is easy. "
Value for Money: 8 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Printing the voucher was a bit of a pain and being harassed to purchase more insurance is never fun but otherwise it worked really well, thank you. "
" Pretty good just wish they had more shuttles and the wait time at counter was reduced. "
Value for Money: 9 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 6 Expediency of Drop-off: 9 Condition of the Vehicle: 9
" See minor problem above. "
" Only minor problem. There was a white substance which had been spilled on back seat by previos user but was not cleaned off before i picked it up. Not a problem as there was only two people using the car. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 9
" used several times in US and found to be good in covering Insurance and extras as part of original payment "
" Had pre-booked the vehicle for the time stated and arrived to find that everybody was waiting for vehicles to be returned and valeted before they could be given out. Waited for over an hour whilst more and more customers queued and were left waiting for car returns by others "
Value for Money: 6 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 2 Expediency of Drop-off: 9 Condition of the Vehicle: 8
" Great quality for the competitive pricing "
" Efficient and helpful "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Apart from not receiving confirmation email, everything went well without issue. "
" Simple on line process when hiring in US - all insurance covered, hassle free at desk. "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" Excellent price too. "
" Efficient "
Value for Money: 10 Efficiency of Counter Staff: 10 Expediency of Drop-off: 10 Condition of the Vehicle: 10
" I could not book on line and had to call by phone because of my name?! "
" After booking months a cabriolet months in advance they didn't have one on site and had to wait for the sales guy(who was helpful) to go to a sister company himself and get one that had "Just come in"! it was not cleaned very well and took about an hour, not what you want after many hours of travel !! After booking I read a review on Dollar, that said much the same .... seems like Dollar have a problem understanding when people book a particular type of car that's what they want! not hard is it!! "
" First time booking with Auto Europe which I booked after checking reviews. Booked by phone which was a breeze and I have to say it has been a very positive experience. I have another booking shortly and will comment further when that has been completed. "
" From previous comments seen I checked on the pickup information carefully. Arrivals and baggage pickup made, out of the arrivals and across the road. Picked up within a few mins. Thrifty office off site but close to airport, long wait (40 mins) but not pressured for extras. Good clean car (Mazda 2) Difficult place to get back to and if you make a mistake had to retrace steps back to H1. Rapid return to departures which was excellent. Staff were great, no pressure but busy as all flights in were about same time. First times I have used them, only real negative was the wait for pickup at the rental office. Photographed car before return just in case but have no reason to suspect there will be problems "
" great service and price "
" easy pick up from reception friendly and helpful staff "
" Excellent staff. "
" Got a upgrade at discount rate. "
" No complaints, everything worked well. "
" No complaints, everything worked well. "
" Everything is good. "
" Take some time to find the centre when car return. "
" We were very please Auto Europe Service, your advice and direction how to catch the shuttle were excellent. The shuttle came up frequently and the driver were very helpful. The staffs at the office were very friendly and helpful. "