Rental Center Crete is a family-run car hire company founded in Crete in 1975. Rental Center Crete employs 40 people and operates from more than 18 locations across the island's four regions, including the Gouves branch that serves this site. The company hires vehicles on all-risk insurance with no excess, no credit-card deposit and unlimited kilometres.
Rental Center Crete was founded in 1975 by 4 friends, one of whom was Kostas Anapliotis. Kostas Anapliotis later acquired the company's shares in full and began expanding the business beyond the Greek market. The company has hired cars on Crete continuously in the 51 years since.
Three of the founder's sons joined the business as it grew, and the company remains in the family today. Harry Anapliotis has led Rental Center Crete since January 2005, running it alongside his 2 brothers. His background spans product design, web development and digital marketing across nearly three decades, which is why the company builds and runs its own booking systems rather than reselling another operator's fleet.
Rental Center Crete hires 5 categories of vehicle across the island. The fleet covers the range a Cretan holiday actually demands, from a city car for the Heraklion backstreets to a 4x4 for the mountain roads of the interior.
Every category is available from the Gouves branch, and the current fleet and daily rates appear on the car hire prices in Gouves page.
Rental Center Crete includes 4 things in the price of every hire, and states that the reservation price is the price paid. The company holds no security deposit and requires no credit card at pickup, which removes the hold that international airport desks typically place on a card.
The full terms, including what the insurance does and does not cover, are set out on the rental terms and insurance policy page.
Rental Center Crete reports a review score of 95.8% across 2021 and 2022, and states that 30% of its customers return to hire again. Both figures are the company's own, published on its corporate site.
A returning-customer rate is the more telling of the two numbers in a market where most hires are one-off holiday transactions. The company attributes the rate to its no-deposit policy and to the absence of counter upselling, since the price quoted at booking is the price charged at the desk.
Rental Center Crete operates from more than 18 locations covering all 4 regions of Crete: Heraklion, Chania, Lassithi and Rethymno. The company's headquarters stands at Nidas 1, Heraklion 71307.
The Gouves branch sits on Eparchiaki Odos Koksaris-Goufon in the village, and it opens from 09:00 to 20:00, 7 days a week, on prior booking. Heraklion Airport and Heraklion Port are both served by separate desks, and the airport desk operates 24 hours a day for travellers on early-morning or late-night flights. Cars are delivered free to hotels in Gouves.
The Gouves branch is the one this site is about. Prices, availability and the current fleet for car hire in Gouves are quoted in about 3 minutes, with insurance included and no deposit taken.
Rental Center Crete was founded in 1975 and has hired cars on Crete for 51 years. The company was started by 4 friends, one of them Kostas Anapliotis, who later took full ownership. It has stayed in the same family since, and Harry Anapliotis has led it since January 2005.
No. Rental Center Crete requires no credit card at booking or at pickup, and holds no security deposit at any stage. Payment can be made by debit card or in cash when full insurance with no excess is selected.
All-risk insurance with no excess and theft insurance are both included in the quoted price, along with unlimited kilometres. The company states that the reservation price is the actual price to pay, with no hidden costs added at the counter.
Rental Center Crete operates from more than 18 locations across Crete's 4 regions: Heraklion, Chania, Lassithi and Rethymno. The Gouves branch serves the central north coast, and the company employs 40 people in total.
Yes. Rental Center Crete offers free cancellation, which the company processes within 48 hours. No cancellation fee is charged.
Full insurance with zero excess, unlimited mileage, free hotel delivery in Gouves, and no credit-card deposit. Book in three minutes.
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