Rent a long-term car at the Réunion is an option. It is an alternative to buying a car for a medium or long stay. This solution has many advantages and adapts to your real needs whether you are a tourist or Réunionnais. Multi-Auto adapts its long-term car rental offer for your vacation or work.

Indeed, buying a new vehicle is not always the right and financially attractive solution. With long-term leasing, you can rent a car for a fixed period of time. In addition, you can change vehicles regularly and more economically. Accessible to all, long-term leasing is ideal when you are on vacation, living in La Réunion.

What is long-term car rental (LLD)?

Long-term rental, also called LLD, is a complete car rental service.

Individuals, as well as businesses, will be able to rent a new or used vehicle. The various costs associated with purchasing a vehicle will no longer be a concern. Each vehicle renter who has subscribed to a long-term rental offer is subject to various commitments to the long-term rental companies. These include the payment of a monthly rental fee.

Long-term leasing also commits each subscriber for a defined period. Generally, this period can vary between 12 and 60 months. It depends on the rental agreement and your needs. Additionally, for each long-term rental offer, a mileage limit will be defined in your rental agreement.

The types of vehicles we can rent

In principle, the types or models of vehicles that you can rent are new or even very recent. Multi-Auto therefore offers you a wide range of vehicles With several models and brands. Long-term leasing (LLD) actually covers a variety of vehicles. These include city cars, sedans, 4x4s, SUVs, utility vehicles, and even luxury cars.

This flexible solution allows everyone to have access to a recent car, even an electric or hybrid one. While purchasing is often limited to a used vehicle, thanks to LLD, several types of vehicles will be offered and available to you.

Rent lease

When you request a car rental in La Réunion, you will therefore be renting the vehicle and not owning it. You will therefore need to communicate your needs upfront. Their analysis allows us to set terms based on your profile and your use of the car.

The rental agreement is established. You will therefore be subject to a monthly rent for the entire duration of the rental. But do not panic ! During this period, vehicle maintenance, repairs, assistance and insurance are included in your monthly payment and in your contract.

Mileage is also predetermined and set when you subscribe to the LLD offer. Generally, mileage is set at 15000 km per year for gasoline vehicles and 25000 km per year for diesel vehicles.

The amount of your long-term rental is calculated based on various criteria. These include the model and price of the car, the rental period, and the annual mileage. The price also depends on the various services and options included (maintenance and repairs, assistance, insurance, etc.).

Finally, once your rental contract has ended, you will have to return the car to the rental agency in a normal state of wear and tear. However, you will be able to renew your long-term rental contract for a new car model.

The advantages of long-term rental with Multi-Auto

Long-term vehicle rental with Multi-Auto Réunion offers you many advantages, including the ability to drive with complete peace of mind without worrying about possible costs, as well as in safety thanks to the monitoring and maintenance of the vehicle carried out by our agency.

• Follow-up

Indeed, long-term rental offers several advantages, such as the monitoring that allows you to drive safely. Long-term rentals include additional services such as maintenance, repairs, and assistance, as well as the loan of another car in the event of a breakdown. However, services and monitoring vary depending on the rental agency.

• Options (child vehicle, GPS, etc.)

This solution also allows you to benefit from several options. Depending on your needs, you can customize your vehicle's options such as GPS, child safety, etc.

• No deposit required

One of the major advantages of long-term car rental is that it can be done without a personal contribution. You won't be stuck with the financial aspect of this solution. It's still possible that an agency will ask you for a deposit, but this will of course be returned at the end of your contract.

• Maintenance costs included

Finally, the included maintenance fees are also a real advantage since you can control your budget; you know from the start all the costs, especially the maintenance services that are included. You won't have any surprises with long-term rental.

Car rental duration limits

• Additional cost in case of exceeding the authorized mileage and damage

Conversely, long-term rentals also have several limitations, such as additional costs in the event of damage or exceeding the authorized mileage stipulated in the rental agreement. Depending on your usage, the mileage can be exceeded very quickly, and this therefore generates financial penalties. Depending on the mileage exceeded, additional costs are defined in advance by tranche and will therefore be applied to the vehicle renter.

• Higher total cost

Additionally, if you want a long-term lease over several years, this can represent a higher total cost. And once the long-term lease contract is signed and validated, the vehicle lessee will no longer be able to reverse their decision. Knowing that a long-term lease will not allow you to buy the car once the contract ends; unlike the LOA (= lease with option to purchase).

Rent or buy a car: how do you know?

Are you hesitating between leasing and buying a car? You simply need to know in advance what you will use the vehicle for.

If the vehicle is intended for daily and regular use, we recommend purchasing a vehicle directly. When the period is longer than 5 years, purchasing a vehicle is preferable in order to be free to resell the vehicle whenever you wish and also to be able to drive without constraints at any time. However, constraints must be taken into account such as higher maintenance costs, the depreciation of the vehicle each year and this requires a financial contribution or a bank loan.

It is therefore important to determine your needs and your use in advance to choose the solution best suited to you.

How to rent a car with LLD?

To rent a car with a long-term rental agreement, you must be over 21 years old and have held a valid driver's license for more than a year. You will also need to send us various documents to create your file. Once your file has been reviewed, we will issue a rental agreement detailing each party and each condition.

Once the contract is signed, the vehicle will be made available to the renter at one of the rental company's branches and must be returned to the rental company's staff at the location, date and time specified in the contract. Please note that the renter's liability lasts for the entire period during which the vehicle was made available to them.