Car Hire Hebrides

Island car and van hire from Stornoway to Inverness

Car Hire Hebrides is a family-run vehicle rental business operating under Adventra Ltd, registered in Scotland. It has served visitors and local customers travelling across the islands since 2009 and describes itself as the only car-hire desk inside Stornoway Airport terminal. Its fleet covers compact cars, 4x4s and pickups, people carriers and vans, and the company maintains five pickup and return points across the Hebrides and Inverness.

Where vehicles can be collected

The network combines staffed desks, partner handovers and delivered collections, so the starting point can be matched to how a journey begins.

• Stornoway Airport — staffed desk inside the airport terminal.
• Stornoway Ferry Terminal — staffed desk at the ferry terminal.
• Barra Airport — partner handover.
• Inverness / Dalcross — meet and greet or unmanned handover.
• Tarbert, Isle of Harris — delivered collection, arranged handover.

One-way hire between islands

Customers can arrive on one island and leave from another, or connect the Outer Hebrides with Inverness. One-way hire is offered between the company's locations subject to vehicle availability and pre-arrangement, and any additional charge is confirmed before booking. The site illustrates the option with a Tarbert–Stornoway Airport route.

Vehicles and indicative rates

The catalogue groups vehicles into cars, 4x4s and pickups, people carriers and vans. The examples shown at the time of writing were:

• Compact — Vauxhall Corsa or similar, 5 seats, manual, 1–2 luggage, from £51.33 ex VAT per day.
• Intermediate — Volkswagen Golf or similar, 5 seats, manual, 2–3 luggage, from £54.69 ex VAT per day.
• Intermediate Automatic — Vauxhall Mokka or similar, 5 seats, automatic, 2–3 luggage, from £64.31 ex VAT per day.
• Family Automatic — JAECOO 7 or similar, 5 seats, automatic, 3–4 luggage, from £70.26 ex VAT per day.

These starting prices are per day, exclude VAT charged at 20% and are based on hires of seven days or more. The minimum hire is one day, and shorter hires may carry a different daily rate. The final price varies with dates, collection location, availability and chosen extras, with the confirmed total shown before the booking is completed. Images and example models are described as guidance only.

Booking process and rental conditions

Bookings run through an online system that shows live availability and pricing, with the option of speaking to the team by phone. The process is set out in four steps: search by locations, dates, times and driver age; select a vehicle; confirm and receive collection details for the chosen location; then travel. The company recommends booking in advance because island availability is limited, particularly in summer.

To collect a vehicle, drivers need a full valid driving licence, the booking confirmation and a payment card in the main driver's name. UK licence holders also need a DVLA check code, while non-UK hirers must present a passport. The minimum hiring age is 21, and a deposit is required whenever any driver is under 24. Additional drivers must be declared and authorised before driving, and the full requirements are set out on the company's rental requirements page.

Local support when travel plans change

Because flights and ferries on the islands can be disrupted, the company presents its local team as a practical advantage: customers can contact the team if a flight or ferry changes, and the business states it will do its best to adjust the handover around the confirmed booking. The site also publishes travel guides covering routes such as Stornoway to Harris, taking a hire car on CalMac ferries and a seven-day Outer Hebrides road trip, addressing route choices, time buffers, road conditions, fuel and ferry logistics.

Company background

Car Hire Hebrides is a trading name of Adventra Ltd, company number SC397314, registered in Scotland, with its registered office at Braighe House, 20 Braighe Road, Branahuie, Isle of Lewis. Commercial vehicle hire is handled separately under the Adventra name. The site reported a rating of 4.7 on Google across its locations at the time of writing, alongside customer comments referring to Stornoway Airport and to a one-way hire from Barra to Stornoway.