Car Rental in Reykyavik

[imalori]

We will be on the Celebrity Silhouette in Reykyavik on Sunday, September 3, and we'd like to rent a car for the day. There are car rental locations downtown and at the airport. Which location can we get to easily from the port? Any insight in car rental in Reykyavik? Thanks!

 

[Nitemare]

Downtown Reykjavik is where the cruise port is.  The airport is a solid 45 minute drive away.  Blue Car Rental is the preferred provider based on reports I read regularly on TripAdvisor, and we used them last time we were in Iceland.

 

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[Hezu]

2 hours ago, Nitemare said:

Downtown Reykjavik is where the cruise port is.  The airport is a solid 45 minute drive away.  Blue Car Rental is the preferred provider based on reports I read regularly on TripAdvisor, and we used them last time we were in Iceland.

It is Keflavík Airport that is quite long way from the Reykjavík city centre, but there is also Reykjavík Airport that is within the city and I don't think it takes 45 minutes to get there from the cruise port. That airport concentrates in domestic traffic (+ some flights to Greenland), but if I looked right on Google Maps, there is couple car hire places next to the Reykjavík Airport. Another few (including that Blue Car Rental mentioned above) seem to be located in harbour area of Reykjavík and although the cruise port is located elsewhere, the distances between two are tolerable.

[Nitemare]

14 minutes ago, Hezu said:

It is Keflavík Airport that is quite long way from the Reykjavík city centre, but there is also Reykjavík Airport that is within the city and I don't think it takes 45 minutes to get there from the cruise port. That airport concentrates in domestic traffic (+ some flights to Greenland), but if I looked right on Google Maps, there is couple car hire places next to the Reykjavík Airport. Another few (including that Blue Car Rental mentioned above) seem to be located in harbour area of Reykjavík and although the cruise port is located elsewhere, the distances between two are tolerable.

Good point.  Hard to tell from @imalori 's post which airport was meant