Commercial car rental in France

Commercial car rental in France means six vans in our fleet, from €47 a day, with the car delivered to you and the booking agreed with a manager. A week of moves between Paris venues or order runs across Île-de-France starts with the Volkswagen Caddy Cargo, while the Renault Master, Ford Transit and Mercedes-Benz Vito cover the jobs that need three seats and a bigger body.

What commercial car rental in France looks like with Rent-Trip

Commercial car rental in France with Rent-Trip is self-drive: we bring the van to you, you drive it yourself, and the booking is agreed with a manager before the keys change hands. Six panel vans sit on this page, from €47 to €99 per day.

How self-drive commercial car rental in France works

Rent-Trip delivers the van to you and you drive it yourself — commercial car rental in France here is self-drive, not chauffeur-driven. The fleet is built around cargo work: six Panel Vans, all diesel, with 2 or 3 seats, so a two-person crew and a load travel in the same vehicle. Book the delivery window before you load the van, not after — a slot agreed in advance is what keeps a morning route on schedule.

How the booking is agreed with a manager

Every booking is agreed with a manager, who confirms the van, the dates and the delivery point before the rental starts.

• Van and dates: the manager confirms which of the six models is free for your period, from the Volkswagen Caddy Cargo at €47 per day to the Iveco Daily 20 m3 at €99 per day.
• Delivery point and time: the address and the hour are fixed when you book, so the van meets you where the load is.
• Rental agreement: the deposit, the insurance excess, any delivery fee and any discount are set out in the rental agreement, not named in advance.

What the service is not

If your load needs a crew of three and rear-wheel traction, the Mercedes-Benz Vito at €89 per day pairs 163 hp with an automatic gearbox and rear-wheel drive. Tell the manager the load first — the model follows from it.

Commercial van rental in France and the six models we deliver

Commercial van rental in France with Rent-Trip runs on six panel vans, all diesel, with 2 or 3 seats, from €47 to €99 per day. Every one of them is a closed-body van, so your load stays out of sight and out of the weather.

The six commercial vans in our French fleet

Which van size fits your load

• Renault Master: three seats and a 2.3 L, 150 hp engine — the middle of the range for mixed cargo and crew.
• Ford Transit and Mercedes-Benz Vito: rear-wheel drive and three seats; the Vito is the only automatic in the class.

Engine, power and drivetrain across the range

The Mercedes-Benz Vito is the most powerful of the six at 163 hp, and it is the only one paired with an automatic gearbox — the other five are manual. Drivetrain splits the fleet in two: the Caddy Cargo, Transit Connect and Master are front-wheel drive, while the Ford Transit, Vito and Iveco Daily 20 m3 send power to the rear wheels.

What the six vans have in common

• Fuel: all six run on diesel only — no petrol or hybrid option on this page.
• Seats: two in the compact pair, three in the larger four, so a driver plus one or two helpers.
• Gearbox: manual across the range except the Mercedes-Benz Vito.

How much does commercial car rental in France cost per day or week

Commercial van hire with Rent-Trip is priced from €47 to €99 per day, with weekly bookings from €282 and monthly bookings from €987.

Daily rates for commercial van hire

Daily rates start at €47 for the Volkswagen Caddy Cargo and reach €99 for the Iveco Daily 20 m3, with the Ford Transit Connect at €55, the Renault Master at €75, the Ford Transit at €79 and the Mercedes-Benz Vito at €89.

Weekly and monthly commercial van hire

A week of commercial van hire is charged as six daily rates and a month as twenty-one, so the weekly figure starts at €282 and the monthly figure at €987 on the cheapest van in the fleet. Longer bookings are agreed with a manager in the same way as any other, and the delivery point and time are confirmed before the hire starts. For a removal, a trade fair or a shop refit, a monthly booking is normally the practical choice: the van stays with you, and you avoid arranging a fresh hand-over every few days.

What sits inside the agreed price

The deposit, the insurance excess, any delivery fee and any discount are not quoted here — they are set out in the rental agreement for your booking. That is also where the fuel policy and the mileage terms appear, so read those lines before you confirm the dates.

Documents and licence rules for commercial car rental in France

Rent-Trip rents commercial vans to drivers who hold a licence issued more than a year ago.

Who may drive under French licence rules

• EU/EEA licences: valid here with no time limit and no exchange required, as long as the licence itself is still valid.
• Non-EU/EEA licences, visitor: you may drive on your national licence. If it is not written in Latin characters, carry an official translation or an International Driving Permit (IDP) alongside it.
• Non-EU/EEA licences, resident: driving is allowed for 1 year from the entry date shown on your visa. If you settle in the country, the licence must be exchanged.
• IDP validity: an International Driving Permit is accepted for hire only if it was issued no more than 3 years ago.
• IDP is not a licence: it is a translation only and must be presented together with your national licence, never on its own.
• Minimum age, young-driver surcharge, card and passport: no single national norm exists here — each company sets its own condition, and ours is agreed when booking.

The deposit amount and the excess are set out in the rental agreement rather than quoted to you in advance. The same document also sets out the delivery fee and any discount that applies to your dates.

Insurance and protection in commercial car rental in France

Every commercial van hire carries third-party liability by law, and our vehicles are no exception. What changes between bookings is how much of the damage bill stays with you: the excess, and the protection level you choose when the agreement is drawn up.

What the law puts in every booking

• Responsabilité civile: compulsory third-party cover, included automatically, paying for injury and property damage you cause to others within the country's legal limits.
• Your own injuries: not covered by this policy — it protects the people you hit, not the driver.
• Franchise (excess): the fixed amount you pay yourself after damage or theft; it is not reducible by negotiation and depends on the protection level you pick.

What the basic package does not cover

Tyres damaged by abnormal use, glass unless it broke in a collision, the sunroof and panoramic roof, the underside of the van, misfuelling and the engine damage that follows, lost or stolen keys, and damage caused by carelessness or on purpose all stay outside the standard protection. Paying with a Visa Premier or Gold Mastercard often covers the CDW and TW excess when the cardholder is the main driver on the agreement — worth checking with your bank before you collect.

Commercial car rental in France for driving a van with ZFE tolls parking

The ZFE de la Métropole du Grand Paris and what it means for a diesel van

The ZFE de la Métropole du Grand Paris (Zone à Faibles Émissions) bans Crit'Air 5, Crit'Air 4, Crit'Air 3 and «Non classé» vehicles inside the A86 motorway, which itself is excluded, and the perimeter takes in the boulevard périphérique, the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes. The document that proves your class is a Crit'Air sticker on the windscreen; without it, entering the zone is formally prohibited. Crit'Air 3 has been restricted since 1 January 2025, and our six vans are diesel, so check the class of the exact model you book before you plan a route through the perimeter.

Tolls around the capital and the A86 duplex

A badge Liber-t transponder or the télépéage lane keeps a loaded van moving instead of queueing at the barrier; on the A13 and A14 the péage en flux libre has no barrier at all and payment falls due within 72 hours.

Parking a commercial van in Paris

• Six-hour ceiling: a light vehicle may stay a maximum of 6 hours in a row in one place, so a full working day on the street is not possible.
• Forfait post-stationnement: an unpaid stay is not a driving fine but a charge of 75 € or 50 € for light vehicles in Paris, issued after the fact.

Booking commercial car rental in France

Reserving a commercial vehicle with Rent-Trip is agreed with a manager: you send the dates, the delivery point and the van you want, and the manager confirms the booking before the hire starts.

What we need before the van is delivered

• Dates and times: the exact day and hour you want the van handed over and the hour you will give it back, so the manager can hold the vehicle for you.
• Delivery point: the address where the van should arrive; the manager confirms the point and the time when the booking is agreed.
• Van and class: which of the six commercial models you need — the two-seat Volkswagen Caddy Cargo and Ford Transit Connect, or the three-seat Renault Master, Ford Transit, Mercedes-Benz Vito and Iveco Daily 20 m3.
• Driver's licence: held for more than 1 year, and presented as the physical document — digital licences are not accepted for hire in France. A licence issued outside the EU/EEA in a non-Latin script needs an official translation or an International Driving Permit, which is shown together with the national licence and must be no older than 3 years.
• Payment and deposit: the deposit, the excess, any delivery fee and any discount are set out in the rental agreement, not quoted in advance.

What happens after you book

Fuel policy on our vans follows plein-plein — you take the van with a full tank and bring it back full.