Minivans car rental in Turkey

Minivans car rental in Turkey with Rent-Trip means 8 diesel minivans with 8 or 9 seats, from ₺5,000 per day with VAT included, delivered within Istanbul and to both airports: Renault Trafic, Volkswagen Transporter, Citroën SpaceTourer, Peugeot Traveller, Hyundai Staria, Ford Tourneo Custom, Mercedes-Benz Vito and Volkswagen Caravelle.

Minivans car rental in Turkey for your group size

We keep eight minivans in Turkey, all diesel, with 8 or 9 seats and a choice of automatic or manual gearboxes. Which one you take comes down to how many people travel, how much luggage goes with them, and who is willing to work a clutch.

Eight or nine seats — how to count your group

Our minivans come with either 8 or 9 seats, and the 9-seat options are the Renault Trafic, Hyundai Staria and Volkswagen Caravelle. Everything else on this page — Volkswagen Transporter, Citroën SpaceTourer, Peugeot Traveller, Ford Tourneo Custom and Mercedes-Benz Vito — seats eight. The difference matters less than people expect: with all seats occupied, a 9-seat minivan has almost no boot left, so a group of nine travelling with large suitcases usually moves better in two vehicles than in one. Count luggage as a seat before you choose.

Every minivan in our fleet, model by model

Nine seats and who drives

Age and driving-experience requirements rise with the class of car, and we confirm the exact terms for your booking when a manager goes through it with you. If more than one person will drive, name every driver at booking: the conditions for an additional driver are set out in the rental agreement. Of the three 9-seaters, the Staria and the Caravelle are automatic and the Trafic is manual.

Minivan rental prices in Turkey

Prices for minivans with Rent-Trip run from ₺5,000 to ₺6,500 per day, and every figure already includes VAT, so there is no separate tax to add at the end. Longer bookings are charged at a lower rate per day: weekly from ₺30,000 and monthly from ₺105,000.

Daily, weekly and monthly rates

Booking a minivan with us starts at ₺5,000 per day, with weekly rates from ₺30,000 and monthly rates from ₺105,000. A week is charged as six daily rates and a month as twenty-one, so the longer you book, the lower the cost of each day. That arithmetic matters most when your dates sit between two brackets. If you need the vehicle for eight or nine days, compare the weekly figure against the daily one before you commit — in our experience the weekly rate almost always wins from the sixth day onward. A manager confirms the exact total when the booking is agreed.

What the cheapest minivan gets you

The Renault Trafic at ₺5,000 per day is the lowest-priced minivan on this page and the only manual one in the class. It carries nine seats, runs on diesel and returns 150 hp from its 2.0 L engine. If you drive mostly in stop-start traffic, the small saving on the Trafic is usually not worth the manual gearbox — the automatic models start at ₺5,300, and the Volkswagen Transporter is the next step up the range. On a week that difference is easy to feel, and in our practice most groups spend on the automatic without hesitating once they have driven an hour in city traffic.

Prices by model

All eight models run on diesel, so fuel cost stays close across the range; what separates them in the table is seats, gearbox and drivetrain. The deposit, the mileage limit and anything beyond the compulsory insurance are set out in the rental agreement — ask the manager about them before you confirm, because those terms, not the daily figure, decide what the trip actually costs.

Documents a foreign renter needs

The document list for hiring with us is short, but one item — the International Driving Permit — is where most foreign drivers come unstuck. Everything below is what Turkish practice requires, and it applies wherever you pick the minivan up.

Passport, licence and the IDP question

We ask a foreign driver for a passport, an entry stamp, a home driving licence and an International Driving Permit if the licence is not in Latin script. If your licence is printed in Cyrillic, Arabic or Chinese characters, order the IDP before you fly — it cannot be issued inside the country, and without it the booking cannot go ahead. A licence already in Latin script, including most European, British and North American cards, is accepted on its own. Carry the physical card rather than a photo on your phone: a picture is not a document. Rent-Trip checks all four items against the booking, so the name on the licence has to match the name on the passport. Sort the permit out at home, in your own licensing office, while you still have working days to spare.

Credit card and the security hold

A credit card in the main driver's name is required for the security hold. The deposit amount, the mileage limit and what the insurance package covers beyond the compulsory one are all set out in the rental agreement, and a manager confirms them with you when the booking is agreed — we do not quote them here, because they depend on the model and the length of the hire. The card must belong to the person named as the main driver. If you plan to share the driving, tell the manager at booking: the conditions for that are also set out in the rental agreement.

Age, experience and the class of car

Age and driving-experience requirements rise with the class of car, so a minivan is not treated the same as the smallest hatchback on the site. The compulsory third-party insurance covers every registered vehicle in Turkey by law, which is why no minivan in our fleet is handed over without it. In our experience the drivers who lose time are the ones who leave the IDP to the last morning; the ones who arrive with the paperwork already in a folder are on the road within the hour.

Insurance, security hold and the rental agreement

Every minivan in our Turkish fleet carries the compulsory third-party cover that Turkish law requires on all registered vehicles. What sits outside that policy — and what your own risk looks like — is set out in the rental agreement, which the manager walks you through when your booking is confirmed.

What the compulsory cover does and does not do

Compulsory traffic insurance pays for damage you cause to another person's vehicle or property. It says nothing about the minivan itself, and nothing about your own belongings inside it. Anything beyond that baseline is a matter for the agreement, not for a promise made on a web page — we would rather you read the actual terms than take our word for it. The compulsory policy is the floor, not the ceiling, and it is the same floor for every registered car on Turkish roads, ours included.

The security hold on your card

• Credit card in the main driver's name: the hold is taken on the main driver's own card, not on a companion's — this is a condition of the agreement, not a preference of ours.
• Amount and release: the sum held, and when it comes back to you, are set out in the agreement, and the manager confirms both before the minivan is handed over.

Age, experience and the class of car

Age and driving-experience requirements rise with the class of car. A nine-seat minivan is a larger vehicle than a compact hatchback, and the minimums reflect that. The exact thresholds that apply to your booking are confirmed by the manager and written into the agreement, so there is no ambiguity on the day.

Automatic or manual minivan rental in Turkey

Seven of our eight minivans have automatic transmission, and every one of them runs on diesel. The Renault Trafic is the only manual in the class, and at ₺5,000 per day it is also the cheapest minivan we offer. The rest of the choice comes down to engine size, drive layout and how much you value an easy drive in traffic.

Transmission

• Automatic (7 models): Volkswagen Transporter, Citroën SpaceTourer, Peugeot Traveller, Hyundai Staria, Ford Tourneo Custom, Mercedes-Benz Vito, Volkswagen Caravelle.
• Manual (1 model): Renault Trafic, 2.0 L, 150 hp, ₺5,000 per day.
• Why it matters: stop-start traffic and repeated hill starts are where a manual wears you down, especially on a long day behind the wheel.

Diesel across the board

Every minivan in the class is diesel, from the 2.0 L 150 hp Renault Trafic to the 2.2 L 177 hp Hyundai Staria. Diesel suits this kind of vehicle — a loaded eight- or nine-seater with luggage needs torque low in the rev range, and that is exactly what these engines deliver on motorway gradients and when you pull away fully loaded. The Ford Tourneo Custom sits in between at 2.0 L and 170 hp, while the Mercedes-Benz Vito runs 2.0 L and 163 hp.

Fuel is not included in the rate. Prices on this page include VAT, but the minivan is delivered with a full tank and goes back at the same level.

Drive layout and the one rear-wheel-drive model

Front-wheel drive covers seven of the eight models. The Mercedes-Benz Vito is the exception — it is the only rear-wheel-drive minivan here, which you notice on wet cobbles and steep gradients in older parts of town, where the back end has more to say than a front-driven van would. It is not a problem, just a different feel, and worth knowing before you pick it.

If you are unsure which of these suits your route, say so when you book — we agree the details with a manager before the van is delivered.

Delivery, airports and one-way rental

Rent-Trip brings the minivan to you — that is how every booking on this page works, whether you are staying in a city hotel or landing at an airport. The delivery point, the time and the return arrangements are agreed with a manager when you book, and the same conversation settles the one-way question if your trip finishes somewhere other than where it started.

How delivery works in practice

• Where we bring the car: to an address you give us, including both Istanbul airports — Istanbul Airport on the European side and Sabiha Gökçen on the Asian side.
• What you agree first: the exact delivery point, the hand-over time and the return point, all confirmed with a manager before the booking is final.
• What you need at hand-over: passport, entry stamp, home driving licence, an International Driving Permit if your licence is not in Latin script, and a credit card in the main driver's name for the security hold.
• What is fixed in the agreement: the deposit, the mileage terms and what the insurance covers beyond compulsory traffic insurance — all set out in the rental agreement.

Two airports, two sides of one city

The city spreads across the European side and the Asian side, and its two airports sit on opposite sides: IST out at Arnavutköy in the north-west, SAW down in Pendik in the south-east. Landing at one and staying on the other side means crossing the Bosphorus bridges or the Eurasia Tunnel, and both are paid through HGS. That is worth building into your first morning rather than your first hour — a delivery timed to your landing plus the crossing can put you in traffic that a later pick-up would miss entirely. Tell the manager which airport and which side you are heading for, and the hand-over time can be set around it.

One-way bookings and long trips

A one-way booking is agreed the same way as any other: you name the return point when you book, and the manager confirms it; an additional fee may apply for a different return point, and it is set out in the rental agreement. Minivans suit this better than smaller cars, because a group of eight or nine with luggage rarely wants to double back. If the trip runs beyond the city — Şile or Ağva at around an hour and a half, Sapanca at about two, Bursa and Uludağ over the Osmangazi Bridge — the tolls on that route go through HGS as well, and an unpaid passage can be penalised at four times the toll if it is not settled in time. Ask the manager how crossings are settled before a long haul rather than after.

What to settle before the car arrives

• Delivery point and time: give the exact address or airport, and a realistic landing time if you are flying in.
• Return point: the same place or a different one — one-way is agreed when you book, not on the day.
• Driver details: the main driver's licence, and whether anyone else will be driving.
• Contact channel: the number or address for reaching you on the day is confirmed with the manager at booking.

Everything above is arranged before the minivan reaches you, so the hand-over itself is short. Booking a week or a month ahead also locks in the lower per-day rate — weekly from ₺30,000, monthly from ₺105,000 — rather than leaving the dates to chance.

Booking minivans car rental in Turkey for long trips and tolls

A minivan is the vehicle people book when the trip leaves the city, and here that means motorway gates and bridges — all of them paid through HGS, the Fast Pass System. Plan the tolls before you leave, because an unpaid passage is not simply settled later at face value.

What HGS is and how it works

HGS is the electronic toll system used on Turkish motorways and bridge crossings. Cameras at the gate read the minivan's plate, and the toll is deducted from the HGS account linked to that plate. The mechanics are set out on the HGS page. If a passage stays unsettled, it can be penalised at four times the toll — so ask the manager how crossings are settled before a long run rather than after it.

Where a minivan actually earns its price

• Şile and Ağva: roughly 1.5 hours out, a coastal run where eight or nine people plus beach kit fit in one vehicle.
• Sapanca: about 2 hours, the standard weekend escape, and the sort of trip where a 9-seat minivan beats two cars.
• Bursa and Uludağ: reached via the Osmangazi Bridge, the crossing that carries the largest single toll on this list.
• Edirne: a long westward motorway day, mostly gate after gate, so HGS does the paying.
• Cappadocia: around 8 hours each way — a genuine long haul, and the reason diesel economy matters over distance.

Diesel, distance and the long-haul case

Every minivan in our fleet runs on diesel, which is what makes these distances affordable: a 2.0 L or 2.2 L engine pulling eight or nine people settles into a steady motorway figure that a petrol equivalent of the same size would not. On the Cappadocia run, or a Bursa-and-back weekend, that difference compounds over hundreds of kilometres. Rent-Trip delivers the minivan to you, so the trip starts from your own address rather than from a depot. Book through a manager and the toll arrangements and any delivery detail are agreed at that point — with the rental agreement covering whatever else applies to your booking.

What to settle before minivans car rental in Turkey

A minivans car rental in Turkey booking with Rent-Trip is agreed with a manager, not completed by a click, and that conversation is where the details that matter get fixed. Four things are worth settling before you commit to dates: the seat count your group actually needs, the gearbox, the length of the booking, and who holds the credit card.

• Seat count: eight or nine seats changes which models are open to you — the Renault Trafic, Hyundai Staria and Volkswagen Caravelle are the nine-seat options.
• Gearbox: seven of our eight minivans are automatic, so if you want the manual Renault Trafic at ₺5,000 per day, book it early rather than late.
• Booking length: weekly rates start at ₺30,000 and monthly at ₺105,000, both below the daily rate per day, so it is worth checking your dates against those two thresholds.
• Payment card: a credit card in the main driver's name is required for the security hold; the deposit itself is set out in the rental agreement.
• Documents: passport, entry stamp, home driving licence, and an International Driving Permit if your licence is not in Latin script.

Two further points come up in almost every booking conversation. Age and driving-experience requirements rise with the class of car, so a minivan is not always open to the same driver as a compact hatchback — tell the manager who will actually be driving before anything is confirmed. And if your trip starts or ends away from where you pick the vehicle up, raise it early: delivery is agreed when booking, and so is everything around it.

One practical note from our side: the model list on this page is eight vehicles, and the nine-seat ones go first in the summer months and around public holidays. If your group is nine people with luggage, say so in the first message rather than the last — it is the single detail that most often changes which minivan we suggest.