Madeira Airport (Funchal) (FNC), Madeira, Portugal
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Magic Islands Rent A Car at Madeira Funchal Airport

Cristiano Ronaldo Airport - Park P0
00351912261378
Pick-up instructions
After collecting your luggage, call (+351) 912 261 378 and go outside, turn right, and wait for the MAGIC ISLANDS RENT A CAR van next to the Café "Go to Cofee & Food" terrace.
Drop-off instructions
Ask the supplier for instructions for returning the car when you pick up your car.
Business hours
Mon:07:30-19:30
Tue:07:30-19:30
Wed:07:30-19:30
Thu:07:30-19:30
Fri:07:30-19:30
Sat:07:30-19:30
Sun:07:30-19:30
Period outside of business hours
Mon:04:30-07:00; 20:00-22:00
Tue:04:30-07:00; 20:00-22:00
Wed:04:30-07:00; 20:00-22:00
Thu:04:30-07:00; 20:00-22:00
Fri:04:30-07:00; 20:00-22:00
Sat:04:30-07:00; 20:00-22:00
Sun:04:30-07:00; 20:00-22:00
Key box
No

Customer Ratings and Latest Reviews

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United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
10/3/24

Pros: Brilliant service, great little car.

Canada
Fiat 500X
10/1/24

Pros: Quick check in and return

Cons: Nothing

United States of America (USA)
Fiat 500X
10/1/24

Pros: The pick up and drop off service was great. As well as the rides to/from the airport. Everyone we worked with provided fantastic customer service.

Switzerland
Fiat Panda
9/29/24

Pros: Readiness of the service, cleanness of the car, precision at the drop off

Netherlands
Fiat Tipo
9/28/24

Pros: Friendly, helpfull, quick

Cons: transfer drivers are very speeding

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/24/24

Pros: Friendly and helpful service and the pick up and drop of were quick, and we received the car we expected.

Slovakia
Volkswagen Polo
9/18/24

Pros: Friedly and responsive

Cons: None

Czech Republic
Fiat Panda
9/18/24

Cons: The scope here is not enough to describe how disappointed we were with this rental company - you can read about our experience here: https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/66e9e4f52726a51b78a327af If you can, really avoid this rental company. It's not worth it.

Poland
Volkswagen T-Roc
9/17/24

Pros: Blisko Lotniska

Cons: Nie polecam. Poniżej info dlaczego: 1. Z Lotniska w pierwszej kolejności zabrali kierowców. Czyli firma nie przygotowana na jakościowe obsłużenie większej liczby klientow. 2. Pierwszy sie spotkalem z sytuacja qze depozyt został pobrany z karty a nie zablokowany co daje stratę na przewalutowaniu ok. 400 zł. 3. Depozyt będzie zwrócony do 14 dni. Strasznie długo. Zastanawia mnie fakt czy firma ma problem z płynnością i tak sobie radzi z brakiem gotowki pożyczając ją na min. 3 tygodnie od kliento

Netherlands
Volkswagen Polo
9/17/24

Pros: - Very new car. Better and newer than what we expected to get - Full to full service.

Cons: - We had to wait for more than 1.5 hours on the airport before pick up. We called 8 times. - When I asked if the trip back would be the same they promised it would not. However when we arrived to return the car, the garage was closed. We called 6 times before someone picked up the phone. - Deposit of €1500 is quite a lot and it is not refunded immediately

Singapore
Fiat 500X
9/13/24

Pros: Amazing value. Updated car model with Apple CarPlay. Great fuel efficiency of the car. Free shuttle from the airport to the garage at Machico.

Portugal
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/12/24

Pros: Great staff and good service.

Romania
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/3/24

Pros: Nothing

Cons: They gave us a different car from the one we booked and charged an extra 50e for a day rental even thou we left the car in the 24h of the day we had booked.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
8/29/24

Pros: Super helpful guys and very generous.

Cons: Absolutely nothing

Netherlands
Volkswagen Polo
8/28/24

Pros: Very friendly, pick up and drop off instructions are clear. Car was very good! Would rent with them again!

Italy
Volkswagen Polo
8/22/24

Pros: Nessun tipo di aiuto da parte della compagnia, veramente scandalosi

Spain
Volkswagen Polo
8/18/24

Cons: The car maintenance was not adequate.

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen T-Roc
8/8/24

Pros: It was really easy and everyone was really nice!

Cons: Was not at the airport but their shuttle service made it convenient still. Just took a little longer to get the car.

Netherlands
Ford Tourneo Connect
8/2/24

Pros: This company is simply awesome and Snr João, who’s working there, is simply amazing. There was initially a problem to provide me with the car I had rented and paid for ; but the way he dealt with that was way beyond normal customer service. Thanks so much!

Estonia
Volkswagen T-Cross
8/2/24

Pros: Everything is very quick (pick up, getting the car, returning the car, back drop to the airport)

Cons: They said that getting back the deposit will take around one week...

Lithuania
Volkswagen T-Cross
8/2/24

Cons: Exit from pick-up parking space is a bit chalenging if you have no experiance of driving in mountains.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
7/29/24

Pros: Quick and easy no hassle at all

Poland
Volkswagen Polo
7/15/24

Pros: Quick in general: pick up from Madeira airport and transfer to pickup car place. Fair balance between price and car.

Cons: Nothing to dislike really.

Netherlands
Volkswagen Polo
7/13/24

Pros: It was quick, we’ve got an upgraded car, nice cars, friendly staff, and no problems at all. Deposit back in time. Always rent a automatic at Madeira

Cons: Wait outside the airport for the pick up. It was hard to reach them by phone but if you wait outside every 10 min there’s a pick up coming.

Portugal
Volkswagen Polo
7/11/24

Pros: Speed ​​and efficiency!

Cons: I liked everything, great car

Poland
Volkswagen T-Cross
7/9/24

Cons: Would be good to know that American Express is not accepted and also that money are taken out

Netherlands
Fiat Tipo
7/8/24

Pros: The car was new and clean, also pickup and drop off went very smooth. We got a bigger car than expected, which provided great value for our money! The shuttle service back and forth to the airport was very well arranged.

Cons: They withdrawal the 1500 euro from your credit card instead of blocking it. I don’t have it back yet (they said it would take 5 business days, which seems a bit long to us).

Poland
Fiat Tipo
7/8/24

Pros: Pick up, and drop off from the Airport,

Cons: No answer the phone when I call them after we landing on Madera

Slovakia
Volkswagen T-Roc
7/6/24

Pros: Grate service, everything was good

United States of America (USA)
Volkswagen T-Roc
6/20/24

Pros: The guys were great and personable.

Lithuania
Fiat 500X
6/11/24

Pros: Cast and good servise

Poland
Fiat Panda
6/11/24

Pros: Fast and efficient service, clear conditions, nice and polite agents.

Denmark
Volkswagen T-Cross
6/9/24

Pros: Fast transfer when returning the car

Cons: No answer when I called for a transfer. No clear address where to drop off the car. No clear contact information

Norway
Volkswagen Polo
6/9/24

Pros: Very easy

Cons: Only the time of the money returning

Latvia
Fiat 500X
6/6/24

Pros: Fast service and cars in great condition.

Cons: The pickup / drop off point is located deep underground, that my internet was not working and made the checkin process more challenging.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
6/4/24

Pros: The service was very efficient and the staff were very kind and helpful.

Cons: N/A

India
Fiat 500X
5/19/24

Pros: Very efficient

Luxembourg
Volkswagen T-Roc
5/13/24

Pros: Excelent service, friendly staff. A very good car, easy to drive in Madeira.

Czech Republic
Volkswagen T-Roc
5/9/24

Pros: Fast and modern method of pick up and drop off .

Cons: Steep exit from the garage

Hungary
Fiat Panda
4/28/24

Pros: It was quick and easy to understand everything.

France
Fiat Tipo
4/27/24

Pros: Picking the car and dropp off were very fast

Cons: The amount of the security deposit has been collected and not blocked

Czech Republic
Fiat Panda
4/19/24

Pros: good price for rental and insurance low deposit, quick takeover and car return at rental, a quick ride to the airport

Cons: long weit at the airport for a ride to a rental car

Slovakia
Volkswagen T-Cross
4/17/24

Pros: car in 100% condition, upgraded to automatic gear

Switzerland
Volkswagen T-Roc
4/15/24

Pros: Shuttle service was friendly and well organised

Cons: Shuttle service at the airport was a bit difficult to find out how to reach and find the company.

Ukraine
Volkswagen T-Roc
4/14/24

Cons: No charger cable

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Roc
4/13/24

Pros: The car itself was a really good one in excellent condition.

Cons: The car had an issue with the tire, emails were ignored and no one responded to it. At the drop off they tried to charge me 200€ as if I was dropping off the car late but I got an additional 2h for going to their own garage to get the faulty tire sorted.

Sweden
Fiat Tipo
4/12/24

Pros: Friendly staff and good service

Cons: When i asked for change of the windowwipers it took some time but never the less i got them changed.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
4/12/24

Pros: Excellent customer service, great car, easy pick up and drop off

Portugal
Fiat Panda
4/6/24

Pros: Front desk staff very helpful but Customer Service line absolutely disappointing

Spain
Fiat Panda
4/3/24

Pros: la atención bien

Cons: la ubicación de las instalaciones

Poland
Fiat 500C
3/13/24

Pros: Quick pickup and drop off.

Cons: Trunk was closed always. Can not leave luggage inside.

Lithuania
Volkswagen T-Cross
3/12/24

Pros: I like how they working profesionally work for the benefit of the clients.

Cons: Everything quiet and simply.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
3/4/24

Pros: Recommend

Cons: Recommend

United States of America (USA)
Mercedes-Benz B Class
2/27/24

Pros: Very easy process at the airport.

Cons: Worked well and they were kind about making sure I had the right car. (I didn’t want to drive something big.)

Romania
Fiat Panda
2/25/24

Pros: Very fast and responsive, cheap and easy.

Lithuania
Fiat 500
2/5/24

Pros: Price performance, no-nonsense business, upgraded vehicle class.

Cons: Small sign in front of the terminal would help a lot - there was no any. Needed to call the office to find the representatives. My rental agreement was not printed, so waiting time was quite long.

Poland
Volkswagen T-Cross
2/4/24

Pros: Sama obsługa była bardzo miła, bez zbędnych komplikacji podczas odbioru i oddawania samochodu. Samochód praktycznie nowy - tylko 12k przebiegu

Cons: Ciężko było znaleźć jakiekolwiek stanowisko Magic Islands, a po telefonie czekaliśmy na samochód około 30 minut. Trochę długo.

Denmark
Fiat Panda
2/3/24

Pros: Yea dont try to get money from us by letting a super expensive child seat. Just give it for free. That super gross that you try to get money out of tourist be taking so much money from a plastic seat.

Cons: The price of the child seat. Dont take money from that. Ever.

United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
1/30/24

Pros: The pick up point was super easily accessible, the only thing I would say is if you got a text or email to say exactly where that was. I called a lady and she directed me efficiently whilst I was on the phone.

Cons: They were nice, kind and polite and patient. Which is unusual for car rental companies.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
1/25/24

Pros: The drop off was easy and professional.

Cons: Car pick up was shambolic and no return on my deposit of yet.

Italy
Volkswagen T-Cross
1/25/24

Pros: Price, car

Cons: Pick up and drop off in a parking lot, no desk. Problem with deposit, solved in a couple of weeks

Canada
Mercedes-Benz B Class
1/24/24

Pros: Good car, cheap rate - in the low season. A convenient pick up / drop off location.

Cons: When dropping off the car at the airport's parking lot, there was nobody to hand it over to. I had to dial the rental company's number several times before the call was answered. The representative of the company showed up very quickly after the call.

Sweden
Fiat 500X
1/22/24

Pros: At the airport

Cons: The waiting time for picking up my car was a bit long.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
1/16/24

Pros: Handing the keys back.

Cons: Everything. It was run by a bunch of amateurs. The rental company suggested we lower the air pressure in the tyres to get more grip because the tyres were bald and had less than minimum tread. Would recommend anyone and everyone to steer clear of this rental company

Romania
Volkswagen Polo
1/11/24

Pros: Speed, price.

Cons: Security deposit amount is not blocked from your credit card, it is cashed then refunded and there is an exchange rate difference/ loss that you are not aware at the time you rent.

Turkey
Fiat 500
1/11/24

Pros: Cheap reliable

Cons: No office on Madeira Airport

France
Fiat Panda
1/11/24

Pros: Efficacité et sympathie

Cons: Rien

United States of America (USA)
Fiat Panda
1/9/24

Pros: Great little car that worked very well for our trip.

Cons: Dropoff

Estonia
Fiat 500X
1/9/24

Pros: Our car (Nissan Qashqai) did hills very well, it was great fun to drive in Madeira!

Greece
Volkswagen T-Cross
1/2/24

Pros: Quick pick up and drop off procedures. Easy to find the agent and navigate around the parking lot.

Cons: The car was not entirely clean especially outside.

United Kingdom
Fiat 500X
1/2/24

Pros: Wonderful automatic car. A joy to drive, very modern and great value!

Cons: Waited a long time at the airport for my collection. Kept calling the office who kept saying a few more minutes. Ended up taking over an hour whilst tired after an international flight.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
1/2/24

Pros: Car was good

Cons: Pickup and drop off process were too slow. We had to wait +25 mins to pickup. Drop off slightly better but still took too long. Also I was hoping to request a larger car as we were a party of 6 but there was no one there to make the request to.

Portugal
Fiat 500
1/1/24

Pros: Car delivery at the airport car park

Cons: strict time to dropping off the car. Due to a delay in the flight we only picck it up an hour later. They didn´t let us drop it an hour later.

Portugal
Volkswagen T-Cross
1/1/24

Pros: Nothing. They are scammers. Do not use them

Cons: Being scammed on Christmas eve. Christmas ruined

Netherlands
Volkswagen T-Cross
12/31/23

Pros: Speed and car all good

Cons: Childseat 220,- plus unclear what seat is what. Price tag was on seat (15,- ) to buy. Respond from colleagues after mentioning this was poor and not friendly

Czech Republic
Fiat 500
12/30/23

Pros: Great price for what you get.

Jersey
Volkswagen Polo
12/27/23

Pros: They really exceeded my expectations. Very good service, very friendly employees, thank you all.

Portugal
Volkswagen Polo
12/23/23

Cons: UNQUALIFIABLE!!!! Not having any type of dissatisfaction with Discovery Cars, I hereby come to speak out and express my total disgust with the Magic Islands employee (Alex) who attacked, mistreated and humiliated us.  Until the momen I have not yet received the refund of the deposit I made on December 15, 2023.

Italy
Fiat Tipo
12/12/23

Pros: They gave us a great car at pick-up, an upgrade compared to what we booked. As I did not feel comfortable with automatic transmission, they exchanged the car for one with manual transmission next day. Their phone line worked and the employees spoke well English. The employees could be trusted. Their price was slightly lower than the one offered by competitors.

Cons: They do not have a rental office at the airport so you need to call them when you arrive. Also drop-off could be a bit longer, as they need to come to the airport.

Portugal
Volkswagen T-Cross
12/6/23

Cons: O carro não tinha potência de arranque, principalmente nas subidas.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
12/5/23

Pros: great price and overall a pleasant experience

Cons: had to wait a long time to have the car delivered to us at the Airport and communication of the how and when will the deposit be returned needed clarification and a better explanation as its a great deal of money to most people (1500 Euros)

Czech Republic
Fiat 500X
12/5/23

Pros: everything perfect

Cons: x

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
12/5/23

Pros: Oil warning message on ignition.

Cons: Not putting £1300 as a temporary holding charge (like hotels do) The currency conversion was almost as large as the rental cost. It is a scam to discourage people from taking out 3rd party excess insurance.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Roc
12/4/23

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Had to wait quite a while when collecting the car also should be a clear sign or something to let you know where to find the staff

Romania
Fiat 500C
12/4/23

Pros: I have rented a Fiat 500C, and due to lack of cars I've received a Fiat Abarth which was really nice.

Poland
Volkswagen Polo
12/3/23

Pros: Just the price and car condition, and easy, fast dropping.

Cons: The car was not ready for collection at the reservation time, it was delivered with a two-hour delay. Customer service from an open car trunk, no any desk, very unprofessional service, general mess. In the instructions You delivered to customers, you write about the location of the service in the right corner of the parking after leaving the airport. They serve on the left side, you imbeciles!

Spain
Fiat 500X
12/3/23

Pros: overall everything was great

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
12/1/23

Pros: Friendly and polite representitives.

Cons: The car was not ready and had to wait over an hour to collect.

Spain
Fiat Panda
11/29/23

Pros: I got a better car than expected, staff were excellent, friendly and professional.

Slovakia
Mercedes-Benz GLB Class
11/29/23

Pros: Everything was perfect. We highly recommend. We already miss our car😅

Croatia
Volkswagen Polo
11/27/23

Pros: The car was great, and the repreasentatives we're kind.

Cons: After I returned the car without any damages, in the exact same condition as I've picked it up and the representative checked it OK - I didn't get the pre-authorisaton cancellation slip on the ammount od 1500€ deposit. Hope it doesn't cause any trouble with the banks.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
11/27/23

Pros: Efficient staff and good quality car. Had an issue with the first vehicle but quickly changed it for another one so no issues. Would recommend.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
11/26/23

Pros: Very poor service

Cons: We rang them when we arrived and were told to go to a sign and someone would come to us in 10mins. 30 mins later we went to the carpark to find them (no sign or airport office). They told us to sit and wait on a bench and they'd be with us shortly. An hour later we went to find them again. They said they'd forgotten us but could give us someone else's car. Young lads with a 'don't care' attitude. They took the full deposit (not just held) and we had to ring them 3 weeks later to get it back.

Poland
Fiat 500
11/26/23

Pros: Very friendly employees and clear communication. Nice new car in great condition

Netherlands
Volkswagen T-Cross
11/24/23

Pros: CAR was “asking” for service and tyres were nahnah…

Norway
Fiat Panda
11/23/23

Pros: Great service and Great price , we realy recoment this Company!

Cons: The price, fast and good service . No problem, but if you will drive a lot in the Mountain roads get a car sutibal for that.

United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
11/23/23

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Rude staff, 2 hours late to collect the car, shouted at on the phone, rude to other customers and they were too busy, teenagers running the business its a shambles

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
11/22/23

Pros: Quick check in

Cons: The delay in deposit being returned . This transaction should be done the next working day . Have been waiting for two weeks , emailed them twice and still no response .

Denmark
Fiat 500X
11/22/23

Cons: The front window was not clean on the inside, witch was a problem when the sun was low.

France
Volkswagen Polo
11/16/23

Pros: Motor quality of de car for Madera

Cons: No clear informations to find meet point, so long wait and no informations by agents, disorganization, no return of 1500€ deposit...

Poland
Volkswagen T-Cross
11/13/23

Cons: Front tyres were not in best shape

Greece
Fiat 500X
11/12/23

Pros: Good condition of the car. Friendly staff.

France
Fiat 500
11/12/23

Pros: new car in good condition

Cons: no indication to find the company, you have to ask , a little bit of confusion , no waiting line or any order , does not matter if you came first or last one, a little bit long until they give us the car

Netherlands
Volkswagen T-Roc
11/10/23

Pros: Overall good service!

Cons: Slow pickup. We had to wait very long, even though we called in advance

United States of America (USA)
Mercedes-Benz B Class
11/10/23

Cons: Pick and drop off were not convenient. We waited 30 minutes once we arrived to find the company’s representatives. It’s only after we called 2 times that they looked for us. For drop off we arranged a time and nobody was there to pick up the car. We ended up having to leave the keys otherwise we would have missed our flight.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
11/7/23

Pros: The friendly staff and relaxed hand over. So easy to do!

Cons: The only slight niggle was finding where the car pick up point was. Coming out of Funchal airport, we weren’t sure where to pick up the car. The discovery rental instructions say to look for your representative in the arrivals area, but there was no one there. However once we rang the help number provided we were straight away directed to meeting point outside in the car park. And someone arrived within just a few minutes to help us! I just think maybe the instructions could be updated

New Zealand
Volkswagen T-Cross
11/6/23

Pros: Great value for money

Cons: Too long to pick up and drop off

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
11/6/23

Cons: There was no-one at the meet point, the car didn't arrive for ages. The process took over two hours and the car had tires that were worn dangerously low.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
11/5/23

Pros: Friendly guys and efficient once arrived

Cons: Waited over an hour at airport for them to arrive with car. Car was big and underpowered for the terrain - feel they could have offered upfront advice for smaller car but bigger engune

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
11/3/23

Pros: For a supposed meet and greet service, there was no meet, no greet and a 2h wait for our car to be ready (and still not clean)

Cons: Poor service Collection was booked for 11am and we fi ally got the car at 1pm Poor updates by staff and no apology

Netherlands
Fiat 500
11/1/23

Pros: good price for a good car

Cons: with picking up, way to late

Switzerland
Volkswagen T-Cross
10/29/23

Pros: Drop-off worked fine with friendly staff.

Cons: We got a tiny car (clio) instead of the ordered SUV. The car arrived one hour too late and the staff was very unfriendly and impolite. Other customers didn't reveive a car at all. Finally, we had to take that car - although we insisted to get a bigger one - and with 5 persons and a lot of luggage this wa quite a challenge . We had to visit the shop the other day to receive a bigger car. There, the staff was friendly.

United States of America (USA)
Fiat 500X
10/28/23

Pros: Absolutely nothing. Disgusting people.

Cons: Everything. Never got me the car, made me wait at an arbitrary corner for over an hour and then stopped picking up phonecalls

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
10/28/23

Pros: Plane was delayed and I was charged an extra 30 euros for late pick up which was not in the contract, please can I have a refund

Portugal
Fiat 500
10/27/23

Pros: Quality of car and efficiency.

Cons: Security Deposit takes took long to get released and when you contact their help desk. They tell you that they do no have those information and always tell to send email to INFO@MAGICISLANDS.PT

Denmark
Mercedes-Benz B Class
10/26/23

Cons: Read reviews, especially the part about 1500 euro deposit and don’t choose that company

Slovenia
Fiat 500
10/25/23

Pros: The only thing that was without complications was the drop-off of the car.

Cons: We almost did not get the car, as they told us to wait for 20 minutes, than didn't show up. After an hour and a half of waiting on the spot they told us to be at, we stumbled upon them by chance on the parking, then had to wait for another hour or more to actually get the car, since they had problems with other costumers and had to solve them first. So overall, we waited for 3 hours to get the car, and the employees were very rude and not at all sorry for the inconveniece.

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
10/24/23

Cons: I have not received my deposit due 21/10/23

Canada
Fiat 500X
10/23/23

Pros: There is no dedicated desk like other providers like Gold Car, EuropCar so finding the agents is hard as they are not always present at the arrival terminal. However, once you get a hold of them it is pretty smooth.

Cons: Clean Car, Got a free upgrade to a nicer car but the service could have been much better as the agents are not readily available. You have to call on their office number and inform them of sending someone to you. It is quite irksome but when the agent is available he gets the job done.

Netherlands
Fiat 500
10/23/23

Pros: Good procedures at pick up and drop off

Romania
Volkswagen T-Roc
10/22/23

Pros: Good car, good price, good service.

Cons: A bit Difficult to find the representative.

United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
10/20/23

Pros: Helpful staff

Cons: Nothing

Italy
Fiat 500
10/20/23

Pros: Nothing!!!!

Cons: It is a fraud, i reserved for 6 days and for 1 hour delay they cancelled my reservation and took all the money.. worst experience ever!

United States of America (USA)
Mercedes-Benz B Class
10/20/23

Cons: No clear system for car pickup. Had to ask random people on a parking lot if they worked for Magic island. Once I found the person, they angrily told me I had to wait but didn’t indicate where. Took forever for my turn in “line” - also unclear which customers were actually next since there was no real line. It even took longer to leave the parking lot because the card they gave me has expired and it took the guy another 10 minutes to pay the parking fee that would allow the car to leave.

Netherlands
Mercedes-Benz B Class
10/19/23

Pros: Location of pickup and drop at Funchal airport very convenient. Car make and model as expected.

Cons: Long waiting during the pickup (pickup occurred on October, on a Sunday morning).

Switzerland
Mercedes-Benz B Class
10/18/23

Pros: 1. Information about open hours wrong 2. Spent 1 hour more waiting for a car 3. Ordered car was differ and company changed the type of the car 4. Additional 60 euros were charged without no reason

Cons: 1. Information about open hours wrong 2. Spent 1 hour more waiting for a car 3. Ordered car was differ and company changed the type of the car 4. Additional 60 euros were charged without no reason

Romania
Fiat 500X
10/18/23

Pros: the car has been in very good condition

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
10/18/23

Pros: szybko i sprawnie

Cons: dodatkowe pieniądze euro 35 za zdanie auta lot miałem o 6.20 i czystość szyb tragedia

Canada
Fiat 500X
10/17/23

Cons: The only issue is that since Magic Islands is a smaller operation, they are not located at the area with the other rental companies and to determine their location of the pick up / drop off was not easy despite this information being mentioned on our booking. Once found, great job, but have a sign or representative located in rental car area in the airport to guide customers to their location.

Czech Republic
Volkswagen T-Cross
10/17/23

Pros: Decent car for decent amount of money

Cons: Problems with deposit and not complete transparency about it

Canada
Fiat 500X
10/16/23

Cons: I got curb rash on one rim the size of a finger nail and this company is scamming me out of 430 Euros. Deal with a different company, it's not worth the savings!

Czech Republic
Fiat Tipo
10/16/23

Cons: There was a little longer delay in picking up the vehicle in the beginning.

Slovenia
Fiat Tipo
10/16/23

Pros: The car was great and we received an upgrade.

Cons: The guy at pick up were a lot nice from the guys at drop off, so just beware, that they will go all around the car and find something. You absolutely have to take photos and videos of the car right at pick up, because if the guys at pickup don't mark the scratched and you have no photos/videos of the car from before you got it, they will make you pay for the damages. Take good photos, I would recommend from above and bellow each side of the car. Plus, we made a video as well.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
10/16/23

Pros: No hassle and straightforward

Cons: New clean good car

Denmark
Volkswagen T-Cross
10/16/23

Pros: Nice people

Cons: Was waiting too long - service on car not complete/motor light was on - more than two weeks for refunding deposit ( not received yet)

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
10/14/23

Cons: Pick up took a while, had to phone office to find out where we had to go, and then wait a while.

Belgium
Fiat 500
10/14/23

Pros: Easy pickup and friendly agents

Portugal
Fiat Panda
10/10/23

Pros: Free upgrade to Class H

Cons: Chaotic system for picking up car and unique payment system for security deposit.

Italy
Fiat 500
9/29/23

Pros: Cleanliness, fast pickup, drop off and support

Cons: Missed a phone holder on the dashboard to improve navigation

United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
9/28/23

Pros: Easy simple car hire- as it should be

Cons: Torn with this review. Car hire experience fine, no issues with service or car we received/ process. Only issue was the fact they don't HOLD the deposit on the credit card they actually take the money, first time this has ever happened to me. This means (for me) the money leaves my account and then an extra non sterling transaction is applied. So, aside from this fact, I'd go 5star, I'm a seasoned car hire user and I prefer the battered well used cars, just uncomfortable having money deducted fr

United States of America (USA)
Mercedes-Benz B Class
9/27/23

Pros: The service of Magic islands is completely uncoordinated, borderline unprofessional; they do not know what they are doing other than completing tasks ; the refund process of their 1500 EUR deposit took weeks to be returned; you have to chase them down to have them send it to you

Cons: I would not use Magic Islands

Costa Rica
Fiat Panda
9/27/23

Cons: Some instruments did not light up from the first day. Car died in the middle of the road on the third day. Almost lost control because automatic steering froze. Took over 2 hours for them to send a tow truck. Initially asked me to try and restart the battery which is ridiculous. Had to go all the way back to the airport to pick a new car wasting another 2 hours. Initially they wanted me to pay for the taxi to pick up the new car. Overall a bad experience, would not recommend at all.

Belgium
Fiat 500
9/27/23

Pros: Efficacité et simplicité

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Roc
9/23/23

Pros: Great staff and very nice cars

Cons: The car could have been cleaner inside and when dropping off the car I could not locate a staff member although when I contacted them they did arrive promptly.

Netherlands
Volkswagen Polo
9/22/23

Pros: Notting special.

Cons: Pickup was easy.

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
9/20/23

Cons: Terrible. Despite having our flight number they had the incorrect pick up time and therefore said we missed our slot and there was no car

Portugal
Fiat 500
9/16/23

Pros: Very friendly people. All carefully explained.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
9/16/23

Pros: Although there was no one to meet us a quick phone call rectified that and the car was delivered promptly

Czech Republic
Volkswagen Polo
9/16/23

Cons: My flight was delayed and the local company refused to provide the cars claiming a “no-show”. They didn’t even bother to check the flight info on the screen and I had to spend 1 hour on calls trying to reactivate the reservation. They simply tried to take my money and not provide the car!!!

United Arab Emirates
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/15/23

Pros: Absolutely nothing

Cons: Company is a scam. Their location on Google Maps is no where near the actual office, not even a 5 km radius. There are no signs at all around the airport to indicate where the office is and there are no pick up instructions on the rental voucher! Funny thing is, if you check Google Reviews you’ll find that countless people have the same experience. Never ever again am I using this website.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
9/15/23

Pros: No service was provided.

Cons: As stated, no car was provided and they were extremely unhelpful and dismissive when I phoned them the following day.

Slovakia
Volkswagen Polo
9/14/23

Pros: Expectation of quick and easy pick up was met.

Cons: Not all damage to bodywork were documented so at drop-off was a little struggle. Fortunately we had a foto randomly taken right after pick up so we had a proof that damage was already there. After showing the foto, drop-off staff was much more friendly I guess.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/13/23

Pros: NOTHING

Cons: They have NO office at the airport. They based 20 minutes away. They said 90 minutes late is a No Show so terminated the hire, but retained my FULL payment.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/12/23

Pros: That I didn’t have to deal with their staff for 7 days while I was renting the car. Terrible service.

Cons: 1.5 hours late dropping the vehicle off. Car had multiple damages on and the inspection was done in the dark. I was pointing damage out to the employee and he didn’t circle them all. On drop off they tried to say I had done damage to the car that was there when I collected it.

Slovenia
Fiat Panda
9/12/23

Pros: Friendly and fast staff.

Cons: Nothing really.

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
9/11/23

Pros: Reps didn’t seem to care about customers.

United States of America (USA)
Mercedes-Benz B Class
9/10/23

Pros: Absolutely nothing.

Cons: Not receiving the car I booked two months ago.

Czech Republic
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/9/23

Pros: functional safe good car

Cons: pick up took too long and was with different car than agreed

Netherlands
Volkswagen Polo
9/8/23

Pros: Great car for good price. Easy to make arrangements for drop-off (we needed to update the time). Car was clean and well maintained

Cons: One tip is to clarify where to find the representative. We missed this in the initial communication

United States of America (USA)
Mercedes-Benz B Class
9/6/23

Cons: I could not locate them when we arrived. They said they would be there with a sign w/ name and they were not. I looked around for 45 mins finally found them. They said they didn’t even have us on their list. Finally figured it out. I tried emailing them a bunch and had my Airbnb host even call them to let them know our flight was delayed. They didn’t just put a hold on the card. They actually took the full $1500 deposit. They are not responsive they don’t answer on WhatsApp.

Romania
Mercedes-Benz GLB Class
9/6/23

Cons: We didn't receive the car. And we didn't receive the refund yet.

Ukraine
Mercedes-Benz B Class
9/5/23

Pros: Easy drop off and pickup

Lithuania
Volkswagen T-Roc
9/5/23

Pros: All was great regarding employes and help.

Cons: Condition of car. Brakes were really heavily used, had problems with brake discs and braking unevenly, wipers were old, need replacing.

Czech Republic
Volkswagen T-Roc
9/2/23

Pros: Auto bylo celkově v pořádku

Cons: Jsou to zloději, kteří si deposit strhnout z karty a ani po urgenci jsme dosud vráceny neobdrzeli

Luxembourg
Volkswagen T-Cross
9/2/23

Pros: See above

Cons: See above

Italy
Fiat Panda
8/31/23

Pros: The car was new and good.

Cons: At the first rent I ask about the refund on CC, at the pickup & on drop off; it should be "immediate" after return the said. When I get the second car I haven't the refund done (3 business days later). So I had to choose, loose the rent and the payment or update to the full insurance without fund on CC. The charged 50 €/day for full cover, the cost of the rent was 40€/day; total 90 €/day for small car(as Fiat Panda). It wasn't write on the contract and it is UNFAIR, no mediation from both rents!

United Kingdom
Fiat 500X
8/30/23

Pros: Magic Island cars were very helpful, spoke English and offered a great service.

Cons: I liked everything

Portugal
Fiat 500C
8/28/23

Pros: We got a sport car. It was awesome. Me and my boyfriend love it

Cons: They are not very good located in the airport.

Romania
Mercedes-Benz B Class
8/27/23

Pros: the car was new and in a very good condition

Cons: the car, a hybrid Nissan Quasquai is not appropriate for the island of Madeira. i had issues will the power going uphill, and a bit problem with the brakes that overheated.

Czech Republic
Fiat Tipo
8/26/23

Pros: Quick, easy

Switzerland
Mercedes-Benz B Class
8/24/23

Cons: I think the option of the car needs to be more realistic. For example, we booked a Mercedes ‘or equivalent’ and we got a Nissan. The Nissan was great and did what we needed but I think the comparison of the brand is a bit misleading. Otherwise, everything was perfect. Thank you

Italy
Volkswagen T-Cross
8/24/23

Pros: everything perfect

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Roc
8/23/23

Pros: The car was clean and in good condition and super cheap to rent. I'm really recommending Magic Islands Rent A Car because my credit card didn't work and I was able to use the debit card for the deposit. The holding deposit was returned back to my account without any charges. The staff was amazing too.

Canada
Mercedes-Benz B Class
8/23/23

Cons: It was difficult to find the person who give the keys of the car. we lost 2 hours waiting for him..

Poland
Fiat Tipo
8/17/23

Pros: I was using the new car, the mileage of the car when I picked up was only 650km.

Cons: The rental company charged (not blocked) a deposit of 1500 euros from my debit card, which I can understand because the car was new and rented for 11 days, but I returned the car without any damage on August 13 at 2PM and today is 2PM on August 17th and I still haven't received my deposit back - this is a strange form of business for this rental company, I don't know why they are using my money when we are no longer bound by any contract.

Luxembourg
Fiat 500X
8/11/23

Pros: Friedliness & efficiency.

Cons: None

Netherlands
Fiat Panda
8/10/23

Pros: Good contact, friendly staff. Pick-up and drop-off in front of airport. Excellent serivce

Cons: We had to wait 10 minutes outside the airport once we called MAgic Islands.

Portugal
Volkswagen T-Cross
8/5/23

Pros: Reliable, trustworthy.

Cons: It had a minor bump, otherwise would give 100% in everything. Nothing of importance. When I look for cars in Madeira, I always search for Magic Islands.

Denmark
Volkswagen Polo
8/4/23

Pros: Simple and easy. They knew the conditions of the contract and did not try to get more money from me.

Cons: Nothing.

Portugal
Volkswagen T-Cross
8/3/23

Pros: Easy, good car for the roads. Good representatives who loved the island.

Cons: Dirty windscreen, but I have high standards 😁

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz B Class
8/2/23

Cons: Smart cars are complicated we should get sent a video about how to use them before we arrive.

Belgium
Volkswagen T-Roc
7/27/23

Pros: Easy pick up and delivery

Cons: Both cars had small small damages and scratches on all places. Brakes (also the handbrake) is a challenge on Madeira and need good maintenance.

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz GLB Class
7/24/23

Pros: There’s nothing nice to say about this company!!!

Cons: Very unprofessional staff that don’t do there job properly, when it comes to car damages they don’t reported all of them on the paperwork so on the return of the car they blame me for damages that was already there lucky I made a video but they still charge me on my deposit for damages and I had full insurance. I have sent them emails with no reply and made several phone calls where they are very rude and all they say is to send by emails, I really don’t know what else.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
7/23/23

Pros: Friendly. Not a lot of paper work, efficient. Received a better car than expected.

Cons: No comments. Service was great.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
7/22/23

Pros: The price and quality of the car

Cons: The €1200 deposit on the car made me nervous while driving it

United Kingdom
Fiat 500
7/21/23

Pros: Smooth hand over in short stay car park of airport.

Cons: Nothing

Guernsey
Volkswagen Polo
7/20/23

Pros: Excellent car for the island.

Cons: Very easy to deal with, a quick and efficient handover

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/19/23

Pros: I would take the bad reviews with a pinch of salt. Magic island was brilliant from start to finish. If you look after the car you won’t have any issues. I wouldn’t hesitate using them again.

Slovakia
Fiat 500
7/18/23

Pros: Nothing!

Cons: Car was noise ABARTH, never requested! Pick up 45 minutes late. Drop off 20 minutes late!!! Not possible to insure the “special car” or can.. Never ever use this company!!!

Slovakia
Volkswagen Polo
7/18/23

Pros: really first class service. Quick & effective.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Roc
7/17/23

Pros: Very eficient.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
7/14/23

Pros: Easy and efficient

Israel
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/14/23

Pros: We met on time got an amazing car

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/14/23

Cons: I have not received the deposit back one week after the return of the car.

Slovakia
Fiat 500X
7/13/23

Pros: Nice staff, perfect car

Cons: Small problem to find company desk on Madeira airport. Unvalid car insurance - finally validated in time. I advice Magic islands rent a Car for others and anytime in a future would be happy to rent a car from this company :)

Belgium
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/12/23

Pros: Friendly and trouble free picking up and dropping the car

Cons: Clearer instructions on where to locate the rental car (on a parking lot as opposed to bridge in front of airport building). Employee at drop off not well trained causing confusion… his experienced colleague took over, then ok.

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/8/23

Pros: Easy to find, human customer support when I call them. Friendly and explained everything I needed to know about my rental. Also gave me a great car!! Mercedes GLA (sports?) from the feel of it!!

Cons: N/A

Ireland
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/6/23

Pros: Great service. Would hope to deal with again in future. Any reps we met were very helpful and nice to deal.

Cons: Nothing, all good.

United Kingdom
Volkswagen T-Roc
7/5/23

Pros: the car was spotless and such an easy pick up with super helpful staff

Cons: that i had to pay 35euro for late pick up due to the flight being delayed

Czech Republic
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/5/23

Pros: They were nice and fast. No problem in communication.

United Kingdom
Fiat Panda
7/4/23

Pros: Very helpful representative

Cons: No signage at the airport to denote where they were based

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz B Class
7/4/23

Pros: Seemed cheap but found out later why

Cons: Poor customer service , have raised complaint on email and Wheaton they have still not response

Portugal
Fiat Tipo
6/28/23

Pros: Great staff.

Cons: The car had few mechanic problems.

France
Mercedes-Benz B Class
6/27/23

Pros: - The car was good. - Rental agents were nice, spoke good English and were willing to help us solve encountered issues. We had a problem with security deposit payment when picking the car and with baby seat stuck in place when dropping the car. Agents were patient and helped us with both issues. - Support by phone is reactive, polite and efficient.

Cons: I'd love to have an option to pay security deposit online. My stupid bank blocked a money transfer between my accounts because I was in Portugal; getting money to pay the deposit was quite a pain. Also I don't understand why I specifically need a credit card to pay the deposit.

Romania
Fiat Panda
6/27/23

Pros: Free upgrade car

Cons: a bit hard to find the pickup spot , no signs

United Kingdom
Volkswagen Polo
6/26/23

Cons: no problems, other than I have to wait for the 1200 euro deposit to be returned, so cannot leave a full glowing review until that has happened.

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz B Class
6/25/23

Pros: Very easy and quick handover of the vehicle. Friendly staff that ran us through all of the details regarding the vehicle we needed to know.

Cons: Nothing, all was great.

Netherlands
Volkswagen Polo
6/24/23

Pros: Everything was good. The price was good and the car was clean and drove very nice. People were helpfull.

Belgium
Fiat 500X
6/22/23

Pros: Despite being late, the car was still available. Both agents were good-spirited and friendly. The car itself had some minor scratches, which was to be expected. Other than that, the car model provided proved to be sound.

Cons: It took a while before the rental car was brought to us, but I cannot flaw them for it since we were late ourselves.

Romania
Mercedes-Benz B Class
6/18/23

Pros: Awesome car , very good condition and new model

Cons: Took almost 60 minutes to get the car

Portugal
Fiat Panda
6/17/23

Pros: The car was fine

Cons: Everything else

Portugal
Mercedes-Benz B Class
6/15/23

Cons: The car was in need of a revision

Portugal
Fiat Tipo
6/15/23

Pros: Simpatia e rapidez do serviço.

Czech Republic
Mercedes-Benz B Class
6/10/23

Pros: Car was brand new, with parking camera and fitted everywhere and managed all hills.

Cons: the rental representative had no sign and was sitting on the other side of the road. Representatives of other rentals knew him and tell us.

Lithuania
Mercedes-Benz B Class
6/7/23

Pros: Nice representatives, good condition car, very clean

Cons: Engine was lacking coolant which was a bit inconvenient, we had to travel to their office and wait for more than hour for representative to check the problem

Portugal
Volkswagen T-Cross
5/29/23

Pros: Simple and eficient.

United Kingdom
Mercedes-Benz B Class
5/27/23

Pros: AAA🌟🌟🌟

Cons: AAA🌟🌟🌟

Netherlands
Fiat Panda
5/24/23

Pros: Everything was perfect

Cons: Difficult to find the representative on the airport on arrival

Hungary
Fiat Tipo
5/17/23

Pros: Fast, efficient Pick up and drop off.

Cons: Tyre pressure was low by the right back tyre, we had to pump it. Brake should be changed soon. Otherwise very good car and correct company

France
Mercedes-Benz B Class
5/15/23

Pros: récupérer la voiture juste en face de l'aéroport

Cons: a encaissé la caution de 1200e et aprés un mois , ne m'a toujours pas rendu

Belgium
Mercedes-Benz B Class
5/15/23

Pros: Cool people!

Poland
Volkswagen T-Cross