How to Rent Cute and Classic Cars in California
Sometimes when you travel, it can be equally about both the journey and the destination. When you decide to road trip in a car that’s just plain fun to drive, it adds some adventure and whimsy to your travels.
Many folks also rent retro and classic cars for weddings, photos and special occasions such as prom, anniversaries, and more. Whatever your reason for wanting to incorporate a cool ride into your life, you’ll find many rental options for California in this blog post.
There’s so many ways to find fun-to-drive cars in California!
Top Companies in California to Rent Cool & Classic Cars
Turo
Turo is our first choice for car rentals when we travel. We rented a car with Turo for our last to trip to Hawaii and it worked out very smoothly. Essentially you are renting out vehicles that belong to individuals with the app, and you coordinate drop-off and pick-up times and locations.
On Turo there’s a huge selection of cars available to rent for driving. In the major cities of California you can pretty much find any kind of car you’d like to drive. Some our favorites to rent are Mini Coopers, vintage VW Vans, cute little Fiats, VW Bugs, all-terrain Jeeps and more. In the Turo app you can also click into the sections that only have classic, luxury and exotic cars for rent.
Vinty
Vinty has the largest collection of classic, exotic and luxury cars available for rent. The cars listed on their website are for all kinds of services including weddings, photoshoots, classic camping cars, trucks and more.
You can use Vinty to rent cars in Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Palm Springs, Monterey Bay and Las Vegas.
Hagerty DriveShare
On DriveShare By Hagerty’s website there’s three types of rentals available - renting to drive yourself, renting for an event or renting to be chauffeured in a particular type of car. The types of cars available for rent include rare and classic cars, campers and trucks.
Book a Classic
Book a Classic also has multiple renting options - chauffeured, self-driving and commercial rentals for production. While they have car rental options in California and all over the United States, they also have fun cars to rent in Europe for your next trip abroad.
Northern California Fun-to-Drive Car Rentals
San Francisco Vintage volkswagen Tours
In the hippie city of love of San Francisco folks really love their vintage VW Vans and Bugs. There’s several tour guide companies that will drive you around to the most popular sightseeing areas of the city inside a super cool renovated VW Van. You’ll have plenty of awesome photo opportunities with the car, and you don’t have to tackle the crazy San Francisco hills because you’ll have a driver.
My favorite VINTAGE Cars & VW Vans tours in San Francisco:
Central California Classic Car Rental
Central California is an especially beautiful part of the state to take scenic drives. There’s beautiful ocean views along Highway 1 and the Pacific Coast Highway, and there’s much less development and congestion compared to the major city areas of California.
Los Angeles Classic Car Rentals
Because Los Angeles is a large tourism hub in California, there’s several vacation tour companies that offer services with vintage and classic cars. Instead of taking the typical bus tour, you can cruise around in something way more memorable!
Los Angeles is the land of Hollywood and there are several car rental companies that rent only within the LA county limits. While a large portion of their business is to provide cars for productions such as movies, TV shoes, commercials and music videos, some still offer rentals to individuals. If you’re looking for a specific rare type of car, one of the LA companies may have it.
Rent Trailers, Airstreamers, Campers & RVs in California
Adventure seekers can hit the road and drive across the golden state in a rented camper. Outdoorsy.com has a large selection of trailers, Airstreamers, campers and RVs for rent. You’ll find both restored vintage and new options available.
