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Cool Breeze Car & Jeep Rentals

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Review
St Lucia is a great island to explore and the best way to travel independently is to hire a car. Or you might decide to go for a Jeep. Many of the most interesting sights are off the main highways, down St Lucia’s tracks and unmade side-roads which can be quite rough and rutted. We recommend Cool Breeze Car / Jeep Rentals as one of the leading companies for St Lucia car rentals.

Based in the south of the island in the ‘New Development’ area of Soufrière (inland from the waterfront), Cool Breeze has around 90 vehicles. Although they are headquartered in the south, they have five locations around the island. There are booths at both of the airports, George FL Charles near Castries and at Hewanorra in the south, at Jalousie Piantation Hotel (just south of Soufrière) in the south and in the JQ Mall in Rodney Bay in the north of the island.

Cool Breeze are happy to deliver to any location on the island (free of charge) and they will issue the local driving permit at the same time, on presentation of your own licence from home. It is quite possible to return the car to another location, perhaps at the airport on departure.

The vast majority of the fleet are Jeeps (only about 20 of the vehicles are cars). This may be important because many of the sites and remoter beaches are to be found at the end of unmade tracks which become muddy after rain. They also have number of minibuses for hire aswell.

The company was formed in 1992 by Stephen Abraham, who is originally from St Lucia but who has spent many years in the US Virgin Islands, where he founded the first Cool Breeze Car/Jeep Rentals in the small island of St John. He then returned home to set up Cool Breeze St Lucia. The manager of the company in St Lucia is Andrea Faucher, who is based in Soufrière. Cool Breeze Car/Jeep rentals was recently awarded a Par Excellence Award by the St Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association.

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Staff
There are twelve staff who are distributed in pairs around the offices. The longest serving is Tony, who is based in Soufrière and other reservations staff members you may come across are Sophie in the Castries office and Eugenia in Vieux Fort. They do some repairs at the garage attached to the Soufrière office. Major repairs are made in local garages.

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St Lucia car rental rates

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15 Dec

2007

16 Dec-

15 Apr

2007-08

16 Apr-

15 Dec

2008

Day/Week

Day/Week

Day/Week

CARS Small 5 door

Suzuki Alto (M)

Suzuki Alto (M) A/C

Suzuki Alto (A) A/C

Suzuki Swift(M) A/C

Suzuki Swift(A) A/C

45/270

50/300

55/330

55/330

60/360

50/300

55/330

60/360

60/360

65/390

45/270

50/300

55/330

55/330

60/360

CARS Large 5 door

Suzuki Baleno (M) A/C

Suzuki Baleno (A) A/C

Mitsubishi Lancer (A) A/C

60/360

60/360

60/360

65/390

65/390

65/390

60/360

60/360

60/360

JEEPS 4 x 4

Suzuki Samurai (M)

Suzuki Samurai (M) A/C

Suzuki Vitara (A) st A/C

Suzuki Vitara (M) A/C

Suzuki Vitara (A) A/C

Suzuki Jimny (M) A/C

Suzuki Jimny (A) A/C

Suzuki Jimny (M) st

Suzuki Jimny (A) st

55/330

65/390

75/450

70/420

75/450

65/390

70/420

60/360

65/390

60/360

70/420

80/480

75/450

80/480

70/420

75/450

65/390

70/420

55/330

65/390

75/450

70/420

75/450

65/390

70/420

60/360

65/390

JEEPS 4x4 Large 5 door

Suzuki Vitara (M) A/C

Suzuki Grand Vitara (A) A/C

Jeep Wrangler (M)

Jeep Wrangler (A) A/C

Jeep Cherokee (A) A/C

Mitsubishi Montero (A) A/C

80/480

85/510

80/480

85/510

85/510

145/870

85/510

90/540

85/510

90/540

90/540

150/900

80/480

85/510

80/480

85/510

85/510

145/870

MINIVANS

Suzuki Minivan 7P (M) A/C

Toyota Hiace 9P (M) A/C

Toyota Hiace 10P (A) A/C

85/510

105/630

110/660

90/540

110/660

115/690

85/510

105/630

110/660

All rates are quoted in US$ and are subject to change without notice. There is a standard offer of seven days hire for the price of six.

Key: A = Automatic, M = Manual, A/C = Air Conditioning, P = Passengers, st = Soft Top

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Terms & Conditions
Drivers must be over 25 years old and less than 65.

A local driving permit is required to drive in St Lucia, cost EC$54. It can be issued by Cool Breeze when they deliver the car or at any of their locations.

There is a US$5 Government tax per rental day.

Insurance is included the car rental rate, except for a deductible of EC$4000 in case of loss, accident or damage to the vehicle. A Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) is offered at US$15 per day, on which there is a US$500 deductible.

Cool Breeze’s petrol policy is that you should return the car with the same amount of petrol with which you received it.

Child seats are available on request.

A manual imprint of your credit card is made at the time of collection/delivery. No charges are made until the end of the rental period, when the total bill is charged.

Credit cards accepted include: VISA, Mastercard, American Express and Discover

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Reservations
It is worth bearing in mind that there can be a shortage of St Lucia rental cars in the run up to Christmas when in addition to the influx of holidaymakers there is also a large number of family members flying in. It can be busy through the season and then again at the time of the Jazz Festival in May. It is worth booking your car in advance.

To make further enquiries or a reservation for your St Lucia car rental, please use the WEB, TELEPHONE OR DIRECT EMAIL ENQUIRIES link at the top of this review.

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