Beforeyou book.

Drivers aged 25 or over who have held a full licence for three years. Up to two additional drivers are free, if they meet the same rules.

Cancel free of charge up to 48 hours before collection. Inside 48 hours we charge one day's hire. Dates and branches can be changed at no cost, subject to availability.

For weekends from May to September, and the two weeks of the Cannes festival, four to six weeks ahead. The rest of the year 48 hours is usually enough, and the same day often works if a car is already at the branch.

Yes, anywhere within 30 km of a branch, at any hour the branch is open. Delivery and collection are €60 each way, and free on hires of a week or more.

Your driving licence, a passport or national identity card, and a credit card in the main driver's name. Licences issued outside the EU need an international driving permit as well.

Plan on 450 to 550 km at motorway speed in summer, and around 20% less in winter cold. Every route we plan assumes the lower figure.

On the autoroute fast-charging network, and at most hotels we deliver to. The charge card in the car bills at cost to the card on your booking, with no mark-up.

From 10% to 80% in about 18 minutes on a 350 kW charger. The stops we plan are 15 to 25 minutes, placed where there is lunch, coffee or a view.

No. Any level above 10% is fine. Below 10% we charge a flat €45, because the next hirer leaves at 100%.

Yes. Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy and Spain are covered at no extra cost if you tell us when you book. The car must come back to a French branch.

Call the 24-hour line, in French or English. Anywhere in mainland France we send a replacement car within four hours, and the hire carries on from where you are.

Tolls go through the car's télépéage badge and are billed at cost after the hire, with a list of each passage. Parking and fines are the driver's, plus a €25 handling fee per fine.

To the UK and Ireland from Cherbourg or Le Havre, with a week's notice and the crossing booked in the driver's name. Not to Corsica or North Africa.

Bringing the car back to its home branch: €120 to €290, depending on the route. Some weeks we need cars moved north or south, and those routes carry no fee.

We hold €3,000 on your credit card at the handover. Nothing is taken. The hold is released when the car is back, and most banks show it gone within five working days.

Fully comprehensive cover is in every price, with a €2,500 excess. For €45 a day the excess drops to zero, glass and tyres included.

Visa, Mastercard and American Express, as credit cards in the main driver's name. Debit and prepaid cards can pay for the hire but cannot carry the deposit.

Late: there is a 59-minute grace, then each started day is charged at the day rate. Early: unused full days are refunded on hires of a week or more.

A ten-minute walk-round with one of us. The photos and the charge level go to you by email, and the deposit hold is released the same hour.

No. Sand, rain and a long trip are what the car is for. We charge only for smoking, or pets carried without a cover, at €250.