7 Recommended Travel Cars You Can Rent for The Best Vacation Experience

Renting a car is the best option you can take if you are planning to have a vacation with family or friends. Besides being cost-efficient, renting a car also makes your vacation more comfortable, since you can decide on the destinations freely. 

You can impromptu change your direction to the beach, visit the city’s hot spots, have a culinary trip, or merely drive around the city to enjoy new scenery. 

Generally, the car rental service will provide a car that is suitable for vacation, namely the travel car.  The travel car is a vehicle that can carry many passengers and is fuel efficient.  

If you want to ride a travel car for the next holiday or plan to buy one, you can take a look at the recommendations below!

Advantages and Disadvantages of The Travel Car

Before talking about the travel car types and brands, firstly, we will discuss their advantages and disadvantages.   

The main advantage of a travel car is it has a large passenger capacity. This car can carry about 10 to 20 people at once, hence it will be very suitable to be used as a travel or school bus business fleet. 

Not only does it have a large passenger capacity, but it also has large baggage. It will be very beneficial if you or your customers bring a lot of luggage. Afterward, there are some travel cars that have folded seat features. Thus, if you need more space for the baggage, you can just fold some seats. 

However, a travel car also has some disadvantages. First, the driver needs to have good driving skills and a special driving license. The travel car size is bigger than an ordinary car, hence it will be harder to drive, especially on winding and uphill roads. 

Second, the travel car is generally flat and has low wheels, lower than 16 inches, so a special skill is needed to drive this car.  

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Recommended Travel Cars for Families and Businesses

The following are recommendations for travel cars you can ride for family vacations or business operations:  

1. Isuzu Elf Microbus

Who has never seen this Japanese microbus in the Indonesian automotive market? This car is quite popular in car rental agencies as “the car of choice”. 

Actually, Isuzu Elf has two different models namely truck and microbus. However, the microbus type is the most widely used by the car rental business. It has a big capacity, a strong pace, and fuel economy. Isuzu ELF Microbus comes in four models namely Isuzu ELF NLR 55B, Isuzu ELF NLR 55Bx, Isuzu ELF NLR 55B Lx and Isuzu ELF NLR 71B Lx. 

Isuzu ELF NLR Microbus has a large capacity. The total length is up to 6.1 meters which can accommodate up to 20 passengers. 

This microbus comes with two kinds of engine choices. In Isuzu ELF NLR 55, the car is equipped with a 4JB1-TC engine which generates power of 100 PS. Meanwhile, Isuzu ELF NLR 71 is equipped with a 4HG1-T engine which generates power of 125 PS. 

2. Toyota Hiace

The next recommended travel car is Toyota Hiace. It is well known as a large and comfortable car. Toyota provides two models you can choose namely, Hiace Commuter and Hiace Premio. 

Toyota Hiace Commuter comes with two choices of colors namely Silver Metallic and White. Those two models have superb highlight features: New Outer Mirror, New LED Fog Lamp, Rear Combi Lamp, and Headlamp. 

Besides superb highlight features, either Hiace Commuter or Hiace Premio are equipped with safety features such as Anti- Lock Braking System (ABS) & Brake Assist (BA), Dual SRS Airbag, 3 Point Seatbelt, New Parking Sensor, and New Parking Camera.

To make your trip more comfortable, this travel car is also equipped with New USB Port, Window Type Design, Turning Radius, Power Window, Side Step, and Easy Walkout Door.  The price for Toyota Hiace Commuter starts from Rp 543 million, meanwhile, Toyota Hiace Premio starts from Rp 628 million.

3. Suzuki APV Arena

Suzuki APV Arena is a Multi Purpose Vehicle (MVP) that was first launched in 2004. This travel car immediately attracted Indonesian automotive lovers’ attention since it can accommodate a big number of passengers. For a minivan-scale car, the price is also relatively wallet-friendly.

This travel car can accommodate up to 8 people. The two front seats carry the concept of “captain seat” so that it gives more comfort, moreover for a long trip. 

For the features, Suzuki APV Arena is equipped with Air Intake which is combined with high ground clearance to maintain the car’s performance on uneven terrain. Further, there are high technology safety features namely TEC, seat belt ELR on each seat, Side Impact Beam, and Keyless Entry with Alarm.

For the measurement, Suzuki APV Arena has dimensions of  4,225x1,655x1,885 mm. It is also equipped with G15A 4-cylinders 16 valves with a capacity of 1.5 L. It can generate power up to 105 HS and a maximum torque of 126 Nm.

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4. Daihatsu Gran Max MB

When you and your family are on a long trip, you must have a lot of luggage. Therefore, we suggest you choose a travel car with big baggage. One of the recommended travel cars is the Daihatsu Grand Max MB.

This car comes in four different colors namely Ice White, Sonic Blue Metallic, Midnight Black Metallic and Classic Silver. Since Daihatsu Grand Max MB is spacious, it can accommodate 8 up to 9 people. 

Furthermore, this car is equipped with a 14-inch rim size and a big front lamp which will make the road or business trip enjoyable in every road condition.

For the interior, this car is equipped with some features. There are Electric Power Steering, Audio 1 DIN, Door Armrest, Fuel Lid Opener, Front Sliding Seat, and Modded HeadLining.

Grand Max MB also comes with two kinds of capacity choices. The first one is 1.3 L with a K3-DE DOHC engine which produces power of 88 HS and a torque of 115 kg-m torque. The second one is 1.5 L with 2NR-VE DOHC Dual VVT-i which generates power of 97 PS and a torque of 134 kg-m.

5. Daihatsu Luxio

The next recommended car travel is Daihatsu Luxio which excels in fuel economy, its spacious cabin and its elegant exterior. Talking about the exterior, this car is equipped with New Rear Spoiler, New Rear Bumper Design, New Door Rail Cover,  New Alloy Wheel Design, New Rear Combination Lamp and New Side Body Moulding. 

Daihatsu Luxio uses the 3SZ engine which churns out a maximum power of 96 HP and the peak torque reads 134 Nm. 

6. Hyundai H-1

PT Hyundai Indonesia was introducing its luxurious MVP namely Hyundai H1 in an event called GIIAS 2018. Hyundai H1 has some changes in its exterior. Its front fascia is getting more slanted and equipped with LED projectors, a bigger grille, a new bumper, and LED taillights.

Hyundai H1 offered diesel engines and petrol engines. Both of them come with 9 seating capacity. Then, to make the trip more enjoyable and comfortable, this travel car is equipped with entertainment features such as a DVD player, CD player, radio, and Bluetooth that can be connected to Android.

7. Toyota Alphard

Another recommended luxurious travel car is Toyota Alphard Hybrid 2018. Toyota gives the Alphard a facelift and makes it an MVP premium. In this variant, Toyota gives a bigger grille and more chrome ornaments rather than in the previous edition. 

For the interior, this 2018 facelift edition has not changed much. Toyota still relies on dark and elegant nuances on the dashboard with wooden accents that are connected to the head unit touch screen. As a premium car, Toyota Alphard Hybrid 2018 offers VIP class luxuries such as the heater in the driver and passenger seats. Other luxury features include a roof monitor, panoramic sunroof, power sliding door, Blind Spot Monitor, Immobilizer, Keyless Entry and Start/stop button.

Toyota Alphard is awarded as a safe MVP that also guarantees pedestrian protection from Japan NCAP. That award is given because it has several great features such as Body Structure to Help Reduce Injury to Pedestrians, Omni-Directional Compatibility Body Structure, Vehicle Stability Control, Clearance & Back Sonars, Airbags and Anti-lock Brake systems.

Those are the 7 recommended travel cars you can find in rental car agencies. Make sure you choose a car that meets your need from a trusted rental car. Not only because the rental car provides various types of fleets but also due to its excellent service. Hence, when you face problems during your rental period, they can provide the best assistance to you. 

One of the car rental agencies that you can count on to fulfill your car needs, either for vacation trips, office operations, or your logistic business, is MPM Rent. MPM Rent is the biggest car rental company that provides various kinds of vehicles such as luxurious cars, passenger cars, logistic vehicles, to heavy-duty vehicles. You can rent it for a long or short period, whichever you need.

MPR Rent owns more than 13.000 units of fleets from various brands, 1500 professional drivers and touch points all around Indonesia. You can enjoy those superb facilities at a friendly price too.

Now, MPM Rent also has worked with many shop repairs all around Indonesia to make sure that all of the fleets are in a prime state and safe to be driven. Trust all of your business related to car rental and other trip needs only at MPM Rent.