Island Rentals

I’ve read some bad reviews on this company. I can see where some frustration might stem from, but overall the experience was great. The hardest part was just finding their location. It’s on the left hand side, when walking to the beach, from where the Catalina express dock is at. I don’t know why we thought it was on the casino side, but it’s not. The carts work fine. They’re gas, not electric, because you need to be able to get up some steep hills. We paid $ 80 and had it for three hours, which is great considering none of us were 25 yet and this is the only company that requires the driver be at least 21.

$ 40 an hour and $ 40 deposit.
We paid $ 40 for an hour having the golf cart to ourselves. I’m the driver. Map that they gave us to follow is at the last part. We did finish it in an hour so we got our $ 40 deposit. CASH ONLY. I believe this is the only company that allows 21 and over to drive. Others are 25 and up.
Beautiful view up top. Bring drinks if you want to since it’s hot. I was told to turn left most of the time, never right. If you exceed the one hour, you don’t get your deposit back but you get an hour free for a total of $ 80 for three hours. You don’t have to go back to tell them that you wanna keep it for that long, you can decide when driving just like we did. Since we don’t need it that long, just to explore the whole island.
We passed by Wrigley’s Memorial and Vacation Houses.

I just called to inquire about a rental and was rudely and promptly told «we don’t do reservations over the phone and we are very busy.» Guess I won’t be using this company.

Convenient location, but what is the deal with cash only? Who carries that kind of cash around? Did they lose their credit card acct? That’s always suspect to me. Anyhow, cart was a bit slow as the 6 sweaters behind our 4 seater had to pass us. I own 3 golf carts at our river house and I am familiar that they have to govern the speed, but this one was very slow. Will use them again when we come back.

I would recommend this place over the other rental places. Cash only, you pay $ 80 upfront ($ 40 for the first hour + $ 40 deposit which goes towards your time). If you return within the 1^st hour, you get $ 40 back; $ 20 for each additional half-​hour, they will give about 10 mins grace period. The employees are nice & helpful.
If you stick to the route it can be done in an hour, we had time to stop at different locations for pictures. If you stop to walk around, eat, and see the sights 2 hours is plenty, especially since you get the 3^rd hour free.
Spectacular views from high above. Fantastic weather today with clear skies and blue water.
They don’t take advance reservations but we were able to come in the a.m. to prepay, and return at a later time to pick up our car. We had to wait about 15 mins for a rental return, but we were able to jump the line.

Screaming metal death trap!!! Unapologetic staff!!! Our Father’s Day weekend almost turned into a tragedy!!! Do not be fooled by the convenient location and getting a 3^rd hour free!!! LOLZ the other cart rentals provide that too.
We we’re lured in by the fact that they gave a military discount. That was the only positive about this experience. Starting up the first hill we had it floored and could barely make it up the hill (it was not a weight issue) as all the other carts speed by us. As we «slowly» made it around the island we began to descend down the last hill toward the Main Street and our brakes failed causing us to nearly crash into the green railing. Luckily no one was hurt. When we returned the cart the worker laughed when we told him what happened with no apology whatsoever. We had cut our trip short and he refunded the deposit and sent us on our merry way. When I asked for a refund due to the trauma of the experience he was a complete jerk like the whole situation wasn’t his problem.

I saw a lot of reviews talking about the employees at all of the golf cart places bring rude. We did not have that experience at all. It makes me wonder if maybe the reviewers were unkind and provoked a rude response. Our experience was friendly and efficient. We had a great time and would rent again in a heartbeat! Read the rules, and policies that are clearly posted and you’ll be fine!

From what I gather through reading through the reviews is that you will have no problems with this business if you ignore the blatant deceit and aggressive tactics they use to get as much money from you possible. As you read this, mentally remove the one star from my review to give a grand total of zero stars.
My wife and I were looking forward to using the golf carts, and naturally chose this business due to how close it was to getting back to our carnival cruise ship. As everyone eluded to, we decided to do the one hour for $ 40 and paid the deposit of another $ 40 with the idea that we would take the second hour if we needed it. We paid for both, and was assured there was plenty of golf carts and we would receive one shortly.
5 min go by. 10 min. 15 min. Ok I’m thinking, let me give it another five minutes. 20 min. I go up and inquire as to when our cart would be ready. Without skipping a beat he coldly says there is a 45 to 1 hour wait from here on. There isn’t much time to explore the island given the need the get back on the boat (he knew we were cruising) so I was a little frustrated that he clearly omitted that information when we were setting up our reservation. «I wish you had of told me that earlier.» I told him.
«I did.» He quips back with no remorse or sincerity of any kind. My wife who was listening and super suspicious the entire time also clearly remembers him saying nothing of the sort. «No you didn’t» I say getting very put off by his tone and demeanor. His buddy chimes in, «I told you too», when I never even spoke with him. These guys are so set on getting their hands on the money you give it completely impedes any type of customer service or report. What got me so upset was that they had zero interest in trying to remedy or correct any of the apparent «misunderstanding» that was «my fault». I asked for my money back and they reluctantly gave it back without so much as an apology.
DO NOT GO HERE. KEEP MOVING.

Island rentals is all about customer satisfaction. They really took care of us. The price was excellent for a 3 hour tour around the island. Its about the same as all the other rental companies. We started on our driving tour with the map that they provided us. About 2 miles up the mountain we had a flat tire on our golf cart. I was really nervous that we would be out of luck. Island Rentals brought us a brand new golf cart that was much better than the first one. Then they re-​started our 3 hour time limit. We were very pleased how they handled this. After our journey around the hills we took the cart back and they gave us a discount on our rental. They were extremely friendly, helpful, and caring. We highly recommend Island Rentals.

Super easy, renting a golf cart, from this business. They state they open at 9 AM, but as a cruise ship passenger, we were stoked to see they opened earlier, as passengers debarked.
If you’re NOT Diamond, Platinum, or FTTF, with Carnival, you’ll risk carts selling out. This is the closest to the pier, but there are two other businesses a tad walk further (one more in the middle of town).
It’s cash only, and renting 2 hours, gets you the 3^rd hour free. I would have given 5 stars, but they didn’t honor an ad I saw, which allowed you to gain an extra 15 minutes cart time, if you visited and kept the receipt from the Botanical Gardens. Oh well.
The carts run well and are just the right controlled speed. There’s a small basket in the back, to store items. They give you a map to navigate the island with.

Evan! Great customer service and honest with customers. Our time renting our cart was great. We paid for 2 hours and got one hour free and then we donated $ 10 to the veterans fund and got an additional 30 mins free for a total of 3 ½ hours for only $ 90! Great deal. However, we only used the cart for half of our total time. When we returned, Evan happily told us we could have credit to use the cart later in the day or get a credit for time not used (THIS DOES NOT COUNT FOR YOUR FREE HOURS-​obviously.) later in the day we went back and just opted for our refund. They were great and friendly. No problems here whatsoever with anyone of the staff. Thanks for a great time island rentals!

The guys that run this place are super chill and patient. They even have a deal if you donate $ 10 to veterans you get an extra half hour. I forget the exact story, but the owners are veterans and I appreciate that!
$ 80 will get you three hours and that three hours is plenty of time to see everything you could possibly see. I suggest parking when you get to the top of the mountain that’s below the «Inn». If you look down you’ll see a big memorial cross and you can walk down there and get some pretty breathtaking views.
Cash only.
The map is funny. It’s so off scale it can throw you off a bit. But don’t stress it because you’ll have plenty of time to get lost and then found. We were here two nights and we actually rented a cart from here twice because it was so fun.

Decent price for your own ride around the town and they give you a route, which is nice. However, and I mean a big however, the woman working was all attitude and talked to you like a moron and then gave us attitude because we didn’t park «on the other side of the building» which by the way is a giant rock, oh wait that’s the mountain. Not to mention when we asked about downtown she said «these are the only two parking lots (the one was gated and locked) even for Christmas shopping» overall not bad because she wasn’t with us on the cart but she has a serious attitude problem.

Best price on a golf cart rental.
2 hours + 1 hour free (3 hours total) for $ 80
Cash only
There is an ATM less than a block away
Friendly service. Explains how to drive the cart, and gives you a map which clearly shows where you can, or cannot go, and what points of interest there may be, and about how long it would take to go around.
In that time, we easily went around Avalon 3 times, and made a few stops.
The stops that you can reach with the golf cart:
–The Conservatory (free entrance, donations suggested)
— Wrigley Botanical Gardens/​Memorial (was closed during lunch)
–Tons of beautiful photo stops. We even saw a teenage deer less than a meter away.
— The Casino
— The museum ($ 5 a person. Gives you a history of the island.)
— Zip lining and Scuba diving (but unless you have gear, I think you need to register for those)
It was a lot of fun, easy to drive, and we took a ton of beautiful photos.

Best price on the island to rent a cart. Golf cart is a great way to get around and see more of the island that is not accessible by foot or bike.
This place offered a discounted rate for active military and at $ 40 an hour it’s a bargain deal.
The guys were very friendly and gave advice with a map in where to go to see the island. Cart was clean, seated four and had a basket in the back for some of our things. On a island that is money grubbing for tourists this seemed like a great deal.
Glad we rented the cart on our last day to explore a bit more.

Excellent and friendly service from Mike and Alex!
Thanks guys for cracking me up as well!
We will for sure see you soon!!!
Susan Fageaux

Catalina Island is so Tiny, as it is an Island. that there is literally only a few things on the list you can do within a day and just be done with it.
Golf Carting is literally everyones form of transportation here at the island. It almost feels like your at the hollywood backdrop as your drive around the place because it just seems so unreal that people live so simply… boring.
I mean, I am an LA girl and needs to be constantly stimulated so I can’t imagine something like this.
You can literally use the rented golf cart and drive around half the permitted island for under 2 hrs (with a few photo ops) ! Driving the rental golf carts were fun and probably the best thing you can do in Catalina Island so I def suggest it. If you go on your birthday you get an extra half hr.
$ 40 for a party of 4 and $ 80 for deposit
$ 80 for a party of 6

3 stars because I had such a fun ride around the island with great views, but they didn’t give us our one hour bonus. We purchased the two hours for $ 80 deal with an extra 1 hour. We only got the time allotted for two hours. Other than that it only took roughly two hours to ride around the island so we didn’t fight it.

We had a great experience renting golf carts from this company. They charged us $ 40 per hour, cash only but it’s was worth it cause we got an extra hour. They gave us a map and directed us to the places we wanted to go.
They are very close from where the ferry dropped us off (Across the street). So, it was very convenient.
The service was alright the gentleman that helped us was polite and friendly. Too bad I can’t say the same about the lady. She was not as friendly, but it was ok we still enjoyed our golf cart.
I do recommend renting from this company they have a good selection.

The best service and pricing on the entire island for golf cart rentals!
We were greeted by the best of smiles and the best of accommodations!
So much fun!