Silk Road Rentals rental terms
Silk Road Rentals is an owner-run Tbilisi business listing three automatic 4x4 models, from €35 a day over two weeks. There is no deposit or card hold, the owner delivers the car in person, and no mountain-road restriction is published. You pay in full before handover, and excess, airport and extra-driver terms are not published.
Key terms at a glance
- good for the renter
- a cost or restriction
- claimed, no detail
- pages disagree
- source on the operator's site
- Deposit
- Good for the renter: None, no card hold↗
- Before pick-up
- Cost or restriction: Full price in advance↗
- Excess
- not published
- Zero-excess cover
- not published
- Tyres, glass, underbody
- not published
- Tbilisi airport
- Delivered by the owner; airport fee not published↗
- Night handover
- not published
- Kutaisi airport
- not published
- Batumi airport
- not published
- Extra driver
- not published
- One-way
- Quoted per trip↗
- Automatic 4WD
- Good for the renter: All 3 models: Pajero iO, Patriot, X-Terra↗
- Gravel and mountain roads
- No mountain or gravel restriction published↗
- Tusheti
- not published
- Cheapest listed
- €35/day · Pajero iO, 14+ days↗
- Payment
- Cash or card, EUR/GEL/USD, in advance↗
Where Silk Road Rentals’s own pages disagree
Ask Silk Road Rentals to confirm these points in writing before you pay.
- Payment timing wording: the home page FAQ says 'Payment is made in advance, before we hand the car over' (which could be read as at handover), while the Terms page says payment is made in advance 'before you receive the vehicle — not on the day of collection'.
- Delivery outside Tbilisi: the home-page hero label reads 'Free Delivery In Tbilisi · Anywhere In Georgia' (could be read as free countrywide), while the Terms page and the home FAQ say delivery elsewhere is quoted/'ask for the cost'.
Every published term, with its source (21)
- Pick-up locations
- No counter or office pickup: the car is delivered to the customer's location - free anywhere in Tbilisi; Kutaisi, Batumi or a mountain guesthouse on request with the cost quoted. Footer shows a registered address (9 Demna Shengelaia St, Tbilisi 0167) although the FAQ says there is no office to visit.“There is no office to visit and no counter to queue at” (source: Home page)
- Tbilisi airport handover
- Car delivered to the customer's location and handed over in person by the owner; airports are not mentioned by name on any page read.“I bring the car to wherever you happen to be, hand it over in person” (source: Home page)
- Tbilisi city delivery
- Free anywhere in Tbilisi.“Delivery within Tbilisi is free of charge.” (source: Terms)
- Deposit
- None: no cash deposit and no card hold or pre-authorisation.“No cash deposit is collected and no amount is blocked or pre-authorised on your card.” (source: Terms)
- Prepayment
- Full rental amount is paid in advance, before the car is handed over (not on the day of collection). Website enquiries are requests, not confirmed bookings, until the owner replies and agrees vehicle, dates and handover.“Payment is made in advance, before you receive the vehicle — not on the day of collection.” (source: Terms)
- Insurance included
- Casco covering collision damage, theft and third-party liability; valid in Georgia only (cover ceases at the border).“All rentals include casco insurance covering collision damage, theft and third-party liability.” (source: Terms)
- Mileage
- Unlimited.“The daily rate quoted includes casco insurance, unlimited mileage and winter tyres in season.” (source: Terms)
- One-way fee
- No one-way fee is published. Terms only say delivery to and collection from other parts of Georgia is available and quoted before booking.“Delivery to and collection from other parts of Georgia is available and quoted before you book.” (source: Terms)
- Minimum age
- 21 for the main driver; licence issued at least two years earlier.“The main driver must be at least 21 years old and hold a valid driving licence issued at least two years earlier.” (source: Terms)
- Licence
- Licence held 2+ years; licence and passport/ID shown at handover; International Driving Permit alongside the national licence if it is not in the Latin alphabet (home FAQ: 'not always asked for, but it saves any argument'). Additional drivers must be presented and approved before driving.“If your licence is not issued in the Latin alphabet, please bring an International Driving Permit alongside it.” (source: Terms)
- Payment methods
- Euros, Georgian lari and US dollars, in cash or by card; paid in advance. No credit card in the renter's name needed since nothing is held.“We accept euros (EUR), Georgian lari (GEL) and US dollars (USD), in cash or by card.” (source: Terms)
- Service fee
- None stated; only charges under terms sections 5-7 (damage/liability, fuel/fines/use, collection/cancellation) can be added.“You pay the agreed rental amount and nothing further, unless charges arise under sections 5, 6 or 7.” (source: Terms)
- Cancellation
- Free up to 7 days before pickup; less than 7 days before pickup, 50% of the rental price is due.“you can cancel free of charge up to 7 days before your pickup date.” (source: Terms)
- Route rules
- No mountain, gravel or off-road restrictions are published. Only prohibitions: towing, carrying passengers for payment, and entering territories where insurance does not apply (cover is Georgia-only).“or to enter territories where insurance does not apply.” (source: Terms)
- Crossing borders
- Armenia and Turkey permitted with advance written permission arranged before the rental starts (fee for permission not published). Casco cover stops at the Georgian border; renter must buy local third-party motor insurance for the country entered, sold at the crossing. Other countries not mentioned.“We permit travel to Armenia and Turkey on this basis.” (source: Terms)
- Fleet
- 3 models shown (Mitsubishi Pajero iO, Jeep Patriot, Nissan X-Terra); the owner says more vehicles are available on request.“These are some of our most-requested 4x4s — we have more available” (source: Home page)
- Automatic 4WD models
- Mitsubishi Pajero iO (petrol, automatic, 4x4); Jeep Patriot (petrol, automatic, 4x4); Nissan X-Terra (petrol, automatic, 4x4)“Genuine four-wheel drives — all automatic, all petrol, all five-seaters” (source: Home page)
- Cheapest listed price
- €35/day - Mitsubishi Pajero iO on rentals over 2 weeks. Same car: €45/day standard, €40/day 'after 5 days'. Other cars: Jeep Patriot 55/50/45, Nissan X-Terra 65/60/55 (standard / after 5 days / after 2 weeks). Prices in EUR, include insurance and unlimited mileage; no seasonal surcharge mentioned.“€35/day on rentals over 2 weeks — save 22%” (source: Home page)
- Rating claims on own site
- 5.0 rating from 20 Google reviews; hero stats claim '10+ years experience' and '5.0★ Rated on Google'.
Source: Home page ↗
Each quotation links to the page it comes from. Not published on the pages we could read: Tbilisi airport fee, Kutaisi airport fee, Batumi airport fee, Night handover, Excess, Zero-excess option, What zero-excess cover adds, Third-party limit, Extra driver, Card fee, Late return, Tusheti, Support languages.