Zest Car Rental - Masterkings

I can vouch for Zest.

We did not use Masterkings. We rented from another Zest rental company in Lisbon called RentCar4Less. I recall their office was located almost next to the MasterKings office. Both are about a 6 minute car ride from the Airport. In our case, we booked our car at the end of our stay in Lisbon, so we took a bolt from our apartment directly to the rental office instead of to the airport (save the extra airport fee).

The smaller companies will save money by not parking cars at the airport. To pick up car they will send a shuttle to drive you to the off site office. When we dropped off at Faro airport, a representative met us at the airport parking lot to take our keys and car. They are very prompt when an appointment is made for pickup or drop off.

If you prefer, you could book a car from a larger international company like Dollar or Hertz through Zest. These two companies have cars parked in the airport parking, but they will probably be more expensive than MasterKings. However, I'm willing to bet that booking through Zest will still be cheaper than booking directly with Dollar or Hertz. Zest is very popular in Portugal and they negotiate very good discounts from their suppliers. Good luck.

Thank you funpig - much appreciate learning about your experience and better understanding how Zest works.

Do you think I need the car rental GPS or if I have wifi (T-Mobile) and google maps it is not necessary?