When you’re on vacation, how do you travel? Once you arrive at your destination, what’s next?
If you’re like the average tourist, you’ve reserved a car. You’re not exactly sure what car you’ll get but you’re pretty sure it won’t be your dream car.
But you’re not the average tourist and you’re not visiting the average tourist destination. You’re visiting Cuba.
Instead of the typical boring rental car and day tour experience, why not rent a classic?
Here are 8 reasons why you should try a classic car rental in Cuba.
1. It’s Your Vacation
More and more travelers choose to rent a car while on vacation. Renting offers freedom to explore without the pressure of relying on public transportation.
The purpose of vacations is relaxation and restoration of the soul. Driving, especially in a country you’ve never visited, isn’t relaxing for the average person.
When you rent a car in Havana, you let the driver take the wheel while you make the memories.
No worrying about fueling up. No wondering if you’re driving over the speed limit. No looking at the map in one hand while navigating the road with the other.
Vacations are for putting daily grind in the back of your mind, even if it’s only temporary. A ride in a classic car takes you back to a simpler, kinder time in history.
2. You Love History
When you slide into the back seat of a classic car, you enter a living time machine.
These cars take you back to a time in history you’ve likely only read about in schoolbooks. Or heard about from your grandfather.
Choosing a classic car rental lets you experience what it was like for the people who owned and drove them. If you have a dream car and it’s a classic made before 1960, chances are you can take a ride in it while on vacation.
Imagine traveling down one of Cuba’s wide-open highways, wind in your hair, your driver behind the wheel of a shiny 1957 Bel Air Fuelie.
3. You Crave Adventure
You could always explore Cuba by bus. That’s an adventure in itself! But why hand around a bus stop when you can see the country by car?
Your spirit of adventure wants to see and experience the whole Cuba. There are places in Cuba where a bus can’t go. Access is by car only.
If it’s an adventure you want, you’ve arrived in the right place. You could spend your entire vacation in Cuba and still not take part in everything the country has to offer.
But your driver can get you to nearly every place on your bucket list—without a map!
4. Because Reading Maps Isn’t Your Thing
You’ve made copies of your travel documents. Your friends bought you your own print map of Cuba. Does anybody even use paper maps anymore?
They do in Cuba!
Keep in mind, just like any town in your country, occasionally a street sign may confuse you. You could make a wrong turn, don’t we all? The point is why take the chance when you’re in an unfamiliar country?
Rent a car. It comes with a built-in map—your driver.
5. Who Likes Driving While on Vacation?
It’s okay if you don’t enjoy driving, especially while on vacation. You get enough of it every day traveling to and from your 9-5.
When you rent a car in Havana, you get the car and the driver.
In fact, if it’s a classic car you want, you won’t have a choice. Tourists typically can’t drive the vintage rides.
Just keep reminding yourself. This is my vacation and I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do!
Leave the driving to the driver who comes with your rental. These drivers love taking tourists around and showing off the country they love.
So maybe you hate driving, but you love riding in the back of a fine classic car.
6. You Appreciate the Finer Things
There’s nothing finer than a beautifully restored mint-condition vintage car. And you’ll see plenty of them when you visit Cuba.
In Cuba, you can find cars that have all but vanished from the streets of the world. From DeSotos and Hudsons to Chevrolets and Fords, if it’s a classic, it’s here.
Don’t break with tradition. Riding in a classic car at least once while visiting Cuba is a tradition with many visitors.
If you appreciate a fine car and you don’t ride in one while visiting, it’s almost as if you didn’t go to Cuba at all.
Another great reason for renting a car while you’re in Cuba is a famous writer.
7. You Miss Hemingway
Nobel Prize writer, and your favorite wordsmith, Ernest Hemingway lived in Cuba for 20 years. Now you can fulfill your dream of meeting up with one of the world’s timeless novelists.
Bring your copy of The Old Man and the Sea when you visit Cojimar his fishing hangout. Take a tour of Finca Vigia, meaning “lookout house,” Hemingway’s home.
Book a classic car rental in Cuba and ask for the popular Havana and Hemingway tour.
After you’ve paid your respects to one of Cuba’s famous residents, spread your wings and spend time driving through the streets in Havana.
8. You’re Curious About Havana
If you don’t spend time in Havana on your vacation you’ll miss out on meeting the heart of the country.
The easiest way to ensure you don’t miss a beat? Rent a car in Havana and let your driver help put together a customized tour.
The list of Havana unmissable places is extensive but do make time for the Museo de la Revolución in old Havana. Here you’ll learn about the Cuban revolution.
And don’t miss a sunset walk on El Malecón. Breathe in the ocean air and rub shoulders with the locals who gather there after work.
Relax at the end the day with mojitos and live music in one of Havana’s bars.
Classic Car Rental in Cuba
We’ve shared some of our favorite reasons why you should consider classic car rental in Cuba. We hope you’ll leave here with a few of your own.
Whether you’re interested in a drive along our southern coast, or want to spend a night sampling our famous mojitos, we’ll get you there. If you’re a history buff, we’ll show you where it all started.
One thing we can promise—when you leave here, you’ll leave half of your heart in Cuba.
Get to know us and book a tour here. Welcome to Cuba!