EGS airport car rental is the east-Iceland fly-drive move: Egilsstadir Airport hosts rental desks with Hertz stationed in the arrival hall and Thrifty, Dollar and Avis serving the field - and the Ring Road passes barely two kilometres away, so you are on Iceland's main circuit within minutes of collecting the keys. The domestic hop from Reykjavik takes about an hour, which is why the pattern works: fly east, drive the quiet half of the Ring Road first, and drop the car one-way at Keflavik or Reykjavik at the end - the desks here support one-way rentals across the network. Fleet choice follows east-Iceland rules: 2WD suffices for summer tarmac, 4x4s - Land Cruiser-class included - earn their keep on gravel, highlands and any winter month. Book summer weeks ahead; the east's fleets are smaller than the capital's.
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