Health and safety measures for a car hire with Sixt during COVID-19

The business roots of Sixt Rent a Car go back to 1912 when it was launched as a family business in Munich with just three vehicles for hire. Despite experiencing a fluctuation of fortunes over the years, the Sixt family continued to grow the company from a small start-up to a large-scale enterprise with an international dimension. Today, Sixt AG is Germany's market-leading car rental supplier with more than 200,000 vehicles worldwide and around 2,200 stations in over 100 countries, including the largest premium fleet of any other car hire supplier. With reliability and quality being two of the firm's key objectives, you can book your car hire with Sixt during the COVID-19 crisis confident in the knowledge that you'll be in the safest hands possible!

Founded in 1954, Auto Europe is a leading global car hire broker with strong working relationships with all the main rental providers around the world, including Sixt. Collaborating with high-quality suppliers like Sixt means we can offer the best rates and widest choice of vehicles at 24,000 pick-up points worldwide. With total peace of mind, you can easily book your next rental with Sixt through the Auto Europe booking engine or call our rental car specialists on +49 89 412 09 786 and they will happily deal with your request.

Car Hire Sixt - Safety measures to protect clients from Coronavirus

All the major car rentals companies, including Sixt, are perfectly aware of the effect the current Covid-19 outbreak is having on the global community. Day by day, the company is dealing with this difficult situation head on so that the private and professional lives of both its staff and customers are protected to the greatest degree. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and national authorities are working in unison to control the virus and stop it from spreading any further, and Sixt is working around the clock to ensure the complete safety of its clients and personnel by implementing a series of procedures to maximise the hygiene and cleanliness of its entire fleet and stations worldwide.

To this end, Sixt is carefully monitoring the situation together with the respective authorities in order to be able to make the best decisions possible in the interest of the health and safety of its staff and customers. All the safeguards the company has put in place are to protect people's lives and curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Measures and procedures for cleaning

• The total disinfection of all Sixt's pick-up and drop-off locations to help minimise the spread of the virus
• The implementation of WHO recommendations to ensure that Sixt staff adhere to strict rules of cleanliness, including regular and thorough washing of hands, etc.
• The thorough cleaning of every vehicle across the entire Sixt fleet by means of a multi-stage disinfection process to curb any possible coronavirus infections

How does Sixt protect staff members and clients at its locations?

Like all of Auto Europe's prestigious car hire partners, Sixt is totally committed to creating the safest environment possible for its customers and employees all over the world. In addition to the wide range of security measures already in place, Sixt has introduced a series of methods and everyday rules to help facilitate more effective social-distancing and to ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and personal hygiene, most notably;

• A carefully-controlled number of employees and customers allowed at any given location
• The installation of plexiglass around each car hire counter to protect the health of staff and customers alike
• The supply of professional face masks for all employees working at every Sixt location worldwide

Does Sixt have a special cleaning treatment for the rental vehicles if there is a suspected Coronavirus infection?

In the rare event of a driver or passenger returning to the station with a car hire with Sixt during the coronavirus pandemic being confirmed or suspected of being infected with Covid-19, the vehicle is immediately withdrawn from service. Before being returned to the rental fleet, it would undergo a thorough process of professional cleaning with disinfectants recommended by the World Health Organisation.