Car rental in Lebanon

Rent without the “yalla, trust me.”

Book a car from a local rental office. See the full price before you book, pay a small booking fee online, and pay the rest to the office in cash when you pick up the car.

Example booking4 days
Rental price
4 days × $30, set by the office
$120
OnlineBooking fee
Paid to Sayara by card when you book
$12
CashRest of the rental
Paid to the office at pickup
$108
CashSecurity deposit
Refundable, held by the office and returned when you bring the car back
$300

Example only. Each office sets its own prices and deposit, and the app shows the exact amounts before you pay.

Sayara is a marketplace, not a rental company.

Your rental contract is with the office that rents you the car. The office is responsible for the car and its insurance. Sayara runs the app, takes the booking fee, and keeps the record of your rental.

How it works

From the first search to the deposit coming back.

The booking, the chat, the handover photos and the deposit return all happen in the app, so there is a record of each step.

  1. Book

    Choose a car and dates, see the total price, and pay the booking fee online. Your request goes to the office.

  2. The office accepts

    A chat with the office opens in the app for questions about pickup, the car or anything else.

  3. Pick up

    The office photographs the car from 8 angles and records the fuel and kilometres. You check, agree and sign on the office’s phone, then pay the rest and the deposit in cash.

  4. Return

    The car is photographed again. The office records whether your security deposit came back in full, or what was kept and why, and you see it in your trip.

On the record

What would usually be “trust me” is written down.

The price, up front
The total price is shown before you book. The booking fee is part of it, not added on top.
8 photos, both ways
The car’s condition at pickup and at return, with the time each photo was taken. Once you agree to the pickup record, it cannot be changed.
The deposit return
What the office gave back, and the reason for anything it kept, is recorded at return.
A rental contract
A PDF of the rental, made from the booking and the pickup record, available in the app once the rental starts.
Chat in the app
Messages stay between you and the office. If either of you reports a conversation, its recent messages go to Sayara for review.
Your licence, kept private
The office can open your licence photo only for your booking, until about 30 days after the rental (longer only while a damage claim is open).

If plans change

One refund policy for the booking fee.

The booking fee is the only thing you pay before pickup, so it is the only thing there is to refund.

You cancel 48 hours or more before pickup
Full refund
You cancel less than 48 hours before pickup, or don’t show up
No refund
The office declines, does not answer in time or cancels, or the car is not as described
Full refund, always
The airline cancels your flight
Full refundwith the airline’s cancellation notice

The details, including how to cancel and how refunds are paid, are in the Refund & Cancellation Policy.

For rental offices

More bookings, the same cash at your counter.

Renters find your cars, book and pay Sayara’s fee online. You run the rental the way you already do, with the handover photos, the renter’s signature and the deposit return recorded in the Sayara partner app.

Founding offices
10%

per booking, for your first 12 months.

Minimum
$5
Maximum
$60
Months
12
  • Sayara never holds your moneyThe renter pays Sayara’s fee online when booking. The rest of the rental and the security deposit are paid to you, in cash, at pickup.
  • Bookings with a commitmentThe renter pays Sayara’s fee online when booking, and a rental cannot start until it is paid.
  • A record you can point toThe partner app guides the 8-photo check-in and check-out, the renter’s signature and the deposit return, so a dispute starts from evidence.
  • Set up in personWe visit, sign the office agreement with you, and put your cars online.