EN
ESThe young driver fee is a surcharge for drivers below a certain age. You set an age range and a fee for each vehicle category, and optionally a minimum age below which the driver cannot rent at all.
What it is for
Younger drivers often carry higher insurance risk. The young driver fee lets you charge extra when a driver's age falls within a range you define, and you can also set a minimum age to block drivers who are too young for a particular category.
Where to access it
In the admin area, open the Fees & Taxes section and choose Young Driver fee. The page shows a table with one row per vehicle category, with columns for Set restriction, Minimum age, Charge fee, Driver's age, and Young driver fee.
Main settings
Collect young driver fee
A switch at the top of the page controls whether the fee is charged at all.
- On – the fee table is shown and the surcharge is applied to bookings.
- Off – the table is hidden and no young driver fee is collected.
Set same price
A switch on the category column lets you use one rule for every category instead of a different rule per category.
- Off (default) – you set each category's rule individually.
- On – the category rows are replaced by a single row called "Set the same fee for all categories".
Settings per category
For each category you can set:
- Set restriction – a switch that enables the age restriction for that category.
- Minimum age – the lowest age (in years) allowed to rent that category.
- Charge fee – a switch that enables the young driver surcharge.
- Driver's age – the age range (from and to, in years) that is treated as a young driver.
- Young driver fee – the surcharge amount for drivers in that age range.
You can add more than one age range per category using the Add age range button, and remove a range with the trash icon. The Copy settings button lets you copy one category's age ranges to other categories.
How to use it
- Make sure Collect young driver fee is switched on.
- Choose whether to set a different rule per category or the same rule for all categories.
- For each category, switch on Set restriction and enter a Minimum age if you want to block younger drivers.
- Switch on Charge fee, set the Driver's age range, and enter the Young driver fee amount.
- Use Add age range if you need more than one range for a category.
- Click Save.
What happens next
- After saving, the fee is applied to bookings where the driver's age falls within a configured range for the booked category.
- Drivers below a category's Minimum age cannot rent that category.
- A confirmation message appears when the settings are saved successfully.
Important behavior and special cases
- The Driver's age "from" value fills in automatically, and you set the "to" value to define the upper limit of the young driver range.
- The fee amount must be a positive number.
- When Set same price is on, the category rows are replaced by the shared rule.
- If the Collect young driver fee switch is off, the system ignores all configured rules until you switch it back on.