Practically all automobile rentals in St. Petersburg offer you a possibility to rent a car for self-drive, chauffer-drive or order taxi services. Experience shows, however, that for visitors, a car with a driver is safer, less expensive and more comfortable.
Nine good reasons for hiring a car with "driver": language, driving rules, vigilant traffic police, one-way streets, roads in disrepair, road hazards, poor night visibility, bad street signs and no parking.
You can rent any car for any rental length (to be specified with the sales agent) - from 1 day to one year.
The following documents are required for rental agreement:
   - national passport
   - driving license valid for not less than 1 year
   - credit card (Visa, American Express, Master/Euro Card, JCB, Diners).
Most rental services provide a third party liability insurance into the cost of rent. But it is adviseable to buy two more insurances: from damage (Collision Damage Waver) and Theft Protection around. Make sure to check out all the information with the company's sales agent.

Car Rental Cost, October,2001 $=R Passenger foreign car $6-25/hour Passenger domestic car $3-6/hour Limousine $25-45/hour Minibus $10-13/hour Bus $25/hour Passenger car w/o driver $50-100 per day