Glossary
Airport surcharge
A surcharge added when the pickup or dropoff location is inside an airport — covers the operator's concession fee paid to the airport authority and on-site facility costs.
An airport surcharge is the line item that appears when a rental is picked up at — or returned to — an airport branch. The surcharge has two real components: the concession fee the operator pays the airport authority for the right to operate inside the terminal (often 9–15% of revenue, sometimes a flat per-rental fee), and the higher facility cost of running a counter in airport real estate. It is not a tax that goes to the government, even though the receipt often makes it look that way.
Some operators include the surcharge in the headline rate ("from EUR 35/day, airport included"); others itemise it separately to keep the headline low for comparison engines. Off-airport branches — typically a short shuttle ride away — exist mainly to dodge the concession fee, and operators encourage cost-sensitive customers there with a noticeably lower headline rate.
In renviq, airport surcharges are configured per location with a percentage or fixed-fee rule; the location flag identifies it as airport-type, and the pricing pipeline picks up the rule at quote time. The agreement template itemises the surcharge explicitly so the customer sees what they're paying versus the base rate.