Rent Honda Odyssey 2020 in Dubai

When the group is seven and the trip is real, the Honda Odyssey 2020 is the van we hand over for it, delivered to your door in one to two hours. This is the hybrid Odyssey, a proper seven-seat people carrier built around space and a quiet, economical drive rather than speed. We rent it from age 18 and take debit cards, cash or a no-deposit plan. The case for this page is simple: if you're moving a large family, an airport pickup of relatives, or a full group across the city for a week, the Odyssey does it in comfort that a packed SUV can't match. If it's just two of you, this is more van than you need.

Room for seven and the third row that actually works

The Odyssey's whole point is the cabin. Three rows, genuine seating for seven, and sliding side doors that make loading kids, bags or older passengers far easier than wrestling a hinged SUV door in a tight bay. The middle row slides and reclines, and unlike most seven-seaters the third row is usable by adults on a real trip, not just children for ten minutes. For a family of five or six plus luggage, or seven for shorter hops, it's genuinely roomy.

That space is the reason to pick it. A three-row SUV asks everyone to trade comfort for the badge. The Odyssey just gives you the room.

The hybrid drive and what it saves you

The 2.0-litre hybrid system makes a combined 215 horsepower, and the way it delivers it suits this car. At city speeds it often runs on the electric motor, so pulling away from lights and crawling in traffic is smooth and near silent. The petrol engine joins in when you ask for more, and 0 to 100 in 8.8 seconds is genuinely brisk for a van this size. Overtaking on the E11 is easy, which you can't say for most seven-seaters at this rate.

The payoff is the fuel bill. A hybrid this size sipping on the electric motor through Dubai's stop-start traffic is far easier on the wallet than a thirsty petrol van. Over a week of school runs and city errands, that gap adds up.

Luggage, parking and the heat

Even with all seven seats up there's room behind the third row for a few soft bags and a shopping run. Fold the back row and the load space opens right up for a family's worth of airport luggage. The realistic move for a full DXB pickup is six people plus cases with the third row down, or seven travelling light.

At 4.85 metres the Odyssey is a long vehicle, so the tightest Marina multi-storey bays and tight U-turns need more care than a sedan. The sliding doors help in narrow spaces where a swung door would hit the next car. Park nose-out where you can. The cabin is large, so on a 45-degree afternoon give the AC a minute or two to pull it down, and use the rear vents to keep the back rows comfortable, which is exactly where the passengers who feel the heat are sitting.

The costs that fall to you

Salik tolls and any RTA fines pass to the renter, standard across every Dubai rental, and with a full van of people you may cross more gates than you expect, so plan the route. Seat belts are mandatory in all seven seats and child seats are required for under-fours, which we can fit on request.

Who should rent it, and who shouldn't

Rent the Odyssey 2020 if you're moving a big group or a large family for the week, value a quiet hybrid drive and a usable third row, and want lower running cost than a petrol van. For airport pickups of relatives, multi-family outings, or anyone who simply needs seven real seats, it's the comfortable, sensible choice, and the sliding doors make daily life with kids easier.

Skip it if it's just one or two of you, where a van this size is wasted and a sedan parks easier and rents cheaper. And if you need genuine off-road or desert capability, this is a front-drive road MPV, so look at a proper 4x4 instead. For seven people who want to travel together in comfort, nothing in this class does it better.