Konvin Car Rental vs Geysir Car Rental

Konvin Car Rental is a small, focused operator -- roughly 19 vehicles across all categories, with a camping-capable subset built around two clear formats. Its campervan side is Fiat-based: the front-wheel-drive Doblo Maxi Camper (offered in Basic and LUX trims, sleeping 2) and the larger Scudo 3 Camper (sleeping 3), each with a built-in kitchenette but limited to paved roads and the Ring Road -- not F-road rated. Its second format is a set of rooftop-tent 4x4 SUVs -- the Jeep Renegade Trailhawk plus Dacia Duster and Bigster variants -- that give genuine highland and F-road access while doubling as normal cars once the tent is stowed. There is no true motorhome tier here: the fleet tops out at the three-berth Scudo and two-person rooftop tents.

Geysir Car Rental approaches camping from both ends of the spectrum. On the 4x4 side it fits hard-shell iKamper roof tents to genuine four-wheel-drive SUVs -- the Dacia Duster (manual diesel, sleeps 2), the plug-in-hybrid Jeep Compass (sleeps 2), and the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe with a larger Skycamp 3.0 tent (sleeps 3-4) -- all gravel- and F-road-capable, but with no kitchen, toilet, or shower, so you cook outside and rely on campsites. On the other side it runs fully built-in motorhomes, from an X-van and two-berth models up to a six-berth Family Motorhome, all with a gas stove, fridge, Truma propane heating for both cabin and water, a fresh-water tank and sink, and a 220V hookup; the six-berth adds a shower and toilet. Those motorhomes are road-going and not F-road rated, so highland travel means choosing the roof-tent 4x4 instead. Compared with Konvin, Geysir clearly wins on ceiling -- it can sleep a family of six with a full bathroom, where Konvin cannot.

The two also sit at opposite ends on heritage. Geysir is one of Iceland's oldest independent rentals -- tracing its roots to 1973 and running as an independent operator since 2003 -- and lists its campers under a sister brand, Motorhome.is, operated by the same company. Konvin is far younger, founded in 2020 as part of the KONVIN Hotel & Travel Group, a one-stop travel outfit based in Reykjanesbaer near Keflavik; it likewise runs a sibling face, Volcano Car Rental by KONVIN. Logistically the two are close: both operate only from the Keflavik Airport area with a free two-way shuttle, and neither confirms a Reykjavik camper pickup. The difference is at the handover -- Geysir's motorhome depot does staffed, in-person handovers on daytime hours only (roughly 08:00-18:00, with no 24/7 key box), while Konvin's free shuttle is a consistently praised part of its service.

Equipment and included coverage reward a close read. Konvin's campervans arrive with sleeping bags and pillows, a full cooking kit (gas stove, pots, cutlery, dishes), a 10-litre water container, and a table with two chairs as standard, but heating, cooling, and power carry model caveats -- the base Doblo has only campsite (shore-power) electric heat, a passive cooling box rather than a fridge, and no leisure battery, with the diesel heater and electric fridge reserved for the Scudo 3 and Doblo LUX; there is no in-vehicle Wi-Fi. Geysir bundles CDW, theft and liability cover, unlimited mileage, the shuttle, an in-person walkthrough, and a fuel-discount card into every rental, though bed linen and a table-and-chairs camping set are optional paid extras and the insurance excess is lowered but non-zero unless you buy it down. On reputation, both are thinly and unevenly evidenced: Geysir's car-rental Trustpilot sits around 3.2 from about 36 reviews and is sharply polarized (praise for fast staffed pickup and clean cars against disputes over vehicle condition and drop-off charges), with its campers reviewed separately under Motorhome.is. Konvin carries no verified Google or Trustpilot score in our data, and what public feedback exists is scattered across its Konvin and Volcano brand names -- so neither vendor offers a single robust headline rating to lean on.