Enterprise Blue Ridge Car and Keys Drop Off

Terminals

We have two passenger terminals equipped with various facilities and centrally located in Wellington and Picton. While we don't have long term parking on-site, there are plenty of parking options nearby.

Wellington Terminal

Picton Terminal

Our Wellington Terminal

Our Wellington terminal is conveniently located in the central city (50 Waterloo Quay), close to a range of accommodation options and tourist hotspots. Take a stroll to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa, or sit back and enjoy the harbour views. Opposite the terminal you'll find Wellington Railway Station, which includes a New World Metro supermarket.

Please visit the Contact Us page to check the terminal opening hours. Facilities include:

• Free Wi-Fi
• Toilets
• Baby change areas
• Comfortable seating

Getting to the Wellington Terminal

If you're heading south towards Wellington, take the Aotea Quay exit off the motorway and follow it round past Sky Stadium on your right. The terminal is about one kilometre further on your left.

If you're travelling by foot, catch a train to Wellington Railway Station and you'll find our terminal just across the road.

Parking

1. Care Park NZ, **Short Term Parking**
Care Park NZ offers hourly rates Monday to Friday. Pay at their ticket machine and display the ticket face-up on your dashboard.
Sky Stadium - Waterloo Quay, multi story, Pay & Display and manned booths, open Monday to Friday only, 750 car spaces.

2. Primeparking
Offers a wide range of parking options from casual and early bird through to monthly reserved and non-reserved parking.
Their closest car park to our terminal is 9-13 Stout Street. Find out more.

3. Wilson Parking
There are over 32 Wilson parking spots located in the Wellington CBD. You can find these listed on their website: https://www.wilsonparking.co.nz/find-a-park

Station Car Park - 83 Waterloo Quay, uncovered, opposite our terminal.

15-21 Victoria Street offers 24/7 parking.

Please contact Wilson Carpark directly if you have any Long Term parking queries or if you are staying longer than 1 day you can pay through the ParkmateNZ App.

4. Motorhome and Campervan Parking
Wellington has a range of different Motorhome and Campervan Parking options. You might find the below websites helpful:

Cuba Street Motorhome Park - Size limit of 7.2m & self service
Capital Gateway Campervan Park
Wellington Top 10 Holiday Park
Te Papa Parking options - Size limit of 6.5m and only allows 1 night stays
Evans Bay Marina Carpark - Overnight Campervan Parking

Rental car pick-up and drop-off policies for Wellington

Rental car companies where the vehicles are picked up/dropped off at either end and do not travel onboard the ship:

• Europcar
• Hertz
• Thrifty
• Ace rentals

Rental car companies that allow their vehicles to drive on-board the ship:

• Avis Rental Cars
• Budget Rental Cars
• Go rentals
• Omega Rental Cars
• APEX Car Rental
• Enterprise
• Ezi Car Rental
• Scotties Rental Cars

	Returning your rental vehicle	Collecting your rental vehicle
Apex Car Rentals	If pre-arranged, customers can return their vehicle to Apex (186 Victoria St, Wellington) prior to sailing and be driven to the terminal by a member of their staff. You can also arrange to leave keys with Bluebridge staff and vehicle in our car park for Apex to collect.	If pre-arranged customers can sign their paperwork at the Picton office and car/keys will be delivered to our Wellington terminal for you to collect upon arrival.
Avis	After drop off (25 Dixon St, Wellington) customers must find their own way to the terminal to catch the ferry. If pre-arranged Avis will collect car from terminal if keys left with our staff.	Customers must make their own way to the Avis office to pick up their rental car
Thrifty	After drop off (197 Wakefield St, Wellington) customers must find their own way to the terminal to catch the ferry. If pre-arranged Thrifty will collect car from terminal if keys left with our staff.	Customers must make their own way to the Thrifty office to pick up their rental car
Ace Rentals	If between 9am-3pm and arranged at least 30 mins prior then Ace are happy to drop customers back to terminal. They do not collect returned vehicles from our terminal. Their office is located at Freight Drive, International Air Cargo Building, Wellington Airport.	If between 9am-3pm and arranged at least 30 mins prior, Ace will meet customers at our terminal to drop the rental car off to them.
Europcar	Customers must find their own way back from the Europcar office (290 Aotea Quay, Wellington) after a drop off. If pre-arranged, Europcar will collect the car from Bluebridge terminal car park if keys are given to terminal staff.	Customers must make their own way to the Eurpocar office to pick up their rental car
Budget	Customers must find their own way back from the Budget office (81A Ghuznee Street, Wellington) after a drop off. If pre-arranged, Budget will collect the car from Bluebridge terminal car park if keys are given to terminal staff.	Customers must make their own way to the Budget office to pick up their rental car
Hertz	Customers must find their own way back from the Hertz office (38-44 Hania St, Wellington) after a drop off. If pre-arranged, Hertz will collect the car from Bluebridge terminal car park if keys are given to terminal staff.	Customers must make their own way to the Hertz office to pick up their rental car.
Ezi Rent Cars	If pre-arranged they can pick up the rental car if left at Wellington Terminal.	If pre-arranged they will leave the rental car at the Wellington Terminal for the customer to collect.
Omega	Will collect cars at Wellington branch. ( 77 Hutt Road, Pipitea)	If pre-arranged they will leave the rental car at the Wellington Terminal for the customer to collec t.

Picton Terminal

Our Picton terminal is located at 1 Lagoon Road, less than a kilometre from the town centre. For foot passengers a shuttle service is available and will pick you up from the i-Site in town. If you have come from Wellington, the shuttle can drop you off at a range of locations around town.
You can check your emails with our free Wi-Fi, let the kids have a run around in the children's playground, or sit back and relax while you wait for your ship to set sail. Please visit the Contact Us page to check the terminal opening hours.

Facilities include:

• Free Wi-Fi
• Toilets
• Baby change areas
• Children's playground
• Comfortable seating
• Snack and coffee machines
• Complimentary shuttle bus for walk-on passengers

Getting there

If you're driving north on State Highway 1 towards Picton, turn left at Kent Street and travel less than a kilometre until you reach the roundabout and Bluebridge terminal ahead on your left.

Complimentary Shuttle Bus

Walk-on passengers can be picked up by our complimentary shuttle bus service at any of the following stops:

• Interislander Terminal Bus Shelter
• Picton i-SITE (Picton foreshore)
• Oxleys Tavern (Corner of Wellington Street and London Quay)

Our bus does a pickup run one hour prior to each sailing departure from these points, please ensure you are there 5mins prior to the pick-up time.

Pay and display - uncovered parking

Longer-term parking is available directly opposite the terminal. This is Pay and Display system and costs $1 per hour, or $6 per day. You can pay by text, credit card or coins. For more information visit Marlborough District Concil.

Rental car pick-up and drop-off policies for Picton

Rental car companies where the vehicles are picked up/dropped off at either end and do not travel onboard the ship:

• Europcar
• Hertz
• Thrifty
• Ace rentals

Rental car companies that allow their vehicles to drive on-board the ship:

• Avis Rental Cars
• Budget Rental Cars
• Go Rentals
• Omega Rental Cars
• APEX Car Rental
• Enterprise
• Ezi Car Rental
• Scotties Rental Cars

	Returning your rental vehicle	Collecting your rental vehicle
Apex Car Rentals	Offices located at 27 Auckland Street, Picton and at the Interislander Terminal. The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal 1 hour prior to each sailing. If pre-arranged Apex will collect your car from our terminal if keys are left with staff.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Apex office at 27 Auckland Street to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Avis	The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal (where the Avis booth is located) 1 hour prior to each sailing. If pre-arranged Avis will collect your car from our terminal if keys are left with staff.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Avis booth at the Interislander terminal to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Thrifty	The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal (where a Thrifty office is located) 1 hour prior to each sailing. If pre-arranged Thrifty will collect your car from our terminal if keys are left with staff.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Thrifty office at the Interislander terminal to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Ace Rentals	The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal (where an Ace Rentals office is located) 1 hour prior to each sailing. Ace Rentals DO NOT collect cars from our terminal.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Ace Rentals office at the Interislander terminal to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Europcar	The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal (where a Europcar office is located) 1 hour prior to each sailing. If pre-arranged Europcar will collect your car from our terminal if keys are left with staff.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Europcar office at the Interislander terminal to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Budget	The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal (where a Budget office is located) 1 hour prior to each sailing. If pre-arranged Budget will collect your car from our terminal if keys are left with staff.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Budget office at the Interislander terminal to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Hertz	The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal (where a Hertz office is located) 1 hour prior to each sailing. If pre-arranged Hertz will collect your car from our terminal if keys are left with staff.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Hertz office at the Interislander terminal to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Ezi Rent / Nationwide	The Bluebridge courtesy shuttle departs from the bus shelter outside the Interislander terminal (where a Ezi Rent/Nationwide office is located) 1 hour prior to each sailing. If pre-arranged Ezi Rent/Nationwide will collect your car from our terminal if keys are left with staff.	Customers can take the Bluebridge courtesy shuttle to the Ezi Rent office at the Interislander terminal to pick-up their vehicle after collecting luggage from our terminal.
Omega	The Omega office is located across the road from the Bluebridge terminal. If pre-arranged Omega will collect your car from the Bluebridge terminal if keys are left with Bluebridge staff.	After disembarking and collecting luggage, customers can simply walk across the road to collect their vehicle.

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Source: https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/terminals-rental-cars-parking/

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