Next time you need a last-minute car rental, don’t turn to the traditional companies right away. Often they don’t have much choice in car models and their prices are way too high. Instead, check out third-party car rental websites from this list to make sure it’s a good deal.
1. CheapTickets
This site, which is a part of the Expedia group, allows you to adjust your search criteria for the best results. Enter a pick-up and a drop-off location, the time and date you need. You can also choose a specific rental car company and preferred car types in Advanced Search. The results of your search can be filtered by car mileage, price, neighborhood, transmission type, and so on. We are sure that this will help you find a cheap last-minute rental, which is just right for you!
2. Priceline
The company called Priceline has a great tool Name Your Price. In it, you specify how much you’d like to pay for your rental. Then rental companies decide if they want to accept your bid. If your bid was not accepted, you’ll have to wait 24 hours before making the next one.
3. Costco Travel
Few people know that Costco offers car rentals online. To use the service, you need a Costco account. The annual membership is $60, but if rent cars a lot, it’s really worth it, because Costco is partners with Avis, Alamo, Enterprise, and Budget.
4. Skyscanner
Skyscanner is famous for its low prices on hotels and flights, but not everyone knows that the site helps to find cheap rental cars. First, you should enter your pick-up and drop-off locations as well as dates. On the results page, you’ll see rental options from lowest to highest in price. Also, their map with pick-up locations and price is more convenient than in most other sites. Use these features to find the cheapest car rental!
5. Kayak
Similar to Priceline, its sister site, Kayak can help you find the best deal on your rented car. However, the results are often different, so be sure to check both sites out. Kayak offers many filters and shows your results on a map. Kayak also compares the prices to the average in your location.
6. Hipmunk
Hipmunk’s prices are compatible with all the other sites we have already mentioned. The downside is that it only supports pick-ups and drop-offs at airports. On the other hand, this site has a chart-based layout which makes it incredibly easy to compare prices.
7. Expedia
Expedia is quite well-known when it comes to travel price comparison. You can use it to find the best deal for flights, cars, hotels, excursions, museum tickets and a whole lot more. Expedia is in the same group as CheapTickets, so the website layout, user experience, and search criteria are all the same. Just like with the Kayak/Priceline situation, the offers on these sites can be different.
8. RentalCars
RentalCars only specializes in rental cars, so you won’t find cheap hotels and flight tickets. Maybe because of that the site offers a wider range of car rental companies. According to their site, they work with more than 900 companies in over 50,000 locations. You of course can use search filters like a deposit at pick-up, damage excess, and others.
9. RentCars
Similar to the previous service, RentCars only specializes in cars. But if we compare them, the range of options here is smaller – only about 7,000 locations and 100 companies. Still, it’s always worth having a look when you need a good last-minute deal.
10. AutoSlash
AutoSlash is unique. It searches for discount coupons for different rental companies and applies them, which almost always results in making rentals cheaper. You can also sing up for notifications to know when new coupons appear.
