Cheap Car Rentals in Memphis

Memphis, TN, United States

16 Feb — 23 Feb

Same drop-off

Thu 16/2

Noon

Thu 23/2

Noon

Driver's age:

26-65Other

Memphis Car Rentals in 2023

Most popular company	ENTERPRISE
Price of gas per litre	23,810 ₫
Average price per day	60 ₫
Cheapest price per day	60 ₫

What is the cheapest time to rent a car in Memphis?

January

1,178,689 ₫

February

1,532,296 ₫

March

2,192,362 ₫

April

1,885,902 ₫

May

2,027,345 ₫

June

1,885,902 ₫

July

1,791,607 ₫

August

1,485,148 ₫

September

1,579,443 ₫

October

1,838,755 ₫

November

1,720,886 ₫

December

1,438,000 ₫

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car in Memphis is January. The most expensive time to rent a car is March. The cheapest prices for each month are shown above, but prices will vary based on availability, how far out you book your rental car, and of course, car type.

Top rental agencies in Memphis

All major car rental suppliers in Memphis

Hertz

5.8

Fair

148 reviews•5 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2021

The Customer friendly staff at check in and check out.

No Comments at the moment.

4.0

Mediocre|Jan 2023

The first car I received was dead. I’m not sure if they are actually inspecting the vehicles. The second car was better but the customer service is lacking at this location. Entire booth smelled like cigs.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2023

Reservation was at noon on a Saturday. Office closed at noon on Saturday so I couldn’t pickup the vehicle

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Girls at the Memphis off were so awesome.

2.0

Poor|Nov 2022

Really frustrating. They would not honor the reservation made through kayak because it was made the same day and dropped off in another city (all of which was stated in the confirmed reservation). We had to find a rental with another company. They were completely unhelpful!

8.0

Very good|Nov 2022

Pickup took too long and was told once I checked in it would be an hour before a car was available. It only took 15 minutes. Dropoff was simple and easy!

1 out of 50

Alamo

7.9

Good

91 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Dec 2023

There was not a vehicle available when I arrived even though I called Alamo directly to confirm. I am extremely disappointed.

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

All good . No complaints.

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2022

I booked with another rental car company. I arrived at 9 PM to find 16 other customers waiting for cars that they had reservations for. I immediately booked a car with Alamo, picked it up and was on my way in about 15 minutes. Thank you so much for saving the day.

2.0

Poor|May 2022

Age Restrictions

2.0

Poor|Mar 2022

Flight in was very late. Arrived at car rental counter about 10 minutes after posted closing time. Usually, especially at a big city airport, car rental places stay open late. At least this time, Memphis Alamo was closed. Technically, not their fault, but not mine, either. Even though I had reserved a rental car weeks in advance, I had to use a different company. I can only hope they won't charge me for a car not rented.

8.0

Very good|Feb 2022

The pickup and drop off process are extremely easy. The vehicle I rented left some to be desired. It smelled funny and the dash and infotainment center were not clean. Otherwise, it was a great experience.

1 out of 31

Enterprise

7.8

Good

91 reviews•8 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

I think the car could have been checked out better before I got it. I had to put a quart of oil in the car before I could leave to go on my trip.

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

Once I arrived home from picking up the rented vehicle, my wife and I started checking the car, cleaning, checking tire pressure. The back passenger tire had a screw in it and the tire pressure was low. My wife and I went to Discount Tire, had the tire repaired so our vacation should be with out tire issues. Had zero issues with the tires/vehicle while on vacation. Upon return, I mentioned the repair of the tire to fellow at enterprise and he helped me out with the rental price because of the tire. All in all, had a great experience.

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2022

Made a reservation for a car, got a confirmation. Then on the day I was supposed to pick it up, got a phone call from Enterprise that they didn't have any more cars. They offered to call me if any came in, but I cancelled the reservation. They should never have confirmed my reservation.

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2022

No worries about my conformation. Pickup was quick and easy.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2022

A van that was not broke, wasting 3+ hours figuring out how to resolve it myself, and an unsympathetic branch that offered a measly 10% off the rental after having safety issues in a van with 3 adults and 4 children.

1.9

Poor|Oct 2021

My flight was delayed and the counter closes at 11. I was stranded at the airport at 1 am. The phone representative for enterprise thought it was funny. He laughed out loud at my situation.

1 out of 31

Dollar

6.9

Okay

58 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|May 2022

They had no cars available even though I made my reservation over a month ago. They said anywhere from 2-8 hours and there were already 6 people ahead of me waiting. I canceled and went with enterprise.

2.0

Poor|Feb 2022

It was terrible. Waited over an hour and still no car. Even trying to cancel my reservation after waiting to over 26 min on the phone. I will never use them nor Thrifty ever again.

2.0

Poor|Feb 2022

This location was closed when we arrived because they ran out of cars, even though we had a reservation. We waited outside in the cold for 30 min before someone from Enterprise came over and told us. The people at Dollar didn't even leave a note. Unacceptable service.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2021

First problem, they tooked confirmed reservations, but didnt have cars available to rent. I had to wait four and a half hours for a vehicle. Second problem., I had the car 3 days not 4, but not get s refund or apology for any of the problems I wii never use this service again.

4.0

Mediocre|Nov 2021

The ladies at the desk were nice. However, I had to wait almost an hour for my car. I’m not quite for sure why I needed a paid reservation if my car isn’t going to be ready. I will definitely consider other rental companies if I have to wait that long.

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2021

I was NOT impressed with the type vehicle and pick up process at the airport in Memphis, TN. I arrived at Dollar car rental at 5:30 pm on OCT 6, 2021, and found the pick up area closed with a sign posted to "pick up the to rental car at Hertz!" I stood in line at Hertz for nearly an hour waiting to pick up the rental car. Due to the volume of business at Hertz, there was nobody available to answer my questions about the functionality of the rental vehicle. The headlight visibility on the rental car (Ford Focus) was poor. Also, with Memphis, TN, being an extremely high crime area, I was very uncomfortable with driving a rental vehicle there for 3 weeks with Nevada license plates.

1 out of 20

Avis

6.6

Okay

66 reviews•5 locations

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4.0

Mediocre|Jan 2023

The car was dirty and smelled like smoke.

2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

I have been trying to rent a car with Avis for over a month. They wait until I get a ride two hours away and then call me at the last minute, or not at all, and tell me that they do not have any available cars. This has happened to me 11 times now. Due to this, I received a coupon from Customer Service for 4 Days Free Rental and the Store Manager at the Collierville location lied to me about having cars, and the total that she was running my card for. Then told me she could not rent to me because my credit card declined, even though I called my Credit Card company and cleared up the issue. She said that it was company policy that they were not allowed to run a card twice; which is a lie. They ran another customer's card 5 times while I was standing there. She also called another location, trying to pass me off to them, and told the manager there that she could not run my card again because it would mess up my coupon, not because it was company policy that they could not run the card twice. She knew this was a lie. All of this was heard by my credit card company on a recorded line.

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

The in person service was great, but the phone service trying to get the car was awful. Ended up having to spend an additional day in town because of it. The place I was the originally pick up the car was CLOSED. Always closed on Sundays! When I called I was sent to a second location, and they were out of cars! Said that all the places in the area (at 11am) were out of cars. Even though I had reserved one. Finally got a car the next day from a very nice woman at the original location I was supposed to pick up from. Car was fine, but very dirty and trashed on the inside. Wouldn’t book again.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2022

I never got the car, because when I arrived in Memphis I was informed they were sold out. ridiculous.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2022

When we arrived at the Memphis Airport at 0900 with a reservation, we expected to get a vehicle fairly quick. However we ended up waiting for 1 hour and 45 minutes. The lady working appeared to be disinterested with anyones concerns and refused to offer any help. In the meantime I walked to the second floor and saw several vehicles available that were being held for Avis Preferred and were still in the lot when we finally received our car almost two hours later.

2.0

Poor|May 2022

We arrived at 7:00 to pick up a car we reserved at Memphis airport. When we arrived we were told (unapologetically) that there were no cars available, that there was a waitlist 20 families long and that we would get a car as each car came in and they worked down the waitlist. They were flippant about the fact that there were no cars available and when I asked why, her comment was, “they overbook”. We waited about 1.5 hours for a car. We ran into a family that got there around 7:45 and they had the unfortunate luck to not get a car till midnight. Apparently, people that came in after them were turned away at night, carless. Shame on Avis for overbooking!

1 out of 22

Budget

5.9

Fair

65 reviews•5 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

We liked the service that was given. There is nothing that could of been better.

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

customer service

2.0

Poor|Aug 2022

No car available when I arrived

2.0

Poor|Jun 2022

They tried to charge me 3 x the amount that I was quoted for, for 1 day. Won’t use again.

2.0

Poor|Apr 2022

It took a hour and a 10 min to do the check out and pick up the car. They had 1 person working the counter and over 20 people in line. Changed the rate on me approx 20 higher at the counter. After check out went to get the car and had to wait 20 min for them to clean it. Then went to leave and no none was at the check out area and had to wait another 10 min. The process of picking up the car was longer than my flight from Virginia to Tenesee. Terrible experience with budget. Staff was friendly but grossly under staffed.

8.0

Very good|Feb 2022

1 out of 22

Thrifty

5.4

Fair

67 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Aug 2022

They didn’t have any cars available for same-day pick-up.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Website allowed out of towners, who were stranded due to personal car issues to book a same day reservation for in town pick up with out of town drop off and once at the pick up location was told can’t do same day one ways. If it’s policy the website should know that to! Never using this company again, but I’m sure they don’t care considering they’re already rich. Disrespectfully a customer you’ll never get rich off. This caused use a lot of stress and inconvenience!!! Never referring this rental company to anyone.

2.0

Poor|Aug 2022

My flight was delayed and I couldn't pick up my rental car because Thrifty had closed and I had to rent from Enterprise

2.0

Poor|May 2022

The. Rental dates were wrong so I didnt get a car when I needed it and I got charged for a car I never picked up a week later when I wasnt even in that state anymore.

2.0

Poor|Feb 2022

Our flight was late arriving. Our car was given away/not available.

5.9

Fair|Sep 2021

had to wait on car, because they was low staff, and customer service was terrible.

1 out of 23

Payless

4.8

Mediocre

49 reviews•1 location

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9.2

Wonderful|Mar 2020

Could not find a Payless agent, Finally discovered Avis agents could help

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2020

Helpful staff

The car itself had a trunk that did not open conventionally which was hard to figure out how to open without a google search

6.8

Okay|Nov 2019

Staff was friendly, car was clean, everything worked.

1. No car was available when we arrived, in spite of my efforts earlier to ensure there would be. We were lucky that a car appeared within 20 mins. 2. The air pressure warning was on the entire 8 days. I added air to all tires but the warning persisted. 3. Too much time spent waiting for receipt to be printed upon our return. Avis doesn’t seem to try harder anymore.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2019

absolutely nothing

go with anyone else but them

10.0

Wonderful|Mar 2019

Smooth, no problems.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2019

Nothing. They are horrible.

When I arrived to pickup the car at 1pm on a Thursday there was no one at the counter and there had not been an attendant for some time. The rep from Avis at the next counter gave me the same deal since no one was working at Payless. Also, when I called to inquire about a baby car seat the automated phone system required that I provide an "Access Code", whatever that is, to complete the call and I was not able to get anyone on the phone to assist. I will never use this junk company again.

1 out of 17

Car Rental FAQs

What is the cheapest rental car found in Memphis?

In the past two weeks, Cheapflights users have found many deals under 1,420,792 ₫/day when booking a rental car in Memphis. The best deal a user found was for 1,420,792 ₫/day from Enterprise, booked on Aug. 7.

Which car rental company is considered to be the best in Memphis?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, National (9.0 rating), Alamo (7.9 rating) and Enterprise (7.8 rating) seem to be the best rental car companies in Memphis.

What are gas prices like in Memphis?

The average gas price in Memphis is 23,810 ₫/liter over the past month, costing you anywhere between 1,071,429 ₫ and 1,547,619 ₫ to fill up a car’s gas tank.

How much does it cost to rent a car in Memphis for a week from Enterprise?

Enterprise offers rental cars in Memphis for about 9,945,545 ₫ per week on average.

How far in advance should I rent a car in Memphis for the best price?

Generally, for a better deal in Memphis it’s recommended to book in a timely manner (to save up to 22%). Cheapflights recommends you book around 11 days prior to your pickup date. Booking as early as you can also increases the likelihood that you’ll get the ideal car.