Cheap Car Rentals in Seattle

Seattle, WA, United States

8 Feb — 15 Feb

Same drop-off

Wed 8/2

Noon

Wed 15/2

Noon

Driver's age:

26-65Other

Seattle Car Rentals in 2023

Most popular company	THRIFTY
Price of gas per litre	23,218 ₫
Average price per day	68 ₫
Cheapest price per day	68 ₫

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

January

914,634 ₫

February

1,242,964 ₫

March

1,430,581 ₫

April

1,665,103 ₫

May

1,735,459 ₫

June

2,157,598 ₫

July

2,204,502 ₫

August

2,040,337 ₫

September

1,665,103 ₫

October

1,407,129 ₫

November

1,172,607 ₫

December

1,360,225 ₫

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car in Seattle is January. The most expensive time to rent a car is July. 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.

Compare available car types for rental in Seattle

	SUV Cars	1,429,643 ₫ - 6,860,459 ₫
	All Car Types	734,287 ₫ - 6,860,459 ₫

To rent a SUV car in Seattle, the United States, you would pay an average price of 1,337,492 ₫/day. January is the cheapest month to rent a SUV car in Seattle, the United States (~1,429,643 ₫/day), while the most expensive month to rent that same car type is July (~6,860,459 ₫/day). In fact, January is about 0% cheaper than prices during the rest of the year to book a SUV rental for Seattle. When comparing with other car types available for rental in Seattle, renting a SUV car saves you 12% in costs. Please note that average prices are based on historical data and can vary depending on how early you book, availability for your travel dates, and vehicle popularity.

Top rental agencies in Seattle

All major car rental suppliers in Seattle

Dollar

8.3

Very good

470 reviews•2 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2023

I rented the manager special and ended up with a Toyota 4Runner for the week. I was absolutely thrilled. Getting and returning the car was a breeze.

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2023

Arrived Seattle on a Saturday mid-morning and took shuttle to car rental. No one in line at Dollar, showed reservation and had keys in hand within 5 minutes. Requested a compact and was assigned a new Prius. Car was clean and everyone on the Dollar team very professional. Similar experience returning the car mid-afternoon on Monday - easy drop off and onto the shuttle to airport. Would rent from Dollar again! Dan

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2023

Car was great, counter service was very friendly (Crystal was outstanding). No unexpected charges. Returning the car was quick and effortless.

8.0

Very good|Dec 2022

Car was a bit dirty, especially the windshield inside surfaces

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Loves easy experience

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2022

Pickup was great, friendly and helpful staff, drop off was fast and easy.

1 out of 157

Enterprise

8.2

Very good

216 reviews•8 locations

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2.0

Poor|Apr 2021

When I arrived they couldn’t find my confirmation number and had zero cars to rent so I had to go to another rental place and had to pay $600 for what they had! It was an expense I wasn’t prepared for to say the least. And the people at the enterprise counter were very rude and not helpful at all. I’ll never go through enterprise ever again.

9.2

Wonderful|Sep 2020

The staff were very friendly and more than happy to work with you. Being from out of state there were some difficulties but they were instrumental in making them easy to deal and smooth.

When I was looking through the car there were fries and pringles under the seat. I do think a little more transparency about fees and processes would have been nice, however, the fault is on both sides as I did not explicitly say I was from out of state when they called to confirm.

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

Great fast friendly service.

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2022

the car was clean and ready on time

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

Friendly staff made the experience extra nice

2.0

Poor|Aug 2022

Pick up was scheduled for 3pm, but Office was closed. Pick up the day after wasn’t possible and the reservation was cancelled

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

Completely positive experience

6.0

Okay|Jul 2022

Wrong car when we showed up.

1 out of 72

Thrifty

7.6

Good

267 reviews•2 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

The easy pick up and drop off. Everything was enjoyable

2.0

Poor|Mar 2022

regualr service but they will lie to you and saying liability insurance supplement is mandatory charge. And once your sign it, they wont refund you.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2022

Well the problem was I booked the car rebought your website however, that rental car site is closed on Sunday's , that would have been nice to know

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2022

Quick efficient interaction lady at counter in Seattle was a charm!

4.0

Mediocre|Aug 2022

Car I was given was overdue for a service and having an oil light warning on for the full 2 weeks of the hire was stressful. I rang Thrifty about this issue but they said they couldn’t help me until we broke down. How ridiculous☹️

2.0

Poor|Aug 2022

Not as advertised. A complete rip off!!!

1 out of 89

Budget

7.5

Good

172 reviews•7 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Jun 2021

All great! Easy and great car.

4.0

Mediocre|Jan 2023

The full price was NOT clear. I did upgrade the car, but it was the fees not the charge per day which almost doubled my total charges. Even if I had stayed with the original car the price would not have been what I expected. Shame on all of you!! Figure out a way to be more transparent

6.0

Okay|Jan 2023

Lack of return options during weekends in Seattle area. Unable to keep the car for the full 48 hours.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2023

I was given a vehicle with a short-range spare tire on the front. This was a front wheel drive vehicle that I had to drive 120 miles in. This tire isn’t supposed to do over 50mph and it isn’t supposed to be used for more than 30 miles. This was extremely negligent and I will be filing a formal complaint.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2023

The budget location was closed when we arrived, even though we were on time for our pickup. When I called budget to try and get a car at another location, they said they were completely booked out. I had to scramble to get a new rental from another company. Won’t be going back to Budget.

8.0

Very good|Nov 2022

The car they tried to put me in at first was not the quality I was expecting, but they resolved it after I brought it up.

2.0

Poor|Sep 2022

The tyres on our Mustang were so worn as to be unsafe. We discovered this when we had a puncture. We replaced all 4 tyres and Budget reimbursed us. But the car should never have been rented out with such tyres.

1 out of 58

E-Z Rent-A-Car

7.5

Good

122 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2019

The car was nice, clean, and nothing wrong with it. The pick up and drop off processes were very quick.

Nothing

8.0

Very good|Jan 2020

Staff was nice.

The cars weren’t spotless, but that wasn’t a problem for me. We did get have to exchange cars due to a tire issue. We called ahead and discussed it with E-Z Rent-a-Car. They said they made a note on our profile and there would be no problem coming back and exchanging the car. When we got there, they didn’t seem to know what we were talking about and we spend a little longer than necessary due to some confusion about the exchange. Worked out in the end.

4.0

Mediocre|Dec 2019

Easy drop off

Car smelled terribly of smoke, super long wait at pickup while the only staff st the desk was chatting with the only customer in front of me, stating “I’m taking my time to see if a car comes in for you”. I had already reserved and paid online, to “save time” the website said.

6.8

Okay|Dec 2019

Vehicle had been smoked in, did not realize until I turned on the air after departing the rental facility.

5.2

Fair|Sep 2019

They did not have my car available for me when I arrived to pick it up. That is the first time that has ever happened to me in 30 plus years of renting cars. They clearly did not want to upgrade me to a larger vehicle. Eventually my car became available.

10.0

Wonderful|Sep 2019

Drop off quick and easy.

Staff both at check in and return were not rude but not friendly. Acted like overworked or not enjoying their job. I can deal with that but nicer if more conversion.

7.2

Good|Sep 2019

Check in agent was extremely rude

1 out of 41

Hertz

5.6

Fair

600 reviews•9 locations

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2.0

Poor|Apr 2021

I booked this car rental for pick up at the SeaTac airport. Once I arrived, there was no rental waiting for me even though I prepaid for it. Turns out, this website booked it for the hertz in NORTHERN SEATTLE. And since my flight was delayed, I had a half an hour to get to northern seattle to pick up the car I paid for before they closed. Not to mention I had my 4 kids and husband with me. We were then stuck between a rock and a hard place, so we had to rent another car. Once trying to get a refund because of the mess up, I was told since it was after the scheduled pickup I couldn’t cancel or get my money back. We will NEVER use this website ever again. Especially for car rentals. $1000 f up.

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2023

Immediate check in and emailing receipt

2.0

Poor|Jan 2023

They couldn't honor the reservation, as no cars were available.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2023

The vehicle we ended up with was nice for the long drive, but waiting for 3 hrs only to be immediately handed a vehicle upon my 3rd check-in was just not OK. There was nobody else left in the entire lobby.. we were driving to Denver because our flight was canceled for a week. Actually terrible experience.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2022

The reservation was made for the airport location. When we got there the location was changed to the other side of town. They wanted $680 cancelation fee. They finally wave the fee and reboot at the airport location for $250 more, But not the car that I wanted. I rent cars multiple times a year this had to be the worst experience. There were also other people had the same thing happened to them

2.0

Poor|Dec 2022

Had a reservation. Needed the truck for an appointment. Upon pickup time branch was closed. Note on door read Closed, go to another branch. What the hell. Not informed, no call no email no text. They couldn’t care less. I’ll not try renting from Hertz again, stick to Enterprise. And I say this as a Hertz shareholder.

8.0

Very good|Dec 2022

The guys i have dealt with twice here at the counter in the last 6 months are easy going and nice.Your picking up a car and these guys deal with customers all day long so remember that when your being difficult!! If your car aint clean or something like that ok but if you rent a type then thats what you get so roll on! Small little space but again theyve done really good both times ive been.

1 out of 200

Alamo

8.1

Very good

69 reviews•1 location

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6.0

Okay|Dec 2022

Car had significant damage upon pickup. They initially did not want to note this on the paperwork until I asked multiple times.

4.0

Mediocre|Jan 2022

Did not have the model that I reserved. Had no similar or better. Would not change pick-up to earlier time. Provided sub compact for short term (1 day of original 8 day) so we could get to our destination and "swap out" for our original model. Unable to find "reserved" size vehicle at final destination for original cost. Alamo "800" staff could not help. Not the start to our trip that we expected.

10.0

Wonderful|Nov 2021

Nissan Versa was not a great car. Idled poorly and wiper blades were worn out. Pickup and drop off were quick and easy!

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2021

Rental location in Seattle was confusing to get to. Once we figure out where to go they almost gave us a car with expired tags. Check in process was very long. Second car they gave us was never inspected or walked through with us. The car play function with is what we needed would constantly go off and on (tried multiple phone cables, phone projection/Bluetooth separately with no success) which made it extremely difficult to use for our West Coast drive from Seattle to San Francisco.

1.9

Poor|Sep 2021

Someone left underwear in the back seat, the drop off was closed, it was a nightmare retiring the car

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2021

Convenient pickup. Friendly staff.

1 out of 23

Avis

7.3

Good

74 reviews•6 locations

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2.0

Poor|Dec 2023

I wait 30 minutes in line to get to the Avis counter to pick up my rental; that I had booked online and performed my pre-pickup registration to allegedly make the process easier. Then it is 10 minutes at the counter. My card is in the machine and the worker is down the way calling the garage for my car. Then she returns (after another 5 minutes) with the manager to tell me there are no cars for my destsination, and that allegedly, there haven't been any for 24 hours. And that the online system should not have allowed me to make a reservation. Maybe true, maybe not. Because while I was waiting on the salesperson to call the garage the salesperson to my left is selling a rental (one-way to the same location that I'm headed) but at 1.5x the price that I booked online. So, you tell me. I don't know if they guys next to me got a car or not because I was rushing to the next car rental locations but since it was 1 AM, they were all shutdown. Avis wasted my time, screwed up my plans, and made it almost impossible to find an alternate plan, resulting in me having to get a hotel room.

10.0

Wonderful|Dec 2022

I had to get a rental car at last minute after my flight was canceled. I tried rental car counters at random trying to find a decent deal. Avis was by far the best! And their staff was super friendly and helpful!

10.0

Wonderful|Dec 2022

Rental agent was a real asset to Avis

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Reservation was for a convertible (a special occasion splurge for us). None was available on arrival. Despite our reservation even having a picture of a convertible, they tried to charge us the same rate for a non convertible saying it was a similar car. Lynn at the counter did not even try to be helpful about the situation; simply talked over me repeatedly insisting they were providing the car we reserved.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2022

Avis did not provide the car and we had to make last minute arrangements

4.0

Mediocre|Sep 2022

Shouldn’t take an hour to pick up a car.

1 out of 25

Car Rental FAQs

What is the cheapest rental car found in Seattle?

In the past two weeks, Cheapflights users have found many deals under 1,585,366 ₫/day when booking a rental car in Seattle. The best deal a user found was for 1,585,366 ₫/day from Thrifty, booked on Dec. 11.

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

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, National (9.3 rating), Dollar (8.3 rating) and Enterprise (8.2 rating) seem to be the best rental car companies in Seattle.

What are gas prices like in Seattle?

The average gas price in Seattle is 23,218 ₫/liter over the past month, costing you anywhere between 1,044,794 ₫ and 1,509,146 ₫ to fill up a car’s gas tank.

How much does it cost to rent a car in Seattle for a week from Thrifty?

Thrifty offers rental cars in Seattle for about 11,097,561 ₫ per week on average.

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

Our data suggests that booking early can save you up to 8% on a rental car in Seattle. Take advantage of below-average prices by booking at least 13 days prior to your desired date.

Can I rent a car for a month in Seattle?

The length of time you can book a rental for is subject to the inventory of the supplier. When renting a vehicle from Seattle it should be possible to rent a car for a whole month if needed.