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What are the cheapest cities to rent a car in New York?
The cheapest city to rent a car when in New York is Newburgh. The daily cost to rent a car in Newburgh is $24 from Hertz. Another affordable city to rent a car in is Brockport, where Provider's pick has prices from around $26 per day.
What is the cheapest rental car company in New York?
The cheapest rental car company in New York is Turo, with prices starting from around $12/day. Other affordable options found in the past 72 hours include Turo, from $14/day, and Turo, starting at about $16/day. These rates may be different depending on what city you plan on visiting and the type of car you rent.
What is the best rental car company in New York?
With an average review score of 8.3/10 from 197 reviewers, Alamo is rated the best car rental company in New York by our users. Alamo has 10 locations in New York including the popular city of Syracuse.
What is the most popular type of car to rent in New York?
The most popular type of cars to rent in New York are SUV cars. This type of car costs $117 per day on average. 84% of users prefer to rent SUV cars in New York due to price, availability, and their planned activities.
New York car rental deals found on momondo
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The average price of a small car rental in New York is $76. The cheapest time to rent a small car in New York is in September. The price is 24% lower than the rest of the year at just $58 per day. A small car rental is typically 15% less expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for New York small car rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a medium car rental in New York is $76. The cheapest time to rent a medium car in New York is in September. The price is 24% lower than the rest of the year at just $59 per day. A medium car rental is typically 14% less expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for New York medium car rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a large car rental in New York is $106. The cheapest time to rent a large car in New York is in January. The price is 20% lower than the rest of the year at just $85 per day. A large car rental is typically 17% more expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for New York large car rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a SUV rental in New York is $84. The cheapest time to rent a SUV in New York is in September. The price is 27% lower than the rest of the year at just $62 per day. A SUV rental is typically 6% less expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for New York SUV rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a van rental in New York is $138. The cheapest time to rent a van in New York is in September. The price is 24% lower than the rest of the year at just $106 per day. A van rental is typically 36% more expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for New York van rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a pickup truck rental in New York is $97. The cheapest time to rent a pickup truck in New York is in September. The price is 70% lower than the rest of the year at just $30 per day. A pickup truck rental is typically 10% more expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for New York pickup truck rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a luxury car rental in New York is $108. The cheapest time to rent a luxury car in New York is in January. The price is 30% lower than the rest of the year at just $76 per day. A luxury car rental is typically 18% more expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car. Below are the best prices for New York luxury car rentals found on momondo in the past week.
The average price of a convertible rental in New York is $137. The cheapest time to rent a convertible in New York is in January. The price is 29% lower than the rest of the year at just $98 per day. A convertible rental is typically 36% more expensive than the average rental car in New York. The average price of a vehicle rental in New York can vary based on a number of factors including supply, popularity of the vehicle, and how far out you book your rental car.
Perfect vehicle for our trip, easy pick up and drop off
10.0
Wonderful|Aug 2023
The staff are very helpful from pick-up to drop-off
10.0
Wonderful|Jul 2023
We were able to upgrade to a larger vehicle at the last minute. Service taking and returning was polite and timely.
10.0
Wonderful|Jun 2023
Great customer service. Everyone I interacted with was kind, competent, and professional.
10.0
Wonderful|Jun 2023
The best car rental experience of my life! From the moment I approached the counter to the last second, dropping the vehicle. Outstanding customer service.
No bad I was impressed with the overall quality convenance
10.0
Wonderful|Sep 2023
The representative I met in the morning was so nice and friendly. She wanted to get me out of there quick so she gave me an upgrade. Everyone at this enterprise has a great work ethic and sense of urgency helping out their customers. Will definitely go back.
10.0
Wonderful|Aug 2023
Everything was amazing! Engine was a little overworking....
10.0
Wonderful|Aug 2023
The staff were so welcoming and helpful, great to work with and very friendly. I will definitely be back whenever I need a rental in the future.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
They didn’t have any cars even though I made a reservation
10.0
Wonderful|Aug 2023
Customer service was excellent, Bryan was professional and help me with a good car.
Waited 20 minutes for them to bring a car and then the vehicle was a real beater…..lots of scratches and dents. The vehicle should have been retired from the fleet long ago.
2.0
Poor|Jan 2025
Rude shuttle driver, ride check in agent, no car available for an hour, when car arrived it was filthy with white paste smeared on the seats and trash from previous renter inside. Car had 80k miles, was 4 years old and had three different tires. Horrible
2.0
Poor|Aug 2024
There was a very long and lengthy line up at the counter for Avis pick up, when we got the vehicle, it was still super dirty, stains and spills all over console, dash and steering wheel, windows very so greasy it was hard to see out of at night, we had to spend 2 hours to clean the car..... not very impressed.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2024
They didn't have any cars available when i went to pick up my reservation, so i never got a car. It ended up costing me hundreds of dollars because i had to uber upstate instead.
4.0
Mediocre|May 2024
We got a different car which has lower value for rent. Neither got the price adjustment nor time adjustment.
I arrived about an hour earlier than my scheduled pick up time and the car I had reserved was not on-site. I was offered an upgraded vehicle for same price but had to pay for an extra day (for 1hr)-then proceeded to wait for 30 min for the staff to give me the keys to the vehicle that was easily seen in the parking lot. They did not tell me what the daily rate would be, nor did it show up on the small screen and I signed the rental agreement thinking it was an amended rental agreement to include my other reservation. I was very surprised to see later in the email the entire rental agreement that was for only one day and the cost was almost the same as for my initial multi day reservation. I had a similar issue at another Sixt rental location in Phoenix AZ in which there were additional fees that were added but I didn’t see them on the small screen. I think it would be helpful if they had full screens where we could see all the sections we are signing off on and then the list of charges with the total.
2.0
Poor|Sep 2023
This rental facility has to be one of the worst in the country for being at a major airport. Pick up and drop off we’re terrible. Cars everywhere. Too hard to differentiate between Sixt and the other companies. Signs wrong. Horrible. Felt bad for the staff because the facility is terrible for them to do their job.
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
They charged me one more day . I dropped the car at 7 PM , and they charged me until the next day. Terrible
10.0
Wonderful|Jul 2023
Hreat
10.0
Wonderful|Jul 2023
Great
10.0
Wonderful|Jul 2023
Diana at JFK airport was fabulous. She was courteous, patient and professional, and went above and beyond to find our family an appropriate car during a chaotic time when flights were cancelled. All the staff at the airport showed a genuine concern for customers and seemed to be very helpful
JFK Budget RAC was exhibit A of how a business with no manager operates. Walked into the location for a 12 noon reservation and there was total chaos- 50 to 60 people waiting in line ahead of us. 4 or 5 desk agents totally overwhelmed. People who were already checked in were waiting in a separate area for their cars. After nearly 2 hours of waiting in the queue, I checked in. Went to get my car only to find a person already sitting in the car trying to claim the car because they were waiting. I resolved that with the assistance of a lot attendant. While I was waiting in the queue my wife went around to othe car rental companies and saw none of them had this problem. Clearly Budget needs to get a new leader for JFK.
2.0
Poor|Jan 2024
Awful experience entirely. Company closed the pickup location and had to pickup at another location far away in traffic, so was delayed by an hour and late for work. The return was even worse, since I called to confirm that the location closer to my home would be open, I got there and they were closed again during normal business hours. Now I had to drive down to the other Budget location, again in traffic and lost another hour of time, because they were so slow to return the car when I got there with 11 people in line waiting with 1 person at the counter. Then, they tried to charge me for an extra day, because I was a few minutes late, even though they had delayed me on the pickup time and the return. Totally unacceptable and lacking any knowledge at all of what customer service is. This is totally unprofessional and as a shareholder, it is completely alarming.
4.0
Mediocre|Sep 2023
They changed me for full day and then for been 40 minutes late the charged me an hour fee and an extra day
10.0
Wonderful|Sep 2023
The agent was extremely helpful. We had an issue with our car and she fixed the problem immediately.
4.0
Mediocre|Sep 2023
Very very busy office so had to wait an hour after a long flight to even be served. The lady in charge was quite rude and didn’t help the situation. Overall bad customer experience in picking the car up.
10.0
Wonderful|Sep 2023
very friendly and efficient customer service, and the car was really good quality and in good condition. couldn’t fault them if i wanted to
Great experience. Very friendly staff in Miami and NY
2.0
Poor|Sep 2023
They didn’t have the car for me which I had thought I reserved.
4.0
Mediocre|Sep 2023
The representative at the counter was helpful but the manager put us in a $53 car when I had paid $69. All he had left was a cheaper electric car and didn't adjust the rate. I thought I was agreeing to a "manager's special" but it was actually a "manager's choice". He made a CHOICE to put me in a lower priced car at a higher price. It was only a two day rental so I only overpaid by $32. The other issue was that I was making a one way, 900 mile road trip and stopping every 200 miles and spending an hour recharging an electric car was unacceptable.
4.0
Mediocre|Sep 2023
Apple Card fiasco. Why take as form of payment if card can’t be validated at pickup?!
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
I made a reservation but they had no cars to rent.
I waited 40 minutes for the van pickup at the airport to the dollar rental facility. Show up at the facility and only 1 person behind the counter and over 40 people in line. Waited over 3 hours to pick up the rental car. After customers started Getting upset the manager came out said he is looking for cars. Everyone lost their patience, the manager then said he can’t help behind the desk. Everyone was yelling and upset that he was not helping resolve the situation. Finally got a car over 4 hours later. The worst experience I have ever had
8.0
Very good|Aug 2023
Easy pickup and dropoff. Moderately priced.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
Pick up agent very inpatient and rude.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
I can safely say I will never attempt to rent from Dollar again. In the midst of our calamity with a cancelled flight and lost luggage at JFK International Airport after traveling 3000 miles, Dollar failed miserably by allowing us to schedule a car rental on line. After feeling the relief of that rental transaction we come to find out upon arriving at the Dollar rental desk that not only your folks didn’t have any one-way rentals but didn’t have any rentals for us at all. Talk about the left hand not talking to the right hand. Additionally, your customer service rep was condescending with no sympathy for our plight. The rental was placed through Hotwire.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
Because I accidentally rented for August 6 not July 6, they would not refund my money.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
Dollar could not deliver the car i paid for in advance. Moreover they did not offer a solution other than wait a call from them. i had to pick up a car which i did not intend to.
We reserved a car more than a month before our trip. When we arrived to pickup the car we went through the traditional paperwork. After a while we noticed many people waiting for their car. So I went to the counter to enquirer about my car only to find out that they did not have any cars available. We waited two hours for a car to be available. We got in the car and drove to the gate only to find out that the car couldn't be released due to mechanical issues. Again we waited for another car. The car we got had bald tires on it which I found out after inspecting the car the next morning.
2.0
Poor|Aug 2023
They do not have a car for me in JFK airport. I needed to left the airport and take a subway and bus for my destiny.
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
You let me rent a car that wasn’t there. I left my hotel and paid for insurance on the rental and got nothing.
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
Pick up was a mess. Waited nearly 3hrs for my car that wasn’t even on the premiseso
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
Awful.
2.0
Poor|Jul 2023
Thrifty rejected my reservation due to no international driver's license, even though I could prove my Portuguese residence and provide a valid driver's license!!!
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Car rental in New York
Learn everything there is to know about renting a car in New York so you can be properly prepared for your next trip
How much does it cost to rent a car in New York?
Based on our data, the cost to rent a car in New York is $84 per day on average. However, you might be able to find rental car deals as low as around $23 per day, which is a 85% difference from the highest price per day at $159.
When is the best time to rent a car in New York?
The best time to rent a car in New York is in the month of November, when prices are $17/day on average. February is often the most expensive month to rent a car, when average prices are $191/day. However, no matter what month you plan to visit New York, it’s recommended that you book your rental around 3 days out for the best possible price.
How long do people rent a car when staying in New York?
Most people tend to rent a car in New York for 1 day which costs, on average, $109 per day. If you plan on renting a car for one week, then you can expect to pay around $424 total. For a quick weekend rental, the total cost tends to average $201. $2,586 is the average cost of a month-long New York road trip car rental.
When did momondo last update prices for cars in New York?
Prices for cars in New York are refreshed on a daily basis.
How many operators does momondo search for cars in New York?
There are 380 operators available for cars in New York as of September 2025.
How old do you have to be to hire a car in New York?
Age requirements for drivers vary depending on the country, including New York. In several EU countries, drivers must be 18 years old. Generally, to rent a car overseas, you must be at least 21 years old, and if you're under 25, you may be charged a young driver surcharge. It's recommended that you review the policy of your preferred rental company before booking.
What documentation or ID do you need to rent a car in New York?
When renting a car in New York, all drivers must present a full valid driving license. An International Driving Permit is required if the driving license is written in a language different to that of the country of rental and may be necessary to avoid the risk of potential fines. If you are renting abroad, you may also need to provide proof of return travel and accommodation information during your stay. We always recommend checking with the individual rental company you are booking with.
Why use momondo?
Why should I use momondo to book a car rental in New York?
Booking a car rental in New York via momondo could save you time and money. momondo provides you with a wide selection of options and cars as we search thousands of car rental websites and locations to enable you to make the best choice for your trip.
How does momondo help me find the best car rental deal in New York?
By the use of filters, momondo makes finding a great car rental in New York easier. Whether it is price, car type, amenities or policies, momondo allows you to refine your search with these and more filters to find the best deal for you.
Does momondo show car rental deals in New York with free cancellation?
Of course! momondo has a dedicated filter for users to specifically look at car rentals in New York which offer free cancellation.
Can I rent a car with a fair fuel policy in New York on momondo?
Yes, fair fuel policies are a specific filter offered on momondo for all car rental locations including New York.
Can I find a car rental in New York which offers enhanced cleaning on momondo?
You certainly can. momondo has a dedicated filter for enhanced cleaning services for all car rental locations including New York.
Can I search for rental cars in New York with unlimited mileage on momondo?
Yes, car rental deals in New York with unlimited mileage can be found on momondo.
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