If you are visiting a new city, or if your car breaks down at home and you need to rent a car until repairs can be made, you may need to know which car rental agencies deliver cars. One easy answer is that Enterprise delivers cars, since they spend so much money on advertising this fact. But, it is not easy to give a firm answer about which other rental car companies will deliver a car to you. Even with Enterprise, there are restrictions on distance that you need to check into before you assume that having them deliver a rental to you is a good deal.

Individual rental agencies within the same rental car companies have differing policies regarding delivery of rentals. Most airport based rental agents expect you to pick up your car after you arrive by air, so they do not generally provide delivery service other than a shuttle from the terminal to their lot. However, Avis and some other comapnies will offer delivery service within restricted distances from airports and hotels. The best thing to do is to get on the telephone and ask your local rental car agent about their delivery services, because finding that information on typical rental car company Websites is difficult. When deciding if you want to use a rental car company’s delivery service, be sure to compare rates among different agencies that have delivery compared to ones that expect you to pick up the car yourself. You may find a deal online that requires airport pickup that is enough cheaper than a delivery deal to more than pay the cost of cab fare or bus service to get to the rental agency to pick up the car yourself.