Car hire prices at Grantley Adams International Airport

For November 2026 at BGI, use £69 a day on average as your benchmark for an Intermediate car such as a Suzuki Vitara, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy car such as a Suzuki Swift averages £56 a day for November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. For a smaller-car comparison, a Mini such as a Chevrolet Spark averages £65 a day for November 2026. Leave booking to the last 2 weeks for November 2026 and an Intermediate car averages £83 a day, £14 more a day than around a month before your trip. Check the price checker for your exact dates before accepting a quote.

For November 2026 at BGI, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car such as a Suzuki Vitara averages £69 a day then, compared with £83 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages £73 a day in the last 2 weeks against £81 around 9 months before your trip, so you have not necessarily missed a saving. That broader pattern is not a reason to ignore the higher last-2-weeks price for November 2026. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so booking now puts you within the usual booking window.

Drive a Matic is cheapest at BGI for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £53 a day, but you need a credit card with room for its typical £1,515 deposit. You do not give up an airport desk or a review score: Drive a Matic has an airport desk and scores 96/100 from 47 reviews in the last 5 months. Stoutes averages £57 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months and holds a typical £757 deposit, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Compare those card holds before choosing Drive a Matic for its lower daily price.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

Drive a Matic is both cheapest and best-reviewed at BGI, scoring 96/100 from 47 reviews in the last 5 months, with an average pickup desk wait of 9 minutes. Drive a Matic averages £53 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, so you need not choose a dearer company solely to get a review score. Stoutes does not yet have enough reviews for a score and averages a 10-minute desk wait. Before choosing Drive a Matic, check that your credit card can cover its typical £1,515 deposit.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

At BGI, typical deposits range from £284 with Europcar to £1,515 with Drive a Matic, and all 8 desks require a credit card, so you cannot rely on a debit card. If you only have a debit card, filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices rather than choosing a car you cannot collect. Check the deposit and card rule beside each car, and make sure your credit card has enough available credit for the hold. Extras charged at the desk, such as a child seat or an additional driver, are listed under each car with their price.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

At BGI, watch out for credit-card-only deposits and the size of the hold, because all 8 desks require a credit card even when the daily hire price looks affordable. Drive a Matic typically holds £1,515, compared with £284 at Europcar, so check your available credit before choosing a car. Check extras listed under each car before booking, so a child seat or an additional driver does not upset your budget at collection.

Only 45% of prices at Grantley Adams International Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For up to 5 people with cases, pick an Intermediate at Grantley Adams International Airport, the Suzuki Vitara or Ford Ecosport size at about £69 a day in November 2026. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so a full car means soft bags on laps. A couple can save a little with an Economy, a Suzuki Swift, at £56 a day, though it takes 2 bags. 97% of hire cars at Grantley Adams International Airport are automatic, so one is easy to find. No electric or hybrid cars are on offer at Grantley Adams International Airport.