Car hire prices at Bourgas Airport

A Compact car like a Kia Ceed at Bourgas Airport typically costs £24 a day for October 2026 when booked around a month ahead, alongside £16 for an Economy and £38 for an Intermediate. A Mini like the Kia Picanto typically costs £19 a day. Waiting until the last 2 weeks drops the Compact price to £22 a day. Travel dates drive the rates: December 2026 drops to £15 a day for a Mini, while August 2027 rises to £75 for an Intermediate. Check our price checker to see the exact figures for your travel dates.

For Bourgas Airport, hold off booking until late because prices drop closer to travel, falling from £38 a day 9 months before your trip to £30 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, booking late saves around 27%, so if you have not booked yet you have missed nothing. For October 2026 specifically, a Compact car drops from £24 a day at 1 month out to £22 in the final 2 weeks. Across the 395 airports we track, 48% of bookings on our sites are made within 2 weeks of travel, with 64% booked within a month.

Top Rent a Car is the cheapest company at Bourgas Airport for a Compact car, averaging £19 a day over the last 12 months. That low rate comes with an airport desk, but it holds a £1,027 deposit and accepts a debit card for some cars only. By contrast, Europcar averages £27 a day from 704 prices, scores 91/100 from 43 reviews and holds £257. Top Rent a Car is also well-rated at 87/100 from 316 reviews, though Goldcar matches its £1,027 deposit at £20 a day.

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.

Europcar is the best-reviewed company at Bourgas Airport, scoring 91/100 from 43 reviews with an average desk wait of 24 minutes. Europcar costs £27 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months from 704 prices. Top Rent a Car costs £19 a day and scores 87/100 from 316 reviews with a 19-minute desk wait. Sixt scores 89/100 from 53 reviews, but costs £50 a day.

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 Bourgas Airport, deposits held on your card range from £257 with Europcar up to £1,541 with Avis, and only 2 of the 10 desks accept a debit card. Seven companies take credit cards only, while 1 takes a debit card for some cars only. The deposit and payment rules are shown beside each vehicle, so filter for debit cards before comparing rates. Any extras added at the desk, such as child seats or extra drivers, are listed under each car with their prices.

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

Two main traps catch drivers out at Bourgas Airport: hefty card deposits of up to £1,541 and 7 of the 10 counters refusing debit cards entirely. Desk queues can also drag out, reaching 25 minutes at Green Rent a Car and 24 minutes at Europcar. Choosing an oversized vehicle makes beach car parks and narrow coastal towns far harder to squeeze through. In Sunny Beach and along the coast, the only good reason to hire anything larger than a Compact is boot space for suitcases.

Only 91% of prices at Bourgas Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Compact car like a Kia Ceed balances space and price at Bourgas Airport, averaging £24 a day for October 2026. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so smaller cars make parking on coastal streets easy unless you carry extra luggage. A couple can step down to an Economy car like a Kia Rio for £16 a day, which seats 5 with 2 bags, while larger families need an Intermediate like a Skoda Octavia for 4 bags at £38. Automatics make up 45% of cars offered and cost £39 a day compared to £35 for a manual, £4 more a day. There are no electric or hybrid cars offered, so plan entirely on petrol or diesel.