Car hire prices at Bordeaux Airport

For November 2026 at Bordeaux Airport, a good price around a month before your trip is £43 a day for an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai, giving you room for 4 bags. For the same month and booking time, a Compact car such as a Peugeot 308 averages £36 a day, while an Economy car such as an Opel Corsa averages £32. In the last 2 weeks before pickup, the Intermediate car averages £36 a day, £7 less a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Bordeaux Airport, wait until around 2 weeks before pickup for the lower average: an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai costs £36 a day, against £43 around a month before. If you have not booked yet, the across-the-year figures also favour waiting: Intermediate cars average £57 a day around 9 months before your trip against £47 around 2 weeks before, £10 less a day. Across all 395 airports tracked, 65% of people who booked through our sites did so within a month of pickup, so you would not be unusual in booking later.

Rentscape is the cheapest company at Bordeaux Airport for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £45 a day, but you need to allow for a typical £1,281 deposit. Rentscape has an airport desk, accepts debit cards and scores 77/100 from 337 reviews over the last 5 months. For an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Alamo averages £51 a day from 1,748 prices, £6 more a day, and scores 88/100 from 55 recent reviews. Alamo holds a typical £256 deposit but requires a credit card, so check your card before choosing the smaller hold.

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.

If you choose by reviews, Sixt leads at Bordeaux Airport with 90/100 from 34 reviews over the last 5 months, though you should allow for an average 27-minute desk wait. Sixt is not the cheapest: for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, Sixt averages £68 a day from 2,253 prices. Rentscape is cheapest for an Intermediate car over that period at £45 a day, £23 less a day, but scores 77/100 from 337 recent reviews. For a less expensive alternative with a strong score, Alamo averages £51 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months from 1,748 prices, scores 88/100 from 55 recent reviews and averages 19 minutes at pickup.

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 Bordeaux Airport, typical deposits range from £128 with Key N Go to £1,836 with Avis, and only 6 of the 16 desks accept debit cards, so check both before you book. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices, then check the deposit and card rule shown beside each car. Extras charged at the desk 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 Bordeaux Airport, allow for Keddy by Europcar’s average 52-minute pickup wait and check your card before booking, because 10 of the 16 desks require a credit card. If you need a quicker pickup, Alamo averages 19 minutes, but requires a credit card. Check the hold against your available card balance too: Avis accepts debit cards but holds a typical £1,836 deposit.

Only 85% of prices at Bordeaux Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For November 2026 at Bordeaux Airport, choose an Intermediate car such as a Nissan Qashqai at £43 a day around a month before your trip for up to 4 people with 4 bags. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full car needs less luggage. For November 2026 around a month before pickup, step down to a Compact car such as a Peugeot 308 at £36 a day if 3 bags suffice, or up to a Fullsize car such as a DS 7 Crossback at £54 a day for 5 bags. Over the last 12 months, 62% of cars offered are automatic, so filter for one if you want it; for Intermediate cars such as a Nissan Qashqai over the full pricing period, automatics average £59 a day against £53 for manuals, £6 more a day. Electric cars account for 9% of cars offered and hybrids for 2% over the last 12 months, so use the fuel-type filter if you specifically want either.