Car hire prices at Zakynthos Airport

A good price at Zakynthos Airport for October 2026 is around £25 a day for a Compact (a Kia Stonic-sized car), £17 for an Economy and £15 for a Mini, booked about a month ahead. An Intermediate car, the Nissan Qashqai size, averages £33 a day. Leave booking to the last 2 weeks and a Compact drops to £23. The month matters: March 2027 averages £17 a day for a Mini, while August 2027 climbs to £89 for an Intermediate. If your quote looks high, check your exact dates with the price checker.

For October 2026 at Zakynthos Airport, wait until 2 weeks before your trip to book: that is when a Compact car drops to £23 a day, compared to £25 a day booked a month before. Booking 9 months before your trip would have cost £46 a day across the year, so if you have not booked yet you have not missed out. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of our customers book within 2 weeks of travel. March 2027 drops as low as £17 a day for a Mini, whereas August 2027 reaches £89 a day for an Intermediate.

Idea Mobility is the cheapest company at Zakynthos Airport for a Compact car, averaging £24 a day over the last 12 months, but it requires a credit card and does not yet have enough reviews for a score. By comparison, Sixt costs £49 a day from 594 prices and scores 90/100 from 168 reviews, while accepting debit cards. Budget averages £34 a day and scores 88/100 from 289 reviews. All 21 counters operate at the airport, so saving money does not force you onto a shuttle bus.

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.

Sixt is the best-reviewed company at Zakynthos Airport, scoring 90/100 from 168 reviews with an average desk wait of 23 minutes. Enterprise scores 89/100 from 132 reviews with a 21-minute wait, and Thrifty also scores 89/100 from 228 reviews with a 23-minute wait. Idea Mobility is the cheapest supplier at £24 a day for a Compact car over the last 12 months, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Carwiz sits at 74/100 from 31 reviews, despite an average wait of only 16 minutes.

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

Zakynthos Airport car hire deposits run from £200 with Europcar up to £1,199 with Record, and 5 of the 21 counters accept a debit card. Another 2 desks take a debit card for some cars only, while 14 counters require a credit card. The deposit and payment terms appear alongside every car in the results, so filter for debit cards before comparing daily rates. Optional extras charged at the pickup desk, including booster seats and additional drivers, are listed under each vehicle.

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

Two things catch people out at Zakynthos Airport: deposits that only go on a credit card, and desks that keep you standing in the heat for over half an hour. Of the 21 desks at the airport, 14 refuse debit cards entirely, so turning up without a credit card in the main driver's name means walking away empty-handed. Desk waits also drag: National averages 35 minutes and Idea Mobility takes 33 minutes. While island roads will naturally slow you down, there is no need to spend your first holiday hour queueing for the keys.

Only 71% of prices at Zakynthos Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

A Compact car at Zakynthos Airport, the Kia Stonic size, averages £25 a day in October 2026 and fits 5 people. It seats 5 but holds 3 bags, so a full car leaves luggage squeezed on laps. A couple can manage in a Mini like the Fiat Panda for £15 a day, but it takes only 2 bags; larger families will need an Intermediate like the Nissan Qashqai for £33 a day. Automatics make up 29% of cars offered and cost £12 more a day than manuals, while hybrids represent just 1%, making them almost impossible to find at short notice.