Car hire prices at Austin Airport

For November 2026 at Austin Airport, a good benchmark is £46 a day for an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta, booked around a month before your trip. At that lead time, an Economy car such as a Mitsubishi Mirage averages £39 a day, while a Compact car such as a Nissan Versa averages £45. In the last 2 weeks, an Intermediate car averages £56 a day for November 2026, which costs £10 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Austin Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta averages £46 a day, against £56 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages £78 a day around 9 months before your trip and £57 in the last 2 weeks, so you have not missed a saving by leaving booking until now. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup.

Budget is jointly cheapest at Austin Airport for an Intermediate car at £45 a day on average over the last 12 months, from 1,843 prices, but you need a credit card. Europcar also averages £45 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months and requires a credit card; both desks are at the airport. Budget and Europcar do not yet have enough reviews for a score. Compare Avis if you want a scored alternative: an Intermediate car averages £48 a day over the last 12 months, from 613 prices, and Avis scores 78/100 from 1,113 reviews.

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.

Choose National for the strongest reviews at Austin Airport: it scores 99/100 from 268 reviews, and its desk wait averages 4 minutes. National is not the cheapest: an Intermediate car averages £78 a day over the last 12 months, from 3,850 prices. Budget and Europcar jointly average £45 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, with Budget's figure drawn from 1,843 prices. Budget and Europcar do not yet have enough reviews for a score, so choose between their lower price and National's stronger review record.

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

Deposits at Austin Airport range from £0 with Europcar to £227 with Avis, while 7 of the 9 desks require a credit card. The other 2 companies, Hertz and Dollar, accept a debit card for some cars only, so do not assume every car they offer qualifies. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices and check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen 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 Austin Airport, check card rules before booking and allow time for collection, because credit-card requirements and desk waits can delay your plans. 7 of the 9 desks require a credit card, so bring one unless you have confirmed a debit-card booking with Hertz or Dollar, which accept debit cards for some cars only. Allow for an average desk wait of 22 minutes with Avis or 20 minutes with Thrifty rather than planning to drive away immediately. If collection time matters, compare National's average wait of 4 minutes.

Only 46% of prices at Austin Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

Choose an Intermediate car such as a Volkswagen Jetta at Austin Airport if you need 4 bags: it averages £46 a day for November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so check luggage as well as passenger numbers before choosing it. For November 2026 at the same lead time, an Economy car such as a Mitsubishi Mirage costs £39 a day but takes only 2 bags despite seating 5; a Fullsize car such as a Chevrolet Malibu costs £59 and seats 6 but still takes only 4 bags. 100% of cars offered are automatic, so you do not need to filter out manuals. Hybrids make up 3% of cars offered and there are no electric cars, so filter for a hybrid if that is what you want rather than relying on the default results.