Car hire prices at Charleston Airport

For November 2026 at Charleston Airport, use £44 a day as your benchmark for an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, booked around a month before your trip. At the same lead time, a Compact, the Nissan Versa size, averages £41 a day, while an Economy, the Mitsubishi Mirage size, averages £43. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and an Intermediate car averages £50 a day, £6 more a day. Use the price checker to compare those benchmarks with prices for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Charleston Airport, book an Intermediate car around a month before your trip rather than waiting: it averages £44 a day then, against £50 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, an Intermediate car averages £54 a day around 2 weeks before pickup from 2,813 prices, against £70 around 9 months before from 2,903 prices, so you have not missed a saving by leaving booking later. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of bookings were made within a month of pickup; for your November 2026 trip, use the month-ahead price as your booking guide.

Budget is the cheapest company at Charleston Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £44 a day over the last 12 months from 1,872 prices, but you should allow for its 65-minute average pickup wait. Budget's desk is at the airport and requires a credit card; Budget does not yet have enough reviews for a score. National averages £72 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months from 4,454 prices, £28 more a day than Budget, and scores 99/100 from 268 reviews. Compare National if collecting quickly matters to you: its desk wait averages 4 minutes.

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 at Charleston Airport if reviews and pickup speed matter most: it is the best-reviewed company, scoring 99/100 from 268 reviews in the last 5 months, with a 4-minute average desk wait. National is not the cheapest: for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, National averages £72 a day from 4,454 prices, while Budget averages £44 from 1,872 prices, £28 less a day. Budget does not yet have enough reviews for a score, and its pickup wait averages 65 minutes. Enterprise scores 95/100 from 654 reviews and averages a 9-minute wait, so compare it as another reviewed option. Alamo and Avis do not yet have enough reviews for a score.

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

Budget and Avis hold typical deposits of £151 and £227 at Charleston Airport, and all 5 desks require a credit card, so you cannot collect with a debit card alone. If you only have a debit card, filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices rather than assuming a cheaper car will qualify. Check the deposit and card requirements beside your chosen car before booking. Extras charged at the desk 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.

At Charleston Airport, plan for Budget's 65-minute average pickup wait and bring a credit card, because all 5 desks refuse debit cards. If your arrival schedule is tight, compare National's 4-minute average wait or Avis's 21-minute average wait before choosing a desk. Check the card requirements beside your chosen car before booking, rather than arriving with only a debit card.

Only 49% of prices at Charleston Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

Choose a Compact, the Nissan Versa size, at Charleston Airport if 3 bags cover your luggage: it averages £41 a day for November 2026 around a month before your trip, and its smaller size helps with parking. It seats 5 but takes 3 bags, so check everyone's luggage before booking a full car. At the same lead time for November 2026, an Economy, the Mitsubishi Mirage size, takes 2 bags at £43 a day, while an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, takes 4 bags at £44 a day. 100% of cars offered are automatic, so you do not need to filter out manuals. Electric and hybrid cars are not offered, so do not plan this hire around charging.