Car hire prices at Fort Lauderdale Airport

Fort Lauderdale Airport car hire averages around £45 a day for an Intermediate car like the Volkswagen Jetta if you book around a month before an October 2026 trip. A Compact like the Nissan Versa is about £40 a day, while a Fullsize Chevrolet Malibu averages £53. Leaving your booking to the last 2 weeks moves the Intermediate to £44. Across the wider calendar, November 2026 is cheapest for an Economy car at £45, while July 2027 rises to £82 for an executive car. Check the price checker for your exact dates.

For October 2026 at Fort Lauderdale Airport, booking timing barely moves the price: an Intermediate is £45 a day a month before, compared to £44 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, booking 9 months before your trip averages £61 a day against £50 at 2 weeks, so anyone who has not booked yet has missed nothing. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of bookings on our sites happen within 14 days of travel. You can safely lock in your car whenever your flights are confirmed.

Auto-Union is the cheapest company at Fort Lauderdale Airport for an Intermediate car, averaging £34 a day over the last 12 months. However, Auto-Union does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Dollar offers Intermediate cars from £41 a day, scoped from 1,199 prices, and allows debit cards on some vehicles. National scores 92/100 across 84 reviews, but costs £67 a day and insists on a credit card.

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.

National is the best-reviewed company at Fort Lauderdale Airport, scoring 92/100 from 84 reviews with an average desk wait of 24 minutes. National is not cheap, averaging £67 a day for an Intermediate car. Budget follows with a score of 82/100 from 36 reviews, averaging £41 a day and an 18-minute wait. The cheapest option, Auto-Union at £34 a day, does 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.

At Fort Lauderdale Airport, deposits held on your card range from zero with Europcar to £222 with Avis, and only 1 of the 10 desks accepts a standard debit card across all cars. Thrifty is the single desk taking debit cards without restriction, while 3 desks accept debit cards for some cars only and 6 desks refuse them entirely. Filter for a debit card before comparing quotes so you only see vehicles you can collect. Any optional extras charged at the counter are shown under each car.

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 Fort Lauderdale Airport: desks that flatly refuse debit cards, and desk queues where Enterprise averages 35 minutes at pickup. All 10 supplier desks sit on-airport, but 6 of them demand a credit card in the main driver's name for the deposit. Desk times vary sharply: Thrifty hands over keys in 9 minutes, whereas Enterprise takes nearly 4 times as long. If you land with tired passengers, saving £10 on the hire can cost you more than half an hour standing in line.

Only 53% of prices at Fort Lauderdale Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

An Intermediate like the Volkswagen Jetta costs around £45 a day at Fort Lauderdale Airport in October 2026, giving 5 people enough space for the interstate. It seats 5 with room for 4 bags, giving comfortable motorway cruising without crowding luggage into the cabin. Stepping down to a Compact like the Nissan Versa costs £40 but fits only 3 bags, while stepping up to a Fullsize Chevrolet Malibu costs £53. Every single car offered is automatic, and none are electric or hybrid, so you will receive a standard petrol automatic without paying extra.