Car hire prices at Tampa Airport

For November 2026 at Tampa Airport, use £47 a day as your benchmark for an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, booked around a month before your trip. At the same lead time, an Economy, the Mitsubishi Mirage size, averages £41 a day, while a Compact, the Nissan Versa size, averages £46. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and the Intermediate car averages £51 a day, £4 more a day. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Tampa Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate car averages £47 a day then, compared with £51 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, booking near departure barely changes the Intermediate car price: £50 a day around a month before your trip versus £51 in the last 2 weeks. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers booked within a month of pickup, so you need not treat booking months ahead as essential.

Auto-Union is the cheapest company at Tampa Airport for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, averaging £34 a day, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Check Auto-Union's pickup instructions and card requirements before choosing on price alone. Thrifty averages £42 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 1,167 prices, and scores 86/100 from 30 reviews. Thrifty has an airport desk and accepts a debit card, but its desk wait averages 25 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.

National is jointly best-reviewed at Tampa Airport, scoring 99/100 from 268 reviews with a 4-minute average desk wait, so shortlist National if pickup time matters. Alamo also scores 99/100, from 42 reviews, and averages a 5-minute desk wait. Neither is cheapest: over the last 12 months, National averages £64 a day for an Intermediate car from 4,229 prices, while Alamo averages £57 from 4,170 prices. Auto-Union averages £34 a day for an Intermediate car over the same period but 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 Tampa Airport, deposits range from £0 with Europcar to £227 with Avis, but only 1 of 10 desks accepts a debit card for all cars, so check your card before choosing. Hertz, Dollar and Sixt accept debit cards for some cars only; 6 of the 10 desks require a credit card. Filter for debit-card acceptance before comparing prices, then 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 Tampa Airport, check card acceptance and allow time for collection, because credit-card-only desks and longer waits can delay the start of your drive. 6 of the 10 desks require a credit card, while another 3 accept debit cards only for some cars, so confirm the rule for your chosen car before booking. Budget and Thrifty average 25-minute desk waits; if you have a timed appointment after landing, compare that with National's 4-minute wait or Alamo's 5-minute wait.

Only 50% of prices at Tampa Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For 4 people with 4 bags, choose an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, at Tampa Airport: it averages £47 a day in November 2026 when booked around a month before your trip. It seats 5 but takes 4 bags, so a full car needs lighter packing. At the same lead time in November 2026, a Compact, the Nissan Versa size, costs £46 a day and takes 3 bags, while a Fullsize, the Chevrolet Malibu size, costs £54 and still takes only 4 bags. 100% of cars offered over the last 12 months are automatic, so you do not need to choose a larger class just to get an automatic gearbox. Electric cars account for 1% of cars offered and none are hybrid, so filter for electric before comparing prices if that is a requirement.