What will this rental really cost?

Start from your quote, then add the counter extras you might take, tolls, fuel and anything else the quote leaves out. The result is the whole cost of the rental, line by line.

The figures below are a fictional example, not any company's prices. Replace them with the numbers from your own quote and the rental company's price list. Calculations run in your browser; nothing you enter is sent or saved. This tool adds up costs; it doesn't tell you whether you need any coverage. See our privacy notice for site analytics.

From your quote

Rental days

Base rate total ($)The car's price before taxes and fees.

Taxes and fees total ($)Everything the quote lists on top of the base rate: taxes, airport and facility charges and similar.

Add-ons you might take (price per day)

Tick only what you would actually buy. The calculator applies your quote's tax rate to add-ons, which is an estimate: some locations tax add-ons differently.

Maximum charged days for add-ons (optional)Some price lists cap a daily add-on at a set number of days per rental. Leave blank if yours doesn't.

Tolls

How will you pay tolls? No toll roads expected The rental company's toll program My own way (my own transponder, or paying the toll authority directly)

Program fee per day ($)

Program maximum per rental ($, 0 if none)

Days the fee is chargedSome programs charge only on days you use a toll road; others charge for every rental day. Check the terms.

The tolls themselves ($, estimate)

Fuel

How will you handle fuel? Refill it myself before return Prepay for a tank Return it short and pay the refueling charge

Cost to refill yourself ($, estimate)

Prepaid fuel price ($)

Refueling charge ($, estimate)

Anything else

One-way or drop fee not in the quote ($)

Other charges not in the quote ($)For example parking at your hotel, or getting to an off-airport location.

Deposit or card hold ($)Shown separately: it's money held on your card, not a cost, but it reduces your available credit.

Use dollar amounts with a decimal point (for example, 45.50). US thousands separators such as 1,000.50 are accepted.

How this works

The quote's taxes and fees are used as given. The quote's tax rate (taxes and fees divided by the base rate) is applied to any add-ons you tick, as an estimate.
Each ticked add-on is its daily price times the rental days, or the maximum charged days if you enter one. An additional driver's price is multiplied by the number of extra drivers.
Toll-program service fees are the daily fee times the days it's charged, up to the maximum you enter. The tolls themselves are added on top.
The deposit hold is shown but never added to the total.

What it doesn't cover

Whether you need the counter's coverage. Read primary vs secondary coverage and rental-counter protection first, and check your own card and insurance documents.
Damage, late-return, cleaning or other charges that depend on what happens during the rental. Our pickup and return guide covers the records that help if one appears.
Rewards or credits you'd earn on the rental. Which card to use for a rental car covers that.

More on the individual charges: fuel options, tolls, additional drivers and airport or off-airport pickup.

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