If your travel start from Split airport car hire planning, just pick up a car rental at Split Airport and start exploring this beautiful coast or Split town straight away.
If you are looking for a small or medium budget car rental or something a little larger to fit all the family, here are some information to have a carefully selected range of new and comfortable rental cars to choose from.
Finding the best car hire deal, doesn’t mean just to get the cheapest cat rental. You should pay attention on so called extras that sometimes significantly increase the rental price.
If you are not familiar with these extras here are some usual ones that are or not included:
- Value Added Tax (Vat)
- Fire Insurance
- Collision Damage Waiver (CDW)
- Theft Protection
- Unlimited Miles
I’ve been checking several rental companies that operate on Split Airport. These are some the most famous renting company starting from Avis, Sixt, Thrifty, Europcar and AutoEurope.
The Best Split Airport Car Hire Companies
The comparison is done on the basis of economy or standard category cars, like Renault Clio, Ford Focus Hatchback or WW Polo. I tested the period of high season, a week car rental from July 3rd to July 10th 2015.
Discover More with a Rental Car in Croatia
One-way car rental in Croatia can provide the flexibility you need to see as much as possible during your visit. Plan a coastal road trip, beginning your journey in Dubrovnik and travel north to idyllic Split, through Zadar and on to Rijeka before turning inland to visit the capital city of Zagreb.
All rentals has been tested on 7 days rental itinerary with Split airport as pick-up and drop-off location. All prices are in US $.
I have included also important criteria of number of offices of each rental company in Croatia, taking into consideration if they cover other Croatia’s airports (Zagreb, Zadar, Pula and Dubrovnik) as well as the principal cities in Croatia.
After a detailed comparison, the most appropriate offer, belongs to Auto Europe rental company. First of all it’s the winner in the rental price and regarding the number of downtown offices.
Auto Europe booking – Note: After confirmation the client will be informed to proceed to the supplier desk at Split airport, as noted on their confirmation voucher.
Auto Europe has a long-standing partnerships with many of the leading domestic and international car rental companies with names you know and trust (Hertz, Avis and Europcar to name just a few).
These alliances allow Auto Europe to offer you more locations and better rates than their competitors.
Below you can see their offer for 7 days rental of Renault Clio economy class car type with all inclusive extras.
Take few minutes to watch the Auto Europe Travel Advice video, with some important information if you plan on taking a rental car into any Eastern European countries (Croatia is one of them), as well as information on one way car rentals.
The same rental price with Sixt is $ 350, with Avis $ 450. See below rental prices of some others car hire companies:
More options for Split airport car rentals
Budget.com is another low cost rental company at Split airport, Tel: 0038521 684 985. It’s not cheaper than Auto Europe, but if you have membership or discount number, you can get some good discounts.
Below is a quote for July 2015 week rental, without membership or discount number.
This is a highly reliable company with an easy-to-use interface. Find out more.