Cheap Car Rentals in Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

9 Oct — 16 Oct

Same drop-off

Driver's age:

Mon 9/10

Noon

Mon 16/10

Noon

What is the cheapest time to rent a car in Puerto Vallarta?

January

AED 88

February

AED 80

March

AED 80

April

AED 84

May

AED 69

June

AED 58

July

AED 62

August

AED 47

September

AED 47

October

AED 58

November

AED 69

December

AED 146

Currently, the cheapest month to rent a car in Puerto Vallarta is August. The most expensive time to rent a car is December. The cheapest prices for each month are shown above, but prices will vary based on availability, how far out you book your rental car, and of course, car type.

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Top rental agencies in Puerto Vallarta

Rent a car with one of the top providers serving the Puerto Vallarta area such as Alamo, Sixt and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Browse through some of the top rental car agencies in Puerto Vallarta, including Alamo, Sixt and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Alamo

4.9

Mediocre

56 reviews•2 locations

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2.0

Poor|Apr 2023

Pickup over charge for insurance get ahead of time! Drop off no gas station near airport charged 5x for fuel!! No paper work at drop off!

2.0

Poor|Mar 2019

the insurance price the charge me, 100 US dollars daily. Plus drop off charge, and not clear prices.

2.0

Poor|Jun 2023

Complete scam. Avoid like the plague.

2.0

Poor|Nov 2022

Made a reservation 2 weeks in advance, showed up and they have no cars. Long story short, they eventually find a car at another rental service for $100 more. I took the bus instead.

10.0

Wonderful|Mar 2022

The booking price always looks great when reserving in Mexico, but at pick-up they add on mandatory insurance and fees that are usually more than the booking fee. Still a reasonable deal.

10.0

Wonderful|Mar 2022

Best crew ever! Thanks Alamo!

1 out of 19

Sixt

9.3

Wonderful

2 reviews•4 locations

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car

6.4

Okay

4 reviews•3 locations

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4.0

Mediocre|Jan 2022

Many hidden fees!! They force you to purchase insurance even though most credit cards cover this. It is at minimum $20/day. Also lots of taxes. It ended up being about $200 more than advertised on Kayak. Complete BS.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2022

Kayak hooked me up with a midsize car for me , my wife and my parents who are larger people so we need a midsize vehicle for our trip and there's luggage too! First off we couldn't find the enterprise on FRANCISCO MEDINA ASCENCIO 141, Puerto Vallarta, JA, MX which doesn't exist. So we went to the airport enterprise- to grab our Nissan Xtrail, they proceeded to tell us that they don't have a car for us even though we have one reserved prior to coming. Arguing with the enterprise rental person no apology or anything, which is ridiculous. So we cancelled our rental reservation due to no car and no help from enterprise at all. We tried to get a car at Alamo at the airport who also didn't have any cars for us. They took us to the big Alamo outside of the airport. They told us they had a midsized car and they gave us a Nissan Micra clown car. This is the smallest car and we all had to sit with luggage on our laps and at our feet it was so small. Whatever we get the car do our trip to Mazatlan and go to return the car. They won't give us our deposit back so we sat and waited. They were super unhelpful and didn't know a goddam thing about anything at all. This was the WORDST RENTAL CAR EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!!!! I am not at all impressed with PRICELINE, KAYAK, ENTERPRISE OR ALAMO!! You have all gotten this review because none of you are helpful or even care about your customers. I will never ever use PRICELINE, KAYAK , ALAMO OR ENTERPRISE EVER AGAIN! I would like this issue to be rectified.

10.0

Wonderful|Dec 2021

Everything was just fine. Thanks for your services

6.0

Okay|Nov 2021

The required insurance should be included in the advertised price

1 out of 2

Avis

6.1

Okay

15 reviews•2 locations

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10.0

Wonderful|Jul 2023

The gentleman checking me in was awesome! He helped me tremendously to finish up the process of renting our car. He turned what could have been a mishap on my part into a great experience renting a car. I would return.

4.0

Mediocre|Jul 2023

This was Avis at puerto Vallarta airport. Regular size car. The line was extremely slow and staff moved very slowly. Took an hour to get the car with only 1 person ahead of me. Price was ok but I declined insurance since my credit card and auto insurance policy cover the car. They insisted on putting a $4200 hold on my credit card in case there was any damage- even a scratch. Crazy. Won’t rent there again.

4.0

Mediocre|Jun 2023

Service was slow at pick up and drop off. Car was not clean.

2.0

Poor|Apr 2023

The insurance they tried to charge us was more than the rental rate for the car. We cancelled our reservation.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

The service was incredibly slow. Pick up took over 30 minutes and drop off was longer. The price was quoted in Canadian dollars but charged in American. Overall, very dissatisfied.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

I opted for the full coverage insurance and was told that the total would be $490. After returning the car, the total was $630. Not only was this place completely dishonest, they couldn't have been in any less of a hurry. Took us over an hour to get checked in and almost an hour to return the car.

1 out of 5

Thrifty

4.0

Mediocre

6 reviews•3 locations

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2.0

Poor|Jan 2022

When I got to Puerto Vallarta they didn't have my car. The girld in the airport booth. Didn't try to help me she didn't care. I got stuck in puerto vallarta for one day . I had to pay a hotel for the night. I end un talking the bus to my destination. Very bad service from the girl at the booth. I will never used Kayak or thrifty.

2.0

Poor|Jun 2021

The pickup and drop off process is much too slow. I waited in line for 45 minutes to pickup my car. At drop off, I was the only customer there and it still took 20 minutes to check me out. The insurance is ridiculously expensive and I did not have an option to waive it.

2.0

Poor|May 2021

They did not have a car for me. I had to walk to another place to find a car. Terrible to book a car and not have one for them.

If they would have reserved my car.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2017

I did not rent a car it was so costly for insurance

6.0

Okay|Jan 2017

Nice staff, I ended up with a good car.

The final price was significantly higher than advertised. Did not have the car when I showed up. No guarantee that they will have the car even if you pre-pay, our trip was during the high season (last week of December).

2.0

Poor|Dec 2016

Not much

Poor and slow pickup and transfer. The office is a mess in a hard to get to location Staff is rude and nasty. When I booked no one informed me of mandetory insurance that is 50% of the rental fee. Nice surprise that both the booking agent price line and thrifty left out or was hidden

1 out of 2

Ace

3.9

Poor

28 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Dec 2021

Showed up and they charged us 4x our reservation price.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2022

e sure to read the fine print. I was quoted 149.00 for 7 days total. Yes it sounds to good to be true and it was. I even have the email that I have read over and over. When I arrived in Puerto Vallerta the price was closer to 500.00. I should have known better,. Their customer servoice was not the best. I walked next door to AVIS and rented a car for 450.00 for 7 days on the spot. I would not recommend ACE ever.....,

10.0

Wonderful|Feb 2022

They’re so accommodating! And very affordable price!

2.0

Poor|Feb 2022

We didn’t actually take the car because we weren’t aware of the $500 in insurance we would have had to pay. So we declined.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2022

This place doesn’t seem to exist. Do yourself a favor and avoid it. Wound up without a car for a couple days and then got hosed through a different company for not having a prior reservation. I won’t say it ruined my trip, but it certainly added a lot of unexpected stress and expense.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2022

When I got there they presented me with a 300% price increase and refused to accept my reserved price.

1 out of 10

Dollar

3.8

Poor

3 reviews•2 locations

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3.6

Poor|Feb 2019

Our van was not ready for the day requested, so the staff lent us their shuttle van so we were not stranded, or incite extra costs for taxis. This was appreciated, particularly given the price deception.

The price advertised was dramatically less than what was actuality. While this was a red flag, it remains categorically price deceptive. Beyond this, we were expected to participate in a timeshare presentation.

4.0

Mediocre|Dec 2018

Newer model van

Fee did not include “mandatory” liability insurance. Was not explained prior to booking. More than doubled the anticipated cost of rental vehicle

6.4

Okay|Nov 2016

After I get to the place, they surprise me with an additional $431 of insurance fees and taxes.

1 out of 1

Budget

3.1

Poor

8 reviews•2 locations

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1.9

Poor|Jul 2021

Complete rip off, do not use this rental company. They upcharged an 80% mandatory basic insurance to our original resevation and if we wanted any quality insurance for the vehicle the median mark up was 240% price incresase for the insurance alone. The door handles were held together with tape, the tire shoulders were bald and the windshield wipers fell apart after using them in the rainstorm we experieced. We were honestly lucky to have reached our destination. Budget's name took a serious hit from my consideration if their branches conduct business in this shady manner.

7.6

Good|Apr 2017

The car was fine and the people in the Puerto Vallarta office spoke English which was nice. It was nice to be able to pick up in Puerto Vallarta and drop off in Guadalajara.

The one way fee of $200 seemed excessive but the fact that the mandatory insurance cost even more was totally unexpected. Although Mexican drivers are crazy so while expensive, the insurance is probably worth it if you get in an accident. It would have been nice to know the cost of the insurance ahead of time. It was unanticipated and cut into our budget.

3.2

Poor|Mar 2017

Didn't have the right car and then had to pay for the upgrade because the right car wasn't there

2.0

Poor|Jan 2017

When I got to budget they charged 48.00 for mandatory insurance while hassling us to look at time shares for a free car rental. Claimed the car rental was in airport but it was off sight.

2.0

Poor|Jan 2017

Car was clean

1. High-Pressure tactics about taking insurance... You are not obligated to take their insurance (Visa Cards often cover you), and they charge you 90% of the cost of the rental in INSURANCE - my car cost $200/day !!!!! It was just a VW Jetta.... 2. They refuse to rent you the car, unless you take the minimum insurance 3. They hold your CC hostage for many thousands of dollars, unless you take their insurance. 4. Rent from: Gecko or SIXT - honest and good people who INCLUDE the cost of the insurance in the price per day!!!

2.0

Poor|Jan 2017

The car was clean

I was upset of the fact the rates went up from what I had reserved online to what I ended up paying. Horrible customer service in pick up. Will never use them again!

1 out of 3

Car rental FAQs

What are petrol prices like in Puerto Vallarta

The average price of petrol in Puerto Vallarta is AED 5.22/litre over the past month, costing you anywhere between AED 235 and AED 339 to fill up a car’s fuel tank.

Which car hire company is considered to be the best in Puerto Vallarta?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, Sixt (9.3 rating), Routes Car & Truck Rentals (7.3 rating) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car (6.4 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies in Puerto Vallarta.

How much does it cost to hire a car in Puerto Vallarta for a week from Budget?

Budget offers hire cars in Puerto Vallarta for about AED 67 per week on average.

How far in advance should I hire a car in Puerto Vallarta for the best price?

Our data suggests that booking early can save you up to 39% on a hire car in Puerto Vallarta. Take advantage of below-average prices by booking at least 12 days prior to your desired date.