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Rent a car at Tirana Airport or have it delivered in town, from €6 a day. Almost every car needs no credit card, about half need no deposit, and you pay most of the price at pickup.
Prices checked 22 October 2026
Pick Tirana Airport, a town or delivery, and your dates. Filter for no deposit, no credit card, automatic or seats.
Choose the cover level and, if you are leaving Albania, the cross-border package. Each car shows its fee before you pay.
Pay the advance online. Your voucher arrives by email with the rental company’s phone number.
Meet the company as your voucher says, show your licence and pay the rest of the rental.
Car rental in Albania is easy to pay for. Here is what the cars accept.
Almost every car needs no credit card. Where one is needed, the car says so before you book.
About half the cars need no deposit. Tick No deposit in the search to see only those.
About 4 in 10 cars take the deposit in cash, and some companies take a debit card in the main driver’s name.
Pay 15 to 20% online when you book and the rest to the rental company when you collect the car.
Each car shows its deposit and your maximum liability for each cover level, so you can compare before you book.
Price per day for a week from mid-November 2026. Your dates will differ; the search shows the price for yours.
from €7
typically €24 a day
from €10
typically €33 a day
from €6
typically €43 a day
from €11
typically €50 a day
from €10
typically €50 a day
from €40
typically €50 a dayThe cheapest car in each class at the airport for a week from 16 November 2026, from the search. Prices change daily.
€6per day
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€10per day
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€40per day
View carPrice per day for a 7-day rental starting mid-month.
| Month | From, per day | Typically, per day |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | €6 | |
| December 2026 | €10 | |
| January 2027 | €6 | |
| February 2027 | €6 | |
| March 2027 | €6 | |
| April 2027 | €12 | |
| May 2027 | €12 | |
| June 2027 | €20 | |
| July 2027 | €28 | |
| August 2027 | €31 |
What the cover levels are, and what standard cover leaves out.
Short and practical. The article numbers are from the Albanian road code.
From the Albania rental terms. No insurance is valid on these routes.
Tirana Airport (TIA) is about 25 minutes by car from the city centre.
Some companies meet you at the airport, others at a parking office nearby. Your voucher says which and gives the company’s phone number. Keep your phone on the day before pickup and during the rental.
Choose your real times in the search; they are confirmed when you book. For a 03:00 handover at the airport, about two in three cars we checked charged a fee at each end, from €10 and typically €20; the rest charged nothing. The fee is shown before you pay.
Choose City delivery and enter the address while booking. It is free on some cars and charged on others; the car shows which.
Only listed towns are pickup points. Staying in Dhërmi? The nearest is Himarë, about 35 minutes away. Coming from Ulcinj in Montenegro? The nearest Albanian point is Shkodër.
Driving times without traffic or stops, rounded up, so allow longer.
Cross-border travel is sold as packages, chosen when you book. Fee for a 7-day rental.
| Montenegro, Kosovo and North Macedonia | from free, typically €50 |
|---|---|
| Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina | from free, typically €50 |
| Montenegro and Croatia | from free, typically €70 |
| Montenegro and Serbia | from free, typically €60 |
| Greece | from free, typically €60 |
Collect at Tirana Airport and return the car on the coast.
Yes. Almost every car in Albania needs no credit card. Where one is needed, the car says so before you book, and it must be a physical embossed card in the main driver’s name. Some companies take a debit card instead.
Yes, on about half the cars: tick No deposit in the search. On the others the deposit amount is shown on the car before you book.
On many cars, yes: about 4 in 10 cars in Tirana accept the deposit in cash. The car shows the payment methods it takes.
Yes. Choose Tirana Airport (TIA) as the pickup place in the search. How the company meets you, at the terminal or at a parking office, is written on your voucher.
Your original national driving licence with its details in Latin script, valid until the rental ends; copies and electronic licences are not accepted. If your licence is only valid in the country that issued it, carry an International Driving Permit as well. Bring the card the car asks for, if any.
It depends on the car. On the Tirana cars we checked the minimum age ran from 18 to 21, with 1 to 3 years of driving experience. The search filters show the cars that fit you.
Yes, on cars that offer a cross-border package that includes Montenegro. Choose the package when you book; each car shows its own fee before you pay. The car has to come back to Albania.
To Theth, yes, on the paved SH21 road from Shkodër, about 4 hours from Tirana Airport (the last village street at the Theth end is not paved). The road between Theth and Valbona through the mountains is excluded by the rental terms, and no insurance is valid there.
Yes: choose your real arrival time when you book. The time is confirmed with the booking, and any charge for a handover outside the company’s hours is shown before you pay.
130 km/h on motorways, 90 km/h on main roads between towns, 80 km/h on secondary roads and 40 km/h in built-up areas, unless signs show otherwise.
Both. Automatics cost more: typically €36 a day against €23 for a manual in mid-November. Use the filters in the search to show one or the other.
Yes. Choose a different drop-off town in the search and the drop-off fee is included in each car’s total. Returning an Albanian car in another country is not possible.
Theft protection is a separate extra on the cars that have it; each car shows what it includes.
If the rental company cannot supply it because of a breakdown or other force majeure, it must give you a car of the same or a higher class, on the same terms and at the same price.
Yes. A second driver is free on some cars and charged on others; each car shows which. The second driver must meet the same age and licence rules.
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