Car rental in Georgia

From $30 per day, car rental in Georgia with Rent-Trip puts 73 cars on the road, from Economy hatchbacks to 4x4 SUVs and a single convertible. We deliver to any address in Tbilisi and to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) and Kutaisi International Airport (KUT), with the address, date and time agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

What car rental in Georgia looks like with Rent-Trip

Self-drive means you collect the keys, drive yourself and keep the car for as long as the trip lasts. We hand over the vehicle at an agreed place and time, and a manager confirms every booking before it is fixed.

Self-drive trips and how a booking is fixed

Rent-Trip hands over the car for self-drive trips across the country, and the booking is agreed with a manager before it is fixed. The rental agreement then carries the terms that this page does not: the deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fee. Settling the address, the date and the time in advance removes the «where and when» question on arrival day: the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

73 cars on this page and what that means for availability

• Price span: daily rates run from $30 for the cheapest Economy car to $250 at the top of the range.
• Thin classes: Convertibles and Minivans are the smallest groups here, one car each.
• Biggest group: SUV & 4x4 is the largest block, 34 cars, starting at $69 a day.
• Seats: four, five, seven or eight, depending on the model you pick.
• Fuel: petrol, diesel or hybrid — the hybrid option is a single model.

If your trip has a fixed date, the honest move is to ask about the class you want before you build the rest of the plan around it.

Classes and models you can book for car rental in Georgia

Nine classes sit in our fleet on this page, every one of them automatic, and the real difference between them is size, drivetrain and power rather than gearbox type. Two classes carry the most weight: SUV & 4x4 with 34 cars and Crossover with 11.

Classes, seats and daily rates side by side

Named models behind each class

• Ford Fiesta and Ford Fiesta SE: the entry point of the list at $30 and $35, both Economy hatchbacks with 5 seats and 85–120 hp.
• Kia Sportage and Mazda CX-5: all-wheel-drive Crossovers at $39 and $69, 132 and 187 hp, the middle of the range for mixed city and mountain driving.
• Nissan Pathfinder and Mazda CX-9: 7-seat SUVs at $69 and $90 with 284 and 277 hp, the practical choice when the whole group plus luggage travels together.
• Porsche Cayenne and Mercedes-Benz GL 350 CDI BlueTEC: diesel all-wheel-drive SUVs at $120, 265 and 367 hp.
• Mini Cabrio: the single Convertible, 4 seats, 136 hp, $69 a day.
• BMW 328i and Mercedes-Benz CLA: Sports and Sedan options at $69, rear-wheel and front-wheel respectively, both 5 seats.

Thirty-nine cars sit above the $100 mark and thirty-one of them are SUVs, so the top of the range is built around space and ground clearance rather than speed.

All 34 SUV & 4x4 cars run all-wheel drive, which means ground clearance and traction are the default in our Georgian fleet rather than an upgrade you pay extra for. If your route includes the mountain sections, book the class you actually want rather than assuming the cheapest automatic will cope.

Prices for car rental in Georgia per day, week and month

Car rental in Georgia with Rent-Trip runs from $30 to $250 per day, and longer bookings are counted differently from a stack of separate days. Weekly bookings start at $180, monthly at $630, and the exact figure for your dates is agreed with a manager when the booking is fixed.

Daily rates and how weekly and monthly bookings are counted

Hiring with us starts at $30 a day for an Economy car and reaches $250 a day at the top of the range, while weekly bookings begin at $180 and monthly bookings at $630. A week is counted as the daily rate multiplied by six, and a month as the daily rate multiplied by twenty-one — those two multipliers are the whole of the long-booking arithmetic. Take the Ford Fiesta at $30: a week comes to $180 and a month to $630, the same as the entry figures above. The Kia Sportage at $39 a day works out at $234 a week and $819 a month; the Mazda CX-5 and Toyota RAV4 at $69 come to $414 and $1,449. At the other end, the Porsche Cayenne, the Lexus RX350 or the Mercedes-Benz GL 450 4MATIC at $120 a day comes to $720 a week and $2,520 a month.

What the rental agreement sets out beyond the daily rate

• Deposit: the amount is agreed when booking and written into the rental agreement — it is not a fixed figure on this page.
• Insurance excess: the excess that applies if the car is damaged is set out in the rental agreement, together with the cover options.
• Delivery fees: delivery to an address in Tbilisi and to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) or Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) is arranged when booking, and any fee is confirmed there.
• Fuel: the car is supplied with a full tank and returned with a full tank; anything missing is charged with a refuelling service fee under the agreement.
• Territory: the car leaves Georgia only with our driver and only for Armenia; a self-drive car stays in the country.

How delivery works when you book car rental in Georgia

With us, the car comes to you. The address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so nothing is left to sort out on arrival.

Where we deliver the car

We deliver the car to any address in Tbilisi and to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) and Kutaisi International Airport (KUT). Delivery outside the city and these two airports is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site. Rent-Trip supplies the car clean and with a full tank, and the same full-to-full rule applies at the end of the booking: return it full, or the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement.

Why the booking is agreed with a manager first

• Delivery point: the exact address, terminal or station entrance is confirmed with the manager, not chosen from a dropdown at checkout.
• Date and time: both are fixed before the booking is confirmed, so the hand-over is agreed when booking.
• Outside the standard area: trips beyond the city and the two airports are quoted case by case, so ask before you assume the car can be brought to a mountain village.

What this changes for a road trip

Georgia rewards a car that is already waiting: the Military Highway to Stepantsminda is 153 km from Freedom Square, Gudauri sits 121 km out, and Mtskheta is 26 km — all of them day trips you can start at dawn instead of at a counter.

Documents and driving rules for car rental in Georgia

Driving here on a foreign licence is straightforward, but the paperwork has two separate layers: what the law recognises and what the rental agreement asks for.

What you need to hold to drive

• Foreign driving licence: valid for up to 1 year from the date you entered the country, with no exchange required.
• Licence without Latin or Cyrillic script: needs an International Driving Permit or a notarised translation — the country is a party to the 1968 Vienna Convention.
• Insurance: compulsory third-party cover for owners of locally registered cars is not in force yet — the government put it in the autumn legislative work plan, with no date named.
• Collision cover: the agreement sets out the deposit, the excess and the CDW option, including Super CDW.

Age and driving experience are agreed when booking — they are a company's condition, not a rule of local law.

Speed limits and the rules that catch visitors out

The country runs on 60 km/h in built-up areas and 20 km/h in residential zones, 90 km/h outside built-up areas for category B, and 110 km/h on motorways — 80 km/h with a light trailer. Seat belts are required for the driver and front passengers; the law does not require them in the rear. A phone may only be used hands-free, with both hands on the wheel. Children under 3 must travel in the rear in a child seat or restraint matched to height and weight, though a passenger aged 16 or over may hold the child on their lap in the back. Children under 6 may not be left alone in a parked car.

Fines are modest but add up: 50 GEL for exceeding the limit by 15–40 km/h, 150 GEL above 40 km/h, 30 GEL for the phone, 40 GEL for a belt, 50 GEL for running a traffic light, 50 GEL for an unpaid parking space and 500 GEL for driving without a licence. A 20% discount applies if you pay within 10 days, and 100 points within a year means losing the licence. The drink-drive limit is 0.3‰ (0.03%). These figures come from a secondary source and may have changed, so treat the sum on the notice, not this list, as final.

Winter tyres and mountain sections

Winter tyres are compulsory from 1 December to 1 March, and in zones designated by the government chains on at least two front wheels are required in particular weather conditions. The rule took effect on 1 January 2024. It does not spell out whether every road or only mountain stretches are covered, so if you are heading for the Jvari Pass or Gudauri between those dates, confirm the tyre setup with the manager before the booking is fixed.

Mountain roads and winter conditions for car rental in Georgia

Two things decide whether a mountain route works out: which car you take and which month you go. Both matter more here than on the coast, and both are settled before you leave Tbilisi.

The Military Highway and the Jvari Pass

The S3 Georgian Military Highway runs 139 km from Mtskheta to the Russian border at Stepantsminda, passing Zhinvali, Ananuri, Pasanauri and Gudauri, and its high point is the Jvari Pass at 2,379 m. From Freedom Square the drive to Gudauri measures 121 km and to Stepantsminda 153 km, so the resort sits roughly two to two and a half hours out of the capital. Upper sections of the S3 take landslides and snow and close periodically. The Jvari Pass closes for avalanche risk — treat the forecast as the deciding factor, not the distance, and check conditions the morning you plan to cross.

Winter tyres, chains and the 1 December rule

Winter tyres are compulsory from 1 December to 1 March, and in zones designated by the government chains on at least two front wheels are required in specific weather. We keep 34 SUV and 4x4 cars in the fleet from $69 a day, and all-wheel drive is the sensible pick for the pass rather than a nice extra.

Tell the manager which mountain roads you intend to drive when you agree the booking — the class and the dates are fixed then, not at the roadside.

Fuel, parking and running costs of car rental in Georgia

Georgian roads themselves add nothing to the bill.

Petrol and diesel prices at the pump

Petrol sits at 4.06 lari per litre and diesel at 4.76 lari per litre, recorded on 21 September 2026. Every car leaves us with a full tank and comes back full — full-to-full, with the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee charged as set out in the rental agreement if the gauge is down.

Tolls, parking and the cost of leaving the car

• Tolls: the country's international and domestic roads remain free of charge, per the Roads Department statement of 10 June 2026, with no change planned — no vignettes, no transponders, no barriers.
• Rikoti pass: the 52 km E60 section with 51 tunnels and 97 bridges, opened on 29 December 2025, is also free to drive.
• Street parking: zonal, from 1 lari an hour after the first 15 free minutes, paid through the Tbilisi Parking app or at street terminals.
• Fines: an unpaid parking session carries a 50 lari penalty; towing adds 150 lari plus 20 lari a day for storage.
• Winter rubber: winter tyres are mandatory from 1 December to 1 March, and in government-designated zones chains are required on at least two front wheels in specific weather.

Budget for fuel and the occasional 1 lari parking hour, and the running costs stay small — the bigger variable is how far you drive, not what the road charges you.

Practical conclusions about car rental in Georgia

Self-drive hire comes down to three decisions: which class, how long, and where the car is handed over. Everything else — delivery, documents, mountain roads, fuel — is a detail you settle once those three are fixed.

Class. The fleet on this page runs 73 cars across nine classes, from Economy at $30 a day to the largest SUV & 4x4 models at $250. Thirty-four of those 73 are SUV & 4x4 from $69, so all-wheel drive is the ordinary choice here rather than an upgrade. If the trip stays on the lowlands around Tbilisi and the Kakheti wine road, a Crossover or Economy car does the job at $30–$39. If Kazbegi, Gudauri or Borjomi are on the list, take the ground clearance and the all-wheel drive.

Length. Weekly bookings start at $180 and monthly bookings at $630, counted as daily × 6 and daily × 21.

Hand-over. The car is delivered to any address in Tbilisi and to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) or Kutaisi International Airport (KUT). The address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and delivery anywhere else is arranged case by case rather than promised.

• Documents: a passport and a valid driving licence; if the licence carries neither Latin nor Cyrillic script, bring an IDP or a notarised translation.
• Fuel: the car comes clean with a full tank and goes back full — missing fuel and the refuelling fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement.
• Deposit, excess and delivery fees: all set out in the rental agreement, not on this page.
• Winter: winter tyres are compulsory from 1 December to 1 March, and chains may be required on defined sections.

Read the agreement before the keys change hands.