Car rental without a deposit

Twenty-four cars are available for car rental in Barcelona, from €19 per day, with weekly bookings from €114 and monthly from €399. We deliver the car to you — at the airport, the station, the cruise terminal or your address in the city — and every booking is agreed with a manager before it is confirmed.

Car rental without a deposit in Barcelona explained

What renting without a deposit means at Rent-Trip

Rent-Trip hands over cars here with the booking agreed with a manager and the vehicle brought to you. Our 24 cars on this page start at €19 per day, with Economy models such as the Fiat Panda, Hyundai i10 and Kia Picanto from €19 and the electric Fiat 500e at €34.

24 cars from €19 to €34 a day for car rental without a deposit in Barcelona

Twenty-four cars sit on this page, split into two classes: 23 Economy models from €19 a day and one Electric from €34.

Economy and Electric: the two classes on this page

We list 23 Economy cars from €19 per day and 1 Electric car from €34 per day. The Economy line runs from the Fiat Panda, Hyundai i10 and Kia Picanto at €19 up through the Dacia Sandero and Fiat 500 at €22, the Kia Rio at €23, the Citroen C3, Dacia Sandero Stepway, Ford Fiesta and Hyundai i20 at €24, and on to the Fiat Grande Panda, MG MG3, Opel Corsa, Peugeot 208, Renault Clio, Seat Ibiza and Skoda Fabia at €25. Above them sit the Lancia Ypsilon and Volkswagen Polo at €26, the DS DS 3 crossover at €28 and the hybrid Toyota Yaris at €29. The single Electric is the Fiat 500e at €34.

Models, seats, fuel and transmission at a glance

Automatic and hybrid options in the fleet

• Lancia Ypsilon at €26 a day: the cheapest automatic on this page — 1.2 L, 100 hp, hybrid, five seats.
• Toyota Yaris at €29 a day: 1.5 L hybrid automatic with 116 hp, the strongest drivetrain we list without going electric.
• Fiat 500e at €34 a day: the only full electric — 118 hp, automatic, four seats.
• Fiat 500 and Fiat Pandina at €22 and €20: manual hybrids.
• Dacia Sandero and Sandero Stepway at €22 and €24: petrol/LPG versions, practical if you plan long motorway days and want a second fuel option.

Prices for car rental without a deposit in Barcelona, by class and by trip

Our daily rates run from €19 to €34, weekly bookings start at €114 and monthly at €399. The trip length decides the total more than the class does, so the table below is the fastest way to see what a week or a month actually costs.

Daily, weekly and monthly rates

How the weekly and monthly multipliers work

Longer bookings are not priced by the calendar. A week is charged as six days of the daily rate, and a month as twenty-one days — so the Economy class at €19 per day gives €114 for a week and €399 for a month, while the single Electric car at €34 per day works out at €204 and €714 on the same two multipliers. The arithmetic is identical across the fleet, which means the cheapest way to compare two models is to multiply the daily figure by six or by twenty-one rather than by seven or thirty.

What moves the total up or down

• Car class: Economy starts at €19 per day and the Electric car at €34, and the gap between the two classes grows with every day of the booking.
• Extras and the deposit: any additional service, the excess and the deposit are set out in the rental agreement, not in the daily rate.

Booking length and the price you actually pay

The class you pick matters less than the number of days you multiply it by — a €25 Economy model over twenty-one days costs €525, while the same car for a shorter booking is priced on the same daily rate.

Documents and age for car rental without a deposit in Barcelona

Paperwork is where a no-deposit booking is won or lost. The list below is what Spanish rules actually require, what is agreed with our manager, and what has no fixed answer in law at all.

Licence, passport and card: what the law says and what we agree

A European Union or European Economic Area driving licence — including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway — is fully valid in Spain for as long as it has not expired, and no international permit is needed alongside it. A third-country licence is valid if it is in force, if the holder is old enough in Spain for the equivalent category, and if less than six months have passed since the holder took up ordinary residence in Spain; the DGT advises getting an international driving permit before the trip. A licence not written in Spanish is accepted either with an official certified translation into Spanish or if it was issued on the model of Annex 9 of the Geneva Convention or Annex 6 of the Vienna Convention. The Permiso Internacional de Conducción is a supplementary document — it is shown only together with the passport and the national licence, and it runs for one year. What no law fixes is the minimum age, the young-driver surcharge or which cards a company takes. Those are agreed when booking, so ask before you pay anything.

The conditions that are not the law

• Minimum age and driving experience: you may drive in Spain from 18 for category B, but the minimum age for a booking and the young-driver surcharge are set by the company, and no general norm exists.

What our manager confirms before the car is released

We agree the booking with a manager, and the documents question is settled in that same conversation rather than at the kerb: which licence you hold, whether a translation or an international permit is needed for it. If you hold a third-country licence, the certified-translation route and the international-permit route are both open to you, and the DGT recommends the second one before you travel. Ask about it early — a translation takes longer to arrange than a permit you already own, and a booking agreed in advance is the only point at which the question is cheap to answer.

Where we deliver a car rented without a deposit in Barcelona

The car comes to you — that is how Rent-Trip works. Delivery and collection are agreed with a manager when you book, so the hand-over point is settled before you arrive, not improvised at the kerb.

Delivery points we can agree on

• Airport arrivals: Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat.
• Rail arrivals: Barcelona Sants railway station suits anyone continuing straight from the train into the city.
• Cruise terminals: Port of Barcelona cruise terminals (Moll Adossat) work for passengers with a few hours ashore or a day either side of a sailing.
• Trade-fair visits: Fira de Barcelona Gran Via is a practical pick-up for exhibition weeks when you need a car between the venue and the hotel.
• City addresses: Barcelona city centre (Ciutat Vella), L'Eixample, Gràcia and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Poblenou and the 22@ district.

How the hand-over is arranged

We confirm the exact address and the time window with you when the booking is agreed, and the same applies to collection at the end of the hire. Nothing about the hand-over is fixed on this page: the place, the hour and the return arrangement are the ones your manager confirms, and they are written into the agreement.

If you are heading out of the city

Sitges is a straightforward coastal run, Montserrat and the Penedès wine country are day-trip distances, and Costa Brava, Girona or Tarragona and PortAventura work as overnighters. Fuel is filled and returned under the policy set out in the rental agreement, so filling up away from the centre is worth the detour.

ZBE, parking and tolls when renting a car without deposit in Barcelona

The ZBE Rondes de Barcelona and the DGT environmental sticker

The Zona de Bajas Emisiones Rondas de Barcelona (ZBE Rondes BCN) covers more than 95 km² — the whole municipality of Barcelona except the Zona Franca industrial estate and the Vallvidrera – el Tibidabo i les Planes neighbourhood, plus L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs and parts of Esplugues de Llobregat and Cornellà de Llobregat.

Parking: AREA Blava rates and the weekend rule

Comprovant d'estacionament: the printed ticket must carry the same plate number as the car, or the payment does not count.

Insurance and the excess in car rental without a deposit in Barcelona

What the compulsory insurance covers, and what it does not

Every car legally on a Spanish road carries Seguro Obligatorio de Responsabilidad Civil, and by Spanish law it is included in any hire and applies at all times — even if the person driving was not named in the contract. It does not cover the driver himself and it does not cover the car. On our 24 cars from €19 to €34 a day, that is the floor you start from, and it is worth knowing before you add anything on top.

Why «no deposit» does not mean «no excess»

Debit cards are not accepted everywhere — that is a condition of the individual company, not a rule of Spanish law, so settle it when the booking is agreed with a manager rather than at the kerb.

What Spanish consumer rules put in your favour

• Inspection at hand-over: every scratch and dent must be written into the contract or the inspection record before you drive off, signed by both sides, with a copy left with you — otherwise the damage is charged to you.
• If the booked model is unavailable: you may ask for another car at no extra cost, even a class above; if you are given a lower class, the price must come down.
• If the car does not match the contract: wrong transmission or a different door count is grounds to cancel the booking and recover any prepayment.

What to settle before booking car rental without a deposit in Barcelona

Nothing on this page is confirmed at the kerb. Here is what we ask travellers to nail down first.

• Deposit record: ask the manager to write down whether any amount is blocked on your card at all, so the answer is on the booking and not in a memory.
• Delivery point: name the street, hotel entrance or car park when you book — the car is driven to you, and the manager confirms where.

Ask about the trip, not just the car

Where you plan to drive changes what you should settle. A run out to Sitges, Montserrat or the Penedès wine country stays inside the conditions the manager confirms at booking; a longer loop toward Andorra or the Pyrenees needs its own answer, because the territory a car may be driven in is agreed when booking and is not a fixed rule. Tell the manager your route — it is the one question that changes the answer more than any other.