Economy car rental in Spain

From €13 per day, economy car rental in Spain starts with 77 cars in the class — from a Ford Fiesta and Nissan Micra to a Toyota Yaris and Fiat 500. Rent-Trip delivers the car to any address in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the Costa Brava, and the delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

What economy car rental in Spain actually means

Economy is a class of car, not just a low price. On this page we list 77 economy cars for the country, all but one of them hatchbacks (the exception is the DS 3 crossover), from €13 a day.

The economy class explained

The class name tells you the size, not the price — two cars in the same class can differ by several euros a day, so compare the model, not the label.

What you get in an economy car from Rent-Trip

• Seats: 2, 4 or 5, so a couple with one child and a family of five are both covered by the same class.
• Engines: 1.0 L to 1.5 L, from 67 hp in the Kia Picanto and Hyundai i10 up to 116 hp in the Toyota Yaris hybrid.
• Gearboxes: manual as the standard; automatic on 6 of the 77 cars, among them the Toyota Yaris, Lancia Ypsilon and Skoda Fabia.
• Fuel: petrol on most cars, with hybrid, petrol/hybrid and petrol/LPG versions mixed in.

Cheap versus standard economy car rental in Spain

With us the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so the hand-over is arranged around you. Any delivery fee is agreed when booking, so ask for it before you compare the number.

Economy car rental in Spain prices and how a longer booking works

Economy car rental in Spain on this page runs from €13 to €35 a day.

Daily, weekly and monthly rates for economy cars

Our prices start at €13 a day, with a week from €78 and a month from €273.

The weekly and monthly figures are built on the daily rate, so a cheaper daily model lowers the whole booking — pick the car first, then decide how long you need it.

How the weekly and monthly rate is calculated

A week with us is charged as six days and a month as twenty-one days, so a €13 car costs €78 for a week and €273 for a month. Take the Kia Picanto at €15 a day: that is €90 for a week and €315 for a month. The Toyota Yaris, our only automatic at the bottom of the range, works out at €90 weekly and €315 monthly on the same arithmetic. The pattern holds across all 77 cars — Toyota Aygo at €16 gives €96 and €336, Fiat Panda at €17 gives €102 and €357, and the priciest model on the page, the Seat Ibiza at €35 in Madrid, gives €210 and €735.

What the price includes and what is agreed when booking

The deposit, the insurance excess, delivery fees and any discounts are set out in the rental agreement, not on this page. What we do state plainly: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank, and no other fuel option is offered. The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. That matters for cost, because a delivery to your address in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or the Costa Brava towns we cover is part of the booking rather than a separate errand.

Choosing your economy car rental in Spain by seats, fuel and gearbox

Three things decide which economy car rental in Spain suits your trip: how many people travel, what fuel the car burns and whether you can drive a manual. Our 77 cars cover all three, from €13 to €35 a day, and the model list below shows the combinations we actually hold.

Seats: 2, 4 or 5

• 4 seats: Kia Picanto, Toyota Aygo, Hyundai i10, Peugeot 108, Fiat 500, Citroen C1, Ford Ka+ and Smart Forfour start at €15.
• 5 seats: Ford Fiesta and Nissan Micra at €13, then Dacia Sandero, Fiat Panda, Volkswagen Polo, Renault Clio, Skoda Fabia, Opel Corsa, Seat Ibiza, Kia Rio and Citroen C3, up to €35.

Fuel and gearbox: what changes on the road

Most of our economy cars run on petrol with a manual gearbox, and that is the cheapest way to book.

If your route stays inside Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or the Costa Brava towns, the small manual is the better-value pick. Whichever you choose, the gearbox and fuel type are confirmed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

How economy car rental in Spain works with Rent-Trip delivery

Economy car rental with Rent-Trip runs on one simple idea: you do not go to a desk, the car comes to you. We hand the keys over at the address you give us, and everything about that hand-over — the place, the date, the time — is settled with a manager before the booking is fixed.

What delivery means in practice

• Address of your choice: we bring the car to any address in the cities we have a page for, whether that is an apartment, a hotel or a villa.
• Airport hand-over: we also deliver to Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD), Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), Valencia Airport (VLC) and Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO).
• Agreed in advance: the delivery address, the date and the time are confirmed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so nothing is left to a queue on arrival.
• Outside our cities: delivery beyond the cities we have a page for is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site.
• Fuel rule: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank — full-to-full, or lleno-lleno as it is called here.

Why travellers book it this way

The first hour after landing is the worst time to stand in a terminal queue with a suitcase.

What is agreed when you book

The minimum rental age, the young-driver surcharge, the cards we accept and the territory you may drive in are all agreed when booking — these are conditions of the rental, not rules of Spanish law, so ask the manager and get the answer before you pay. The deposit, the insurance excess, any delivery fee and any discount are set out in the rental agreement. The mandatory third-party insurance is included in every rental by Spanish law, so the car is legal on the road from the moment you take it.

Economy car rental in Spain basics for documents, fuel and rules

Here is what applies nationwide, and what we agree with you before the keys change hands.

Documents and the licence question

A licence from the EU or EEA is valid here for as long as it is in force, with no international permit needed. A licence from a third country stays valid for a tourist, but the DGT recommends carrying an international driving permit alongside your passport and your national licence — and a permit on its own is not a valid document. If your licence is not written in Latin script, or is not in Spanish, it needs either an official translation or the format of Annex 9 of the Geneva Convention or Annex 6 of the Vienna Convention. The practical reading for Cyrillic, Arabic or character-based licences: bring the international permit or a certified translation. An IDP is valid for one year. The minimum age and the young-driver surcharge are not fixed by Spanish law — they are agreed when booking.

Fuel, tolls and the rules of the road

Our cars leave with a full tank and come back with a full tank — full-to-full, or lleno-lleno in Spanish. Nothing else is offered: if the tank is short on return, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. Fuel at the pump is gasolina 95 or gasóleo A. Motorway limits are 120 km/h on autopista and autovía, 90 km/h on an ordinary out-of-town road, and 30 km/h on a single-lane city street, dropping to 20 km/h where the pavement and roadway form one level. Phone in hand at the wheel is 200 EUR and 6 points; a seatbelt or child-seat offence is 200 EUR and 4 points. Child seats are compulsory up to 135 cm.

• Environmental sticker: the DGT distintivo ambiental determines access to a Zona de Bajas Emisiones.
• Paid parking: blue and green zones are paid, and the ticket number must match the car.
• Tolls: peaje on toll roads, with VIA-T as the Spanish transponder.
• Winter tyres: no seasonal requirement nationwide; restrictions appear point by point in snow.
• Penalties: leve up to 100 EUR, grave 200 EUR, muy grave 500 EUR — half off if paid within 20 days.

What we agree before you drive away

Delivery to any address in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or the Costa Brava towns we cover, and the date and time, are settled with a manager before the booking is fixed. The deposit and the excess sit in the rental agreement, not in a headline figure. The consumer authority expects every mark to be written into the agreement or the inspection record before you leave, signed by both sides, with your copy kept — otherwise the damage comes back to you. Check the sheet against the car, then drive.

Where economy car rental in Spain is available and what it costs to reach

We hand the car over in four parts of the country: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the Costa Brava towns we have a page for. Wherever you are inside those areas, the car comes to you rather than the other way round.

Delivery points for economy car rental in Spain

• Madrid: any address in the city, plus Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD).
• Barcelona: any address in the city, plus Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN).
• Valencia: any address in the city, plus Valencia Airport (VLC).
• Costa Brava: any address in the towns we cover, plus Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) and Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN).
• Outside these areas: delivery is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site.
• Timing: the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Getting to the car and what the last leg costs

Fuel works the other way round: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank — lleno-lleno in Spanish, the usual policy here. If the tank comes back short, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. So the practical arithmetic is simple: fill up at a station near the return address, not at the motorway services twenty minutes earlier, and keep the receipt.

If you are staying outside our four areas

On this page we run 77 economy cars from €13 to €35 a day, weekly from €78 and monthly from €273, all but one of them hatchbacks, with 2, 4 or 5 seats. Long-distance delivery is the one thing we will not put a figure on here: it depends on the address, so it is agreed when booking.

What to check before you confirm economy car rental in Spain

A booking is fixed only after the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager. Everything that carries a figure — the deposit, the insurance excess, delivery fees and any discount — is set out in the rental agreement, so the confirmation conversation is the moment to settle it.

• Deposit and excess: the amounts are set out in the rental agreement and are explained to you before you confirm, never left for the hand-over.
• Delivery fees and discounts: whether a fee applies to your address and whether a longer booking changes the total are agreed when booking, not after.
• Fuel policy: the car comes clean with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank — full-to-full, lleno-lleno in Spain.

What to sort out before the car arrives

Check the driving licence itself first. A licence issued in the EU or EEA is valid here while it has not expired, and no international permit is needed. A licence from outside the EU or EEA is valid for driving as a tourist, but if it is not written in Spanish and was not issued on the Appendix 9 or Appendix 6 model, carry an official translation or an international driving permit — the DGT recommends getting one before the trip. A permit on its own is never enough: it is shown only together with the passport and the national licence.

Then think about where the car will actually stand. Spanish cities run Zonas de Bajas Emisiones, low-emission zones, and the DGT environmental sticker on the windscreen decides whether you may enter. If you plan to park in central Madrid or Barcelona for several days, ask about it when the booking is agreed, not at the kerb.

Two things people forget

The car is supplied with a full tank, and no other fuel option is offered — there is no pre-paid tank and no full-to-empty arrangement. Fill up near the return point.

If your plans change, tell the manager as early as you can: the address, the date and the time are all re-agreed rather than assumed, and a model that is not available can be swapped for another one without extra charge, or for a lower class at a lower price.