Self-drive car rental

Self-drive car rental in Bangkok puts 115 cars at your disposal, from ฿700 a day, and we deliver the car to any address in the city, to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and to Don Mueang Airport (DMK). Traffic here keeps to the left and every car is right-hand drive, and the cars run from a 78 hp Mitsubishi Attrage to a 670 hp Ferrari 488.

What self-drive car rental in Bangkok means with Rent-Trip

We hand over the keys, you set the pace, and the car comes to the address you name. That is the whole idea of going it alone with Rent-Trip.

Self-drive rental explained

You choose where to go and when to stop: Sukhumvit for dinner, Chatuchak on a Saturday morning, or a run out to a temple before the heat builds. Our fleet on this page holds 115 cars across 11 classes, from a Nissan March at ฿700 per day to Exotic models at ฿35,000 per day. Every car is right-hand drive, because traffic here keeps to the left — the first thing to get used to at the wheel. This option suits travellers who want to set their own pace rather than follow a driver's schedule; the delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

What is included in the price

• Hire from 1 day: a single day is enough to start; there is no minimum week to commit to.
• Weekly rate: from ฿4,200, which is the daily rate multiplied by 6.
• Monthly rate: from ฿14,700, which is the daily rate multiplied by 21.
• Delivery: to any address in Bangkok and to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and Don Mueang Airport (DMK).
• The rest: the deposit, the excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement, so read it through before you sign.

Where the price ranges sit

Electric is our largest class at 32 cars.

Choosing your self-drive car rental in Bangkok by class and price

Our fleet on this page is 115 cars across 11 classes, priced from ฿700 to ฿35,000 per day. Longer bookings scale on the same daily figure: weekly from ฿4,200 and monthly from ฿14,700.

Fleet classes and prices at a glance

Electric is the largest class we hold, with 32 cars.

Which model fits your trip

For city driving, the Nissan March or Suzuki Ciaz at ฿700 per day covers most trips; for a family of seven, the Toyota Veloz offers 7 seats at ฿1,300. The Mitsubishi Attrage at ฿850 and the Suzuki Swift at ฿900 sit just above the entry point, while the Honda Accord at ฿1,050 adds a 1.5 L, 190 hp sedan for longer motorway runs. On the electric side, the BYD Dolphin at ฿1,050 and the MG ZS EV at ฿1,250 are the easy first EVs.

When a bigger car earns its price

Crossovers open at ฿1,100, and the Mazda CX-30 in that class brings 2.0 L and 165 hp — useful on the expressways out of the city. Above that, Premium opens at ฿3,500, Sports at ฿15,000 and Exotic at ฿35,000.

Documents and rules for self-drive car rental in Bangkok

Thai law applies to every self-drive hire, and the paperwork is short: a passport, a home driving licence, an International Driving Permit and a bank card in the main driver's name. Traffic keeps to the left and every car in our fleet is right-hand drive, so the first hour behind the wheel is about unlearning your own road, not about forms.

Licence and IDP requirements

A foreign visitor needs a home driving licence plus an International Driving Permit issued under the 1949 Geneva Convention; the requirement sits in section 42 bis of the Motor Vehicle Act. Citizens of ASEAN countries may drive on their national licence without an IDP. Documents to carry: passport, home driving licence, International Driving Permit (unless ASEAN), a bank card in the main driver's name. The police fine for driving without a valid permit is ฿500–1,000, and an insurer may refuse a claim after an accident where the driver held no permit.

Age and payment conditions

The minimum driver age is 21, and a bank card in the main driver's name is used for the security hold; the amount is set out in the rental agreement. Conditions for drivers under 25 and for premium classes are also set out in that agreement, so ask before you choose a car rather than after. Since 30 December 2025 a car rental agreement is a contract controlled by the OCPB: it is written in Thai, and all fees and penalties are disclosed in it. VAT 7% is already included in the prices shown, and rental is available from 1 day.

What the agreement covers

• Compulsory motor insurance (Por Ror Bor): covers injury to third parties and is attached to every registered car in the country.
• First-class (Class 1) insurance: covers damage to the car itself; its terms and the excess are set out in the rental agreement.
• Security hold: taken on a bank card in the main driver's name, with the amount set out in the agreement.
• Delivery fee, if any: agreed when booking, together with the address, date and time.

How delivery works for self-drive car rental in Bangkok

Delivery is the part of self-drive car rental in Bangkok that decides how your first hour goes.

Where we deliver the car

We deliver the car to any address in Bangkok and to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and Don Mueang Airport (DMK). The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed; a delivery fee, if any, is agreed when booking. If your plans are still moving — a late flight into BKK, a train arriving at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal — tell the manager the window you expect and the booking is adjusted around it. Delivery elsewhere is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site. A car waiting at the airport removes the taxi queue entirely.

What to have ready at hand-over

• International Driving Permit: required for visitors from outside ASEAN under the 1949 Geneva Convention; ASEAN nationals drive on their national licence.
• Bank card: a card in the main driver's name, used for the security hold — the amount is set out in the rental agreement.
• The agreed details: the address, date and time you confirmed with the manager, so the hand-over starts on the right foot.

Hand-over condition

The car comes clean with a full tank. Walk the bodywork with the person handing it over and note anything you want recorded before you drive off — a scuff on a bumper is easier to settle at the kerb than a week later. Fuel type matters here: the fleet runs on petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric, and putting gasohol in a diesel Hilux is an expensive mistake. Traffic keeps to the LEFT and every car is right-hand drive, so take the first ten minutes slowly.

Driving a self-drive rental car in Bangkok traffic

Left-hand driving and right-hand drive

Pick a quiet stretch of road for the first ten minutes, keep a car's length from the vehicle ahead, and let the mirrors do the work at interchanges. Speed limits are 80 km/h in built-up areas, 90 km/h outside them, 120 km/h on the motorways (M7 and M9), 110 km/h on the expressways and 100 km/h on elevated sections. If you have never driven on the left, book your first pick-up for daylight — the first hour in daylight is worth three at night.

Expressways, tolls and the M-Flow system

• Easy Pass and M-PASS: both transponders are accepted and are interchangeable, but a car carries only one — ask at hand-over which tag is fitted.
• M-Flow: the barrier-free lanes on Motorway 9 read your plate by camera and bill afterwards; without registration you have two days to pay by plate number, after which the tariff doubles, then comes the tariff plus twice the tariff plus a fine of ten times the tariff, and the case can go to court.
• Motorway 7: the Bangkok–Chonburi–Pattaya route runs 149.3 km, passing Suvarnabhumi Airport — the main rental route out of the city towards Pattaya.
• Cash: toll booths still take cash, so keep small notes in the car.

Ask at hand-over whether a tag is fitted and how the account is handled.

Parking and fines

• Shopping malls: CentralWorld gives two hours free, then ฿20 an hour, and ฿50 an hour after six hours; ICONSIAM gives two hours free, ฿30 for the third hour and ฿60 an hour after seven; Terminal 21 Asok gives three hours free.
• Low Emission Zone: the Bangkok LEZ applies only to vehicles with six or more wheels — trucks and buses — on high PM2.5 days, so a passenger car or pickup is not affected.
• Congestion charge: a ฿40–50 charge for Sukhumvit, Silom and Ratchadaphisek was announced in October 2024 but remains under study and is not in force.
• Traffic-camera fines: these are issued to the car owner and re-invoiced to the renter, so settle any notice before you fly home.

Longer self-drive car rental in Bangkok and out-of-town trips

A week or a month behind the wheel changes the maths. Weekly rates work as the daily rate multiplied by six, monthly rates as the daily rate multiplied by twenty-one, and both are lower per day than a single-day booking. On a Nissan March at ฿700 a day, that is ฿4,200 for a week and ฿14,700 for a month. Rent-Trip keeps the same 115 cars available for longer bookings as for short ones.

Weekly and monthly rates

• Weekly rate: the daily rate multiplied by six, so seven days on the road cost the same as six.
• Monthly rate: the daily rate multiplied by twenty-one, which suits a full month; for three weeks the weekly rate is cheaper.
• Economy class: from ฿700 a day, or ฿4,200 a week and ฿14,700 a month.
• Crossovers: from ฿1,100 a day, a step up when the trip mixes city roads with longer runs.
• Minivans: from ฿1,300 a day, with the Toyota Veloz seating seven at that price.
• Pickups: from ฿1,600 a day, including the Toyota Hilux Revo Double Cab with a 2.4 L diesel.
• Exotic and Luxury: from ฿35,000 and ฿16,000 a day respectively.

Out-of-town trips from the city

The roads out of the capital make a week-long booking worth considering. Motorway 7 runs 149.3 km towards Chonburi and Pattaya, with 125.865 km of it reaching Pattaya; a four-wheel car pays ฿25 from the Lat Krabang entry to Bang Bo, ฿100 to Pong and ฿105 to Pattaya. Motorway 9, the outer Kanchanaphisek ring, uses M-Flow barriers-free gantries that read the plate and bill later, and tolls on it run roughly ฿30–70 for a passenger car.

Fuel and range on longer routes

Diesel B7 sat at ฿41.44 a litre and gasohol 95 at ฿39.94 in the Bangchak retail figures for the city, with gasohol 91 at ฿39.57 and E20 at ฿34.94. For a month-long booking, the 32 Electric cars in the fleet start from ฿1,050 a day, and charging stops on the Pattaya and Hua Hin routes need planning before you leave.

Insurance and support for self-drive car rental in Bangkok

Two separate policies sit behind every self-drive booking in the city: compulsory cover for other people, and a first-class policy for the car itself. The first is attached to the vehicle by law, the second is what your agreement is built around.

What covers what

• Por Ror Bor (compulsory motor insurance): attached to every registered car in Thailand and pays for injury to third parties, not for the car.
• Class 1 insurance: covers damage to the vehicle itself; its terms and the excess are set out in the agreement.
• Security hold: a bank card in the main driver's name is used for it, and the amount is set out in the agreement.
• Traffic-camera fines: issued to the car owner and re-invoiced to the renter, so a camera ticket follows you after the trip.
• OCPB contract: since 30 December 2025 a car rental agreement is a contract controlled by the OCPB, written in Thai, with all fees and penalties disclosed in it.

Why the agreement is the document that matters

What we can say is what the agreement itself has to contain: since 30 December 2025 the OCPB treats a car rental contract as a controlled contract, which means it is written in Thai and every fee and penalty is disclosed inside it. Read that document before you sign it — the excess is set out in the rental agreement, and the difference between one class and another is written there, not here.

Support while the car is with you

Two situations are worth knowing in advance. First, a camera fine: it is issued to the owner of the car, which is us, and re-invoiced to you as the renter, so it can reach you after you have flown home. Second, an accident: Por Ror Bor handles injury to third parties, and damage to the car goes through the Class 1 policy whose terms and excess sit in your agreement. Keep the police report and photographs from the scene, and remember that an insurer may refuse a claim if you were driving without a valid International Driving Permit.

Practical tips before you book self-drive car rental in Bangkok

Match the car to the trip, not to the price

• City and short hops: Economy covers most days, with the Nissan March, Suzuki Ciaz and Mitsubishi Attrage all at ฿700–฿850 per day and five seats each.
• No fuel stops: one of our 32 electric cars from ฿1,050 — the BYD Dolphin, MG ZS EV and Nissan Leaf all sit in that band.

Book the length that matches your stay

Weekly rates run at daily x 6 and monthly at daily x 21, so a longer booking lowers the cost per day without any separate discount code. The car comes clean with a full tank, and rental is available from 1 day, which suits a single airport transfer as well as a two-week stay. Take the class you actually need on day one — upgrading later depends on what is free in the fleet at that moment, and the 32 electric cars are the largest single group we hold.

Money, documents and the agreement

• Documents: passport, home driving licence, International Driving Permit unless you hold an ASEAN licence, and a bank card in the main driver's name.
• Age: the minimum driver age is 21; conditions for drivers under 25 and for premium classes are set out in the rental agreement.
• Security hold: the bank card in the main driver's name is used for it, and the amount is set out in the agreement.
• Taxes: VAT 7% is already inside the prices shown, so ฿700 per day is the figure you pay before the hold.
• Contract: since 30 December 2025 a car rental agreement is a contract controlled by the OCPB, written in Thai, with all fees and penalties disclosed in it.
• Fines: traffic-camera fines are issued to the car owner and re-invoiced to the renter.

Read the agreement before you drive away. The deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fee are set out there, not in a chat message — and on a right-hand-drive car with traffic keeping left, the first ten minutes in an unfamiliar city are the ones that decide whether the trip runs smoothly.