Jeep car rental in London

A week of London errands and weekend escapes goes more smoothly when the car fits the trip, and our Jeep car rental keeps the choice narrow and clear: two Jeep models, from £35 a day. We deliver the car to any address in the city and to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Southend airports, with the delivery address, date and time agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Jeep Car Rental in London With Two Models to Choose From

Two Jeeps stand behind this page: the Avenger in the Crossover class and the Compass in the SUV class. Both carry five people and both drive the front wheels, so the choice comes down to body size, fuel and gearbox.

Jeep Avenger or Jeep Compass — What Each One Gives You

Is the Avenger Big Enough for a Family of Five

Both Jeeps on this page carry five people, so the Avenger covers a family of five just as the Compass does. The Crossover body measures smaller on the outside, yet the seating layout is the same two rows, and nobody in the back is squeezed by the drivetrain — front-wheel drive means a flat floor rather than a transmission tunnel running down the middle. Where the two part company is the boot. The Compass, as an SUV, leaves more room behind the rear seats, and that is what decides a family trip once five people are aboard.

In Rent-Trip's experience the luggage, not the legroom, is what forces the upgrade: two large cases plus a pushchair fit the Compass comfortably, while the Avenger wants soft bags packed flat. If you travel light and stay inside the city, the smaller Jeep is the easier car to park.

Automatic or Manual — Which Gearbox You Book

• Jeep Compass — automatic: the SUV comes with a 1.5 L hybrid engine and a self-shifting gearbox, so the stop-start traffic of central London asks less of your left leg.
• Jeep Avenger — manual: the Crossover pairs a 1.2 L petrol engine with a manual gearbox, which suits short runs and gives you full control on the open road.
• Left-hand traffic: cars here are right-hand drive and you keep to the left, so the gear lever sits under your left hand — the mirror image of what most visitors learned.
• Cost of the choice: the automatic and the hybrid come with the SUV, and the Compass is the more expensive of the two cars on this page at £40 a day against £35 for the Avenger.
• First-timers: if you have only ever driven an automatic, book the Compass — a manual on the left-hand side of the road is the wrong moment to learn.

The gearbox follows the model, not the booking: you cannot order the Avenger with an automatic or the Compass with a manual, so pick the car by the way you want to drive it.

What Jeep Car Rental in London Costs by Class

Jeep car rental in London on this page runs from £35 to £40 a day, and the class you pick sets the figure. The Crossover class holds one car at £35, the SUV class one car at £40. Weekly and monthly bookings are priced off the daily rate of whichever Jeep you choose.

Daily Rates for Each Jeep Class

Weekly and Monthly Rates for a Jeep

A week of Jeep hire starts at £210 and a month at £735, calculated as the daily rate times six and times twenty-one. The multiplier is the only difference between a short and a long booking: nothing else in the price changes with duration. On the Avenger that works out from £35 a day, on the Compass from £40 a day, so the Crossover stays the cheaper way to cover a long stay. We quote the longer booking as a multiple of the daily rate rather than a separate tariff — the arithmetic is the same whichever model you take, and it keeps the weekly and monthly figure easy to check against the day rate you were shown. If your trip straddles a week, price both the daily and the weekly line before you decide — at six days the two come out the same, and from the seventh day the weekly figure is cheaper.

The Cheapest and the Most Expensive Jeep Here

• Cheapest on the page: the Jeep Avenger at £35 a day, a Crossover with 5 seats, a 1.2 L petrol engine and a manual gearbox.
• Most expensive on the page: the Jeep Compass at £40 a day, an SUV with 5 seats, a 1.5 L hybrid engine and an automatic gearbox.
• What separates them: the larger SUV body, the hybrid drivetrain and the automatic transmission, all on the Compass.
• When the Avenger is enough: a short city trip with one or two aboard, where the smaller body and manual box cost you nothing in practice.
• When the Compass earns its rate: on a long motorway run out of the city or a week of stop-start traffic, where the hybrid and the automatic do the work.

In our experience most travellers who book the SUV do it for the gearbox rather than the badge: the hybrid automatic is the reason the larger line gets chosen for airport runs and multi-day trips, while the Avenger covers the short city booking.

Neither car is priced by season or by day of the week here; the daily rate is the daily rate. Both cars sit on the same page for a reason — there is no third tier to weigh up. What sits outside these figures — the deposit, the insurance excess, any delivery fee and any discount — is set out in the rental agreement and agreed when you book, so ask for the full picture before you confirm rather than assuming the day rate is the final number. The same applies to road charges and tolls: who covers the Congestion Charge or the Dartford Crossing is settled at booking.

Fuel, Road Charges and the Agreement

• Fuel: the car comes with a full tank and goes back full — full-to-full is the only option we offer, and a missing tank plus a refuelling fee is charged under the rental agreement.
• Congestion Charge: £18 a day if paid on the day of travel or in advance, £21 if paid by midnight on the third day after, running 07:00–18:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00–18:00 at weekends and on bank holidays.
• ULEZ: £12.50 a day for a non-compliant vehicle, charged 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except 25 December.
• Dartford Crossing: £3.50 per crossing for a car, or £2.80 with pre-payment, usually 06:00–22:00 every day.
• Deposit and excess: no figure on this page — both are set out in the rental agreement.

Two of the charges above are worth checking against your route before you pick a class. The Avenger's petrol engine and the Compass's hybrid both meet the ULEZ standard, so neither incurs the £12.50 daily charge, but a trip that crosses the Thames at Dartford adds £3.50 each way whatever you drive. If your hotel or first stop sits inside the Inner Ring Road, the Congestion Charge applies on each charging day of the rental — it applies to the vehicle, not to the class.

Where We Deliver a Jeep Car Rental in London

Delivery is the part of a booking that is easiest to get wrong, so we keep it simple: the car comes to the address you give us, and that address is fixed with a manager before the booking is confirmed. Below is what we can promise on this page, where the hand-over happens, and what to have ready when the car arrives.

Delivery to Any Address and to the Airports

Rent-Trip delivers a Jeep car rental to any address in the city and to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Southend airports. Our delivery area covers the whole of the capital and the six airports that serve it. When you book, give us the terminal number or the full postcode rather than a street name — a postcode pins the exact entrance, and at the airports it separates the terminal forecourt from the shuttle stop.

The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and nothing is dispatched until that conversation is closed. Name the terminal or the postcode at the first contact rather than the day before delivery: the address is the one thing a manager has to confirm before the booking can be fixed at all.

Stations, Districts and Venues Inside the Delivery Area

The delivery area reaches the main rail terminals and the districts travellers most often stay in, so a Jeep can meet you off a train as easily as at a hotel door.

• St Pancras & King’s Cross: the Eurostar and East Coast terminus — a natural hand-over point if you arrive by rail rather than by air.
• Euston, Paddington, Victoria and Waterloo: the four other big London terminals, each inside the delivery area and each a short walk from central hotels.
• Canary Wharf: the docklands business district, useful for a working week rather than a weekend.
• Mayfair: the central district on the list, for stays that begin and end within walking distance of the parks.

Delivery outside these places is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site — if your address falls beyond the list, ask when you book and a manager will tell you what is possible.

What to Arrange When You Book

• The address: a postcode, or a terminal number at an airport — not a street name alone, because the postcode is what identifies the entrance.
• The date and the time: both are agreed with a manager, and the booking is fixed only once they are.
• The fuel rule: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank; otherwise the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement.
• Everything else: the minimum rental age, the young-driver surcharge, the cards accepted and the territory limit are agreed when booking, not stated on this page.
• Road charges and penalties: who pays the Congestion Charge, the ULEZ charge, tolls and any penalty notice is agreed when booking as well — we do not set it out here.

The car arrives clean and with a full tank, so the only thing left to check at hand-over is that the address and the time match what you agreed. In our experience the bookings that go smoothly are the ones where the terminal number was given at the first message rather than the morning of delivery — a single line saves a phone call and a wait at the kerb.

Driving a Jeep Away From the Kerb

Two things catch out drivers new to Britain, and both are worth knowing before the car arrives. Traffic keeps to the left, as the Highway Code sets out in rule 160, and at roundabouts you give way to traffic approaching from the right, per rule 185. The Jeep Compass, with its automatic gearbox, takes the stop-start of central traffic more easily than the manual Avenger, and the Compass is the one to book if you would rather not work a clutch on the left-hand side of the road. Book the Compass if the left-hand gear change is the part you are unsure about — it removes one thing to think about on the first mile. Speed limits are posted in miles per hour — 30 mph in built-up areas unless signs say otherwise, and many zones in the capital are signed at 20 mph, so read the signs rather than assume. If you hold a full foreign licence, you may drive on it for 12 months from your last entry into Great Britain.

Driving a Jeep Car Rental in London on the Left

Traffic drives on the left here, and every car we hand over is right-hand drive, so the steering wheel sits on the side you already expect from the road. The first ten minutes are the ones that matter, and they are easier in a compact Jeep than in anything larger.

Left-Hand Traffic in a Right-Hand-Drive Jeep

The Highway Code puts you on the left of the road unless signs and markings say otherwise (rule 160), and asks you to keep close to the left edge when turning (rule 183). At roundabouts you give way to traffic approaching from the right and travel clockwise (rule 185) — the mirror image of what a driver from a right-hand-traffic country does by instinct. In our experience the roundabout is where the habit breaks first: a driver looks left out of reflex and pulls out on a car coming from the right. The Jeep Avenger, at 1.2 L and 100 hp with a manual gearbox, keeps you busy at exactly the moment you want to be watching the road, while the Jeep Compass pairs its 1.5 L hybrid with an automatic and lets you concentrate on lane position.

Speed Limits, Alcohol and Phone Rules You Must Know

• Speed limits: 30 mph (48 km/h) in built-up areas across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 60 mph (96 km/h) on a single carriageway and 70 mph (112 km/h) on a dual carriageway or motorway; lit roads are 30 mph unless signs say otherwise, and many zones in the capital post 20 mph — the signs win.
• Alcohol: England, Wales and Northern Ireland allow 80 mg per 100 ml of blood, 35 µg per 100 ml of breath and 107 mg per 100 ml of urine; Scotland's limit is lower at 50 / 22 / 67, so a single drink before a border crossing is a bad plan.
• Phones: holding and using a phone, satnav or tablet at the wheel is banned even while stopped at lights — £200 and 6 penalty points, and a driver within 2 years of passing loses the licence; hands-free is allowed if the device does not block your view.
• Seat belts and child seats: a belt is compulsory where fitted, and children need a child seat until they reach 135 cm or turn 12, whichever comes first — up to £500.
• Licence: a full valid foreign licence covers you for 12 months from your last entry into Great Britain.

Congestion Charge, ULEZ and the Tolls on Your Route

ULEZ applies 24 hours a day, seven days a week except 25 December, across all 32 boroughs at £12.50 a day for non-compliant cars — petrol cars need Euro 4 or better, diesels Euro 6, and the M25 sits outside the zone. The Dartford Crossing charges £3.50 per crossing for cars (class B), £2.80 on prepayment, and the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels run £4.20 at peak and £1.55 off-peak with Auto Pay. Check the vehicle on the TfL vehicle checker before you drive in, and settle who covers charges and penalties when you book — it is agreed then, not assumed.

Fuel, Parking and Long Runs Out of the City

Both Jeeps arrive with a full tank and go back full — the full-to-full rule, with any missing fuel and a refuelling fee set out in the rental agreement. The Avenger runs on petrol and the Compass on hybrid, so fill up away from motorway services where the price climbs. For a run to Oxford, Cambridge, Bath or the Cotswolds, the Compass's hybrid suits steady motorway miles, while the Avenger is the easier car to park back in town. Ask about the trip when booking and the manager will confirm what is arranged — the Jeep car rental in London we supply is built around the drive you actually plan.

What to Check in the Jeep Car Rental in London Agreement

The rental agreement carries the numbers this page does not: the deposit, the insurance excess, any delivery fee and any discount are set out there and nowhere else, so read that document before the booking is fixed rather than at the kerb. Everything below is what the agreement settles and what a manager confirms with you first.

Deposit, Excess and Delivery Fees

• Deposit: no figure appears on this page — the amount is set out in the rental agreement and agreed when you book, so ask for it before you confirm the Jeep.
• Insurance excess: likewise set out in the agreement, and it can differ between the Avenger and the Compass, so check the line that names your model.
• Delivery fee: whether a fee applies is set out in the rental agreement rather than quoted here, and the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
• Discounts: any reduction on the daily rate is agreed when booking — the £35 and £40 figures on this page are the rates before anything of that kind.
• What is not in the agreement: the minimum rental age, the young-driver surcharge, the cards accepted and the territory limit are agreed when booking, not printed on this page.

In Rent-Trip's experience the deposit is the line travellers skim past and then query at hand-over — ask for it in writing at the first message, when the address and the dates are being agreed anyway, and the numbers arrive together in one reply.

Road Charges and Penalties at Booking

• Dartford Crossing: £3.50 per crossing for a car, £2.80 with pre-payment.
• Who covers them: who pays the charges, the tolls and any penalty notice is agreed when booking — it is not stated on this page.
• Fuel: the car is supplied with a full tank and returned full; otherwise the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement.

Both Jeeps meet the ULEZ standard, so the £12.50 line does not apply to either — but settle the charge question at booking regardless, because the answer decides what you budget for a week inside the Inner Ring Road.

A Weekend, a Week or a Month in a Jeep Car Rental in London

How long you keep the car changes which of the two Jeeps makes sense for a Jeep car rental in London, and the pricing follows the same rule at every length: a week starts at £210 and a month at £735, calculated as the daily rate times six and times twenty-one.

A two- or three-day stay inside the capital suits the Jeep Avenger: the Crossover body parks more easily in tight streets, the 1.2 L petrol engine returns sensible consumption on short runs, and the manual gearbox costs nothing in slow traffic you are already crawling through. At £35 a day it is the cheapest car on this page, and for a couple with soft bags it covers the trip without a compromise. Where it stops working is luggage for five plus a pushchair — that is the point at which the SUV earns its £40.

A week or a month of driving shifts the balance to the SUV: the 1.5 L hybrid and the automatic gearbox take the strain of motorway miles and the stop-start of the city in the same booking, and the larger body swallows the luggage a longer stay generates. On a monthly booking the gap between the two cars is a fixed £105 — £735 against £840, so decide by the drive rather than the day rate — a month of mostly urban errands is Avenger territory, a month that includes Oxford, Cambridge or the Cotswolds is Compass territory. In our experience travellers booking three weeks or more ask for the automatic first and the class second.

Jeep Car Rental in London — What to Settle Before You Book

Most of the friction in a Jeep booking comes from three things, and all three are settled in the first conversation with a manager rather than on the day. A driver who has never worked a gear lever with the left hand should take the Compass, and a driver who wants the smallest, cheapest car should accept the manual — each model on this page comes with one gearbox only.

The delivery address is agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and a postcode or a terminal number pins the entrance in a way a street name does not. At Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Southend the terminal number separates the forecourt from the shuttle stop, and inside the city the postcode decides which end of a long road the car waits at.

The daily rate covers the car — fuel runs full-to-full, the deposit and the excess are set out in the rental agreement, and who pays the Congestion Charge, ULEZ and the Dartford Crossing is agreed when booking. Ask for the full picture when you book, and the figure you budget will match the figure you pay.