Real car rental prices in Latin America

Broker headline: $48.90. Cheapest verified all-in: $237.77.

Same week, Juan Santamaria International Airport. Broker headline: $48.90 (DiscoverCars, liability not listed, 5-12 Dec 2026). Cheapest verified all-in: $237.77 (Economy, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter). Two companies, not one booking.

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CHECKEDPRICE READ AT SOURCE3 OCT2026

Broker headline, Juan Santamaria International Airport, 5-12 Dec 2026

DiscoverCars: Avanti Rent a Car / Hyundai Atos (Mini)$48.90

Cheapest verified all-in: Economy's own quote, 5-12 Dec 2026

Base rate$81.20
Third-party liability$105.00
Taxes$51.57
All-in, pay at counter$237.77

7 days. Gap between the two numbers: $188.87 (4.9x). Different companies, the cheapest of each kind, not one booking. The broker offer shows a $1,000 deposit and does not confirm that liability, taxes and fees are inside its price. Checked 3 Oct 2026.

What the number is made of

Four lines decide your bill

  1. Base rate

    The big number on the results page. Some companies bundle cover into it, others add cover on top.

  2. Mandatory liability insurance

    Costa Rica and Mexico both require it. Many broker offers do not list it.

  3. Taxes and fees

    Some companies show them as a separate line and some fold them into the base price. We say which.

  4. Deposit

    A card hold, not a charge. It depends on the cover you pick, and some companies do not show it before booking.

Airports

Cheapest all-in price per airport

The broker headline is the first price a traveller sees. The big number is what a company's own page adds up to once mandatory cover and taxes are in. Each shows its own dates.

CUN / Mexico

Cancun International Airport

$187
cheapest all-in we could verify, 7 days, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter

Broker headline: $59.63 (DiscoverCars, liability not listed, 5-12 Dec 2026)

Read the CUN prices

LIR / Costa Rica

Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport

$242
cheapest all-in we could verify, 7 days, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter

Broker headline: $56.77 (DiscoverCars, liability not listed, 5-12 Dec 2026)

Read the LIR prices

SJO / Costa Rica

Juan Santamaria International Airport

$238
cheapest all-in we could verify, 7 days, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter

Broker headline: $48.90 (DiscoverCars, liability not listed, 5-12 Dec 2026)

Read the SJO prices

Local companies

Well-rated local companies come first

We list the best-rated local rental companies at every airport and mark them.

Liberia, San Jose

Adobe

4.8 (1,968 reviews)

All-in $350.98, 7 days, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter

Local

Cancun

Avant

4.8 (1,274 reviews)

All-in $198.21, 7 days, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter

Local

Liberia, San Jose

Vamos

4.8 (708 reviews)

All-in $504.58, 7 days, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter

Local

Liberia, San Jose

Economy

4.6 (6,842 reviews)

All-in $237.77, 7 days, 5-12 Dec 2026, pay at counter

Local

Launch destinations

Where we check prices first

Images are illustrations. A card links to a page once that airport has three companies with a verified price.

Illustration: a plane landing over the green Central Valley, coffee farms, the city and San Jose airport
Costa Rica

San Jose

Gateway to volcano roads and both coasts.

Illustration: Guanacaste's golden hills and Pacific beach, a small airport with a jet and a 4x4 with surfboards
Costa Rica

Liberia

Guanacaste beaches and the north.

Illustration: a plane on approach to Cancun airport, the terminal, a row of rental cars and the hotel zone
Mexico

Cancun

Riviera Maya, cenotes and the Caribbean coast.

Illustration: the rock arch at Los Cabos, a marina, a whale tail and a red convertible on the coast road
Mexico

Los Cabos

A desert coast road. Prices coming.

Illustration: the Tulum clifftop ruin above turquoise water, a jungle road with an open jeep and a plane overhead
Mexico

Tulum

Jungle road to the coast. Prices coming.

Illustration: a Belize reef lagoon with palm cayes, a causeway road, a boat, a toucan and a Mayan temple
Belize

Belize City

Cayes, jungle lodges and the Hummingbird Highway. Prices coming.

Illustration: a white beach with palms, a catamaran and an open jeep with surfboards on a palm-lined road
Dominican Republic

Punta Cana

Palm-lined roads beside white beaches. Prices coming.

Illustration: a blue glacier meeting a turquoise lake near El Calafate, guanacos, a condor and a 4x4
Argentina

El Calafate

Patagonia, glaciers and long gravel roads. Prices coming.

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