So you’ve got your whole trip to Milan set and what you’d like to do now is find out a cheap Milan car rental company to get a car and explore the city as well as the surrounding areas using it? Well, if you’d like just that then we’ve got something to say on the subject and you may want to listen.

1. How does one find the best cheap Milan car rental company? Well, there are no “special” car rental companies that offer the cheapest rates like you can often find in other places around the world so your best bet would be to ask for quotes and select the best offer.

2. All of the world’s most important car rental companies – Avis, Budget, Hertz, etc. – have agencies in Milan, so you shouldn’t worry if you’re used to one of these and would like to rent from one of them. Avis seems to be the cheapest of them in Milan but it is still worth asking for quotes as this isn’t always the case.

Sites: Avis, Budget, Hertz.

3. Other places you may want to ask for quotes for renting a car in Milan is Auto Europe and Economy Car Rentals. They have a long history of offering excellent service and cheap prices so do check out.

Site: autoeurope.com & economycarrentals.com

4. It is worth stating that “cheap car rental in Milan” is a relative term, meaning cheap compared to other car rental offers in the same area otherwise renting a car is quite expensive and most of the time not worth it. That is especially due to high insurance costs.

5. It’s not worth renting a car if you only plan to visit the city itself. Public transportation, including a good metro system, will take care of all of your needs. On the other hand, if you’d like to explore areas surrounding the city as well or you’d like to rent a car to leave Milan, then yes, car rental might be a good option.

6. It is worth knowing that one cannot take a car in central Milan. You’ll have to leave your car outside of it, most likely into an expensive parking station so that’s a cost factor worth taking into consideration.

7. Another cost you should take into consideration when renting a car to leave Milan are highway tolls. Such tolls will often add up and you’ll end up paying quite a lot. Fuel isn’t cheap either. A great site to estimate the cost of fuel of tolls in Europe, including Itay and Milan, is Via Michelin.

Site: viamichelin.com

8. If you’re planing on renting a car right at Malpensa or Linate aiport or dropping a car there, then there are special pages, one for each airport, listing the car rental companies that have agencies there with contact numbers and working hours, on the official site of the airport operator, Aeroporti Di Milano.

Do notice that at Malpensa, most car hire companies are located at Terminal 1 and if your flight departs from Terminal 2 you’ll need to take into consideration the time you need to walk between terminals because you’ll have to drop the car at Terminal 1. There’s also no easy-to-find petrol station near Malpensa so you run the risk of returning the car with the tank half-empty and thus incur an extra charge.

Malpensa Car Rental: sea-aeroportimilano.it/en/malpensa
Linate Car Rental: sea-aeroportimilano.it/en/linate

9. For Orio al Serio airport, it’s worth noting that most major car hire companies have offices there as well in case it is more comfortable for you to check quotes and rent directly right after landing.

10. If you’re from a non-EU country and plan on using a car for more than three weeks, then a buy-back leasing program such as Renault Eurodrive or Peugeot Open Europe might be better for you. For more on it, check out their sites.

Renault Eurodrive: renaultusa.com
Peugeot Open Europe: autoeurope.com

This concludes our article on cheap Milan car rental. If you’ve got more to add on the topic of renting a car in Milan cheap then don’t hesitate to post a comment. It’ll be greatly appreciated.

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