KAYAK’s insights & trends for East Boston car rentals
Check out the latest trends and booking tips to rent a car in East Boston with confidence.
How far in advance should you book a car rental in East Boston, Boston?
Based on car rental prices found by KAYAK users over the last 12 months.
To get the best price on a car rental in East Boston, Boston, you should book around 89 days before your trip. This could save you approximately 27% compared to booking last minute.
Which company offers the cheapest car rental in East Boston, Boston?
Based on car rental prices found by KAYAK users over the last 12 months.
The cheapest car rental company in East Boston, Boston is Sixt at $32/day on average, followed by Dollar ($33/day) and Thrifty ($36/day).
Which car rental company in East Boston is best rated?
Based on ratings and reviews from real users on KAYAK.
Based on ratings and reviews from real users on KAYAK, the best car rental companies in East Boston are Budget (6.7/10, 316 reviews), Dollar (5.1/10, 159 reviews), and Alamo (8.8/10, 119 reviews).
East Boston car rental price comparison by vehicle type
Find the right rental car in East Boston by comparing prices across vehicle types.
Small
Medium
Large
SUV
Van
Pickup truck
Luxury
Convertible
Small cars
$37 - $84
All Car Types
$62 - $102
How much does it cost to rent a small car in East Boston?
How much does it cost to rent a medium car in East Boston?
How much does it cost to rent a large car in East Boston?
How much does it cost to rent an SUV in East Boston?
How much does it cost to rent a van in East Boston?
How much does it cost to rent a pickup truck in East Boston?
How much does it cost to rent a luxury car in East Boston?
How much does it cost to rent a convertible in East Boston?
Small car rentals in East Boston typically cost around $57 per day. The best time to book is January, when prices average $37 per day which is about 36% less than the yearly average. Small cars are usually 28% cheaper than the average rental in East Boston, making them ideal for budget-conscious travelers.
Medium car rentals in East Boston typically cost around $68 per day. The best time to book is November, when prices average $52 per day which is about 24% less than the yearly average. Medium cars are usually 14% cheaper than the average rental in East Boston, offering a good balance of space and value.
Large car rentals in East Boston typically cost around $72 per day. The best time to book is November, when prices average $58 per day which is about 20% less than the yearly average. Large cars can be 9% cheaper than the average rental in East Boston, offering more comfort for longer trips at a valuable price.
SUV rentals in East Boston typically cost around $78 per day. The best time to book is January, when prices average $60 per day which is about 24% less than the yearly average. SUVs can be 2% cheaper than the average rental in East Boston, providing extra space and capability for groups or road trips at a reasonable price.
Van rentals in East Boston typically cost around $111 per day. The best time to book is February, when prices average $80 per day which is about 28% less than the yearly average. Vans are typically 29% more expensive than the average rental in East Boston, but are the best choice for families or groups needing maximum passenger capacity.
Pickup truck rentals in East Boston typically cost around $76 per day. The best time to book is November, when prices average $55 per day which is about 28% less than the yearly average. Pickup trucks are 4% cheaper than the average rental in East Boston, a practical choice for hauling gear or outdoor adventures.
Luxury car rentals in East Boston typically cost around $106 per day. The best time to book is November, when prices average $69 per day which is about 35% less than the yearly average. Luxury cars are typically 26% more expensive than the average rental in East Boston, but deliver premium comfort and style for special occasions.
Convertible rentals in East Boston typically cost around $108 per day. The best time to book is December, when prices average $97 per day which is about 11% less than the yearly average. Convertibles are typically 27% more expensive than the average rental in East Boston, perfect for scenic drives and warm-weather destinations.
Top tips for renting a car in East Boston, Boston
25% of our users found rental cars in East Boston for $75 or less.
Book your rental car in East Boston at least 5 days before your trip in order to get a below-average price.
Pickup truck rental cars in East Boston are around 31% cheaper than other car types, on average.
January is typically the cheapest month to rent a car in East Boston, with prices around $53/day. July, in contrast, is often the most costly month, with an average of $101/day.
If you’re looking to save money and don’t mind renting a car in another neighborhood in Boston, look for deals in Seaport District, where daily prices are around $74/day, or Mattapan (average of $82/day).
FAQs about renting a car in East Boston (Boston)
How much does it cost to rent a car in East Boston?
On average a rental car in East Boston costs $104 per day.
Are car rentals cheaper in other Boston neighborhoods?
Yes. Based on our information, ENTERPRISE in Bay Village is the cheapest car rental location in Boston. It is located at 200 Stuart St.
What is the cheapest car rental company in East Boston?
In the past 72 hours, the cheapest rental car price ($46/day) in East Boston was found at THRIFTY, 100 Tomahawk Drive.
What is the best rental car company in East Boston?
Based on ratings and reviews from real users on KAYAK, the best car rental company in East Boston is BUDGET (6.4, 208 reviews).
How can I find car rentals near me in East Boston?
Joy from the Boston location was incredibly nice and funny. Made selecting a car super easy.
8.0 Very good
Anonymous, Jul 2026
Compact SUV
Very good last minute prices. The cleanliness of the car wasn't great, especially inside. But the workers were nice and the rental experience was seamless. Picking up and dropping off at Boston airport is a challenge, but Alamo can't be blamed for that.
10.0 Wonderful
Anonymous, May 2026
Pickup truck
Very smooth process. Lines moved quickly and the truck was as reserved. Drop off was a matter of a few minutes and I was on my way.
10.0 Wonderful
isabelle, Jan 2026
Compact SUV
Very polite and professional staff. Great experience
10.0 Wonderful
Mike, Nov 2024
Luxury
Easy and quick, and the staff were very friendly
10.0 Wonderful
Warren, Oct 2024
Compact
Virginia was the Alamo rep at the desk who couldn’t have been sweeter. Give her a raise!
Clean car, easy pick up and return. Incredible customer service when returning at Boston Logan. Janet and Max were smiling, supportive and very professional. Great faces for Enterprise!
10.0 Wonderful
Anonymous, Jun 2025
Standard SUV
Friendly and helpful staff. Was allowed to obtain a bigger model car which really helped us out.
8.0 Very good
Anonymous, May 2025
Pickup truck
Reserved a gas truck, Not available 😢 Got a E-truck Thus had to deal with charging
6.0 Okay
Marc, Nov 2024
Standard
Nice car. Took forever to check in!
10.0 Wonderful
Anonymous, Sep 2024
Economy
Evan, the employee at Logan Boston, was very helpful, he saved me from renting a too small a vehicle for the amount of luggage I had. Very appreciated!
I like that pick up process of getting to choose which car I got and how easy it was to turn it back in
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Aug 2026
Intermediate SUV
We had to wait over two hours to pick up our car.
6.0 Okay
Amy, Jul 2026
Standard SUV
The pickup process was chaotic. It was written on my booking confirmation (after I completed pre-check in paperwork online) that I would go to the Fastbreak counter to get my car - this was not correct and I almost had to go back to the other check in counter that had a very long line. There was also a quarter tank of gas in the car and I had along trip ahead of me that night so having to stop for gas wasn’t ideal.
10.0 Wonderful
Anonymous, Jun 2026
Intermediate SUV
Fast and efficient service
2.0 Poor
Richard, Feb 2026
Compact SUV
It must be specified online that airport locations do not take debit card payments. When one searches on the Internet it says it does and then they refute and refuse at the airport location. It made me waste a whole day despite me being diligent
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Feb 2026
Compact SUV
Budget refused to honor my rental of a small SUV, saying it was simply an economy class car and that it was kayaks fault for indicating the type of cars listed were small suvs. They told me they were “upgrading” me to a Toyota Corolla but it absolutely was a down grade and the car was as basic and underwhelming as they come. I asked to see the manager. I showed my small SUV reservation. He too said it was an economy class reservation and refused to answer whether they had my reserved type of suv in the lot. Also refused to give a different suv. He then with a straight face offered me a minivan. They were disparaging. They tried to upsell prepaid tolls and demanded to know who my insurance provider is when I declined additional coverage. It was the worst rental car experience I’ve had.
They did not have the vehicle class I reserved at the time of pickup. They charged me for the e-toll premium service and did not offer the standard toll option even when I asked about the high price. And finally, the vehicle was provided with less fuel AND returned with a full tank, but despite that the receipt reflected that the vehicle was returned short on gas and I had to pay a fuel fee. I was able to get them to agree to refund me the fuel fee, but only after calling them and providing photos, which I had thankfully taken. This was the worst rental experience I have ever had.
8.0 Very good
Anonymous, Apr 2026
Intermediate SUV
Price point is good, vehicle was perfect for what I needed to do
6.0 Okay
Anonymous, Apr 2026
Intermediate SUV
The car was great, but the process to pick it up was terrible. I waiting in line at the Boston airport Avis rental counter for 1 hour and 15 minutes to get checked out.
4.0 Mediocre
Anonymous, Feb 2026
Standard SUV
I was force sold extra services (insurance) that I did not asked for and that increased my bill by 50% !!!!!
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Oct 2025
Intermediate SUV
Had over a two hour line for the desk, so we had to cancel our car rental and pay $100 more for a different car with Dollar. Multiple car rental agencies there and only Avis had a massive line
4.0 Mediocre
Anonymous, Oct 2025
Full-size
Including all the fees, the car was almost double the price at pickup.
Overall I thought it was a good experience. Was 39 mins late with drop off due to traffic and was charged an extra day. Was told about “all the tolls” and encouraged to purchase the toll package and did not go over a single toll bridge. Had explained my travel to the representative and she was insistent on my purchasing the package. Package cost me $60 and no toll bridge crossed. Other than these two curious actions the experience was acceptable.
10.0 Wonderful
Anonymous, Jun 2025
Compact
Seamless
10.0 Wonderful
Dan, Aug 2024
Intermediate SUV
It was excellent. When I opened my original car it had a cigarette smell. They immediately gave me a substitute. It was a great car. Jeep Cherokee
2.0 Poor
Bob, Aug 2024
Intermediate SUV
I booked on Kayak and was told by Sixt desk that there was no car available. The third party service booked me for a non existent car. I had to quickly book directly with another rental company. Sixt should not let third party companies book cars if they don’t have capacity.
10.0 Wonderful
Mutsubu, Jul 2024
Full-size
I was in line for Budget for 45 minutes until I gave up and made a reservation at Sixt, walked over, and got a ride right away. I paid a little bit more, but got a Volvo s60 instead of a Camry, so it was well worth it.
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Jul 2024
Intermediate SUV
Charged one extra rental day. Bad attitude from staff.
Overcharged from rate booked on kayak at return of vehicle
4.0 Mediocre
MaraSnowy, May 2026
Compact SUV
We chose Hertz through Kayak and payed online. When we arrived at the airport to pickup the car. Kayak did not give us a good deal or hertz did not agree. We had to pay hundreds more and it turned out to not be a good deal at all. I should have gone with Avis as I prefer them and get rewards from being a preferred customer.
10.0 Wonderful
Dan, Apr 2026
Minivan
Able to check in and return online, so there was no waiting.
2.0 Poor
Jeff, Dec 2025
Intermediate SUV
Would not allow modification of reservation to change pickup day. Had to rent from someone else. No refund from Herrz
10.0 Wonderful
Anonymous, Aug 2025
Full-size
Everything went exactly as planned!
2.0 Poor
Trevor, Aug 2025
Compact SUV
Overcharged me Oil Light on in car No customer support Toll fees came to $1 and hertz game me two options: $10+fees or $15; both are terrible
1 out of 19
Thrifty
5.5
Fair
Cleanliness
6.7
Comfort
6.6
Pick-up/Drop-off
5.5
Value for money
5.9
One location in East Boston
from$217/day
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
100 Tomahawk Drive
+1 866 434 2226
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8.0 Very good
Thomas, Apr 2025
Compact SUV
The pick up wait time, after checking in, needs to be greatly improved.
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Oct 2024
Full-size SUV
W re reserved a car to go on a leaf peeping trip and when we arrived to pick it up, they were all out of cars. We ended up cancelling our reservation and paying double with another rental company but at least they had a car for our reservation.
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Sep 2024
Compact
Double charged (not pending holds--actual charges) and still waiting for a response from the company. Many pre-trip messages insisting that I should check in online to "skip the desk and go straight to the car." Fortunately I didn't do that, because upon arrival, numerous unhappy travelers were turned away at the garage and sent back to the desk to check in. There were physical signs everywhere asking people to check in online and go straight to the garage. Terrible treatment at the desk. The person lied and said, verbatim, "We only have electric cars right now." and asked if I needed instructions on how to find charging stations. I insisted on a gas car and suddenly he was able to make one available--for twice the price we had reserved online! Don't lie to me and say there are not any gas cars then. Bad service in general too. He asked me how to spell my name WHILE actively holding my photo ID, and then later asked "What kind of card is that" after I had paid. (He meant Visa vs. Mastercard, which, again, you have my card. Stop wasting my time.) Car center console was dirty with brown sticky residue. Horrible experience start to finish, and I'm still not even finished since I'm still waiting for the charges to be corrected.
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Aug 2024
Compact
I accidentally rented an electric car… in thrifts defense I did not read the description before I purchased. It wasn’t until I was 30m away from the airport that I realized. Took forever to charge the car. The car only had 200mi on it to empty when I rented it. Also did not interact with anyone to get the car it was all online, turned in the keys to a human but that’s it.
4.0 Mediocre
J, Aug 2024
Standard
Wildly inconvenient. I was given an electric rental that was not fully charged. I spent much of my vacation frantically looking for chargers to get it charged and wasted time I had planned for visiting instead on waiting for a rental car to charge. There should be warning or pop up pr some kind of instructions to renter that they are receiving a fully electric car so they know ahead of time and can swap if need be.
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Aug 2024
Intermediate
The wait was long. Car wasn't available. Ended up cancelling and taking an Uber to/from the wedding.
Dollar
5.1
Fair
Cleanliness
6.6
Comfort
6.2
Pick-up/Drop-off
5.1
Value for money
5.4
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
100 Tomahawk Drive
+1 866 434 2226
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06:00 - 23:5900:00 - 01:30
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06:00 - 23:5900:00 - 01:30
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00:00 - 01:3006:00 - 23:59
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06:00 - 23:5900:00 - 01:30
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4.0 Mediocre
Anonymous, Jul 2026
Compact SUV
Dollar would not accept my member number at the counter because I had rented through a third party. Thus, I had to pay for my spouse to be a secondary driver. Their response, “take it up with corporate.” I have not had that experience with other car rentals through a third party before. This was the second time I’ve had problems with Dollar at the counter.
10.0 Wonderful
Anonymous, Jun 2026
Compact SUV
fantatsic. Great experience from check in to check out!
8.0 Very good
Lynn, May 2026
Compact SUV
The express pick up process was confusing and could have been much more smooth. I’ve done the express pick up on an app before and it was easy and clear. But with Dollar at Logan, the app didn’t provide clear instructions on where to go so I ended up standing in a short line. Overall it was a fairly quick but I paid the extra money to skip the counter, which was definitely not worth the extra cost.
4.0 Mediocre
Elizabeth, Apr 2026
Full-size
Car was a mess inside and out. They wouldnt take pictures of everything to show the damage before we took the car - told us to take pictures and video. That was strange.
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Apr 2026
Compact SUV
counter agent said my agreement with them not valid and required a new contract, more money, lesser car. I was most upset and eventually allowed to see another agent who did finally get me the car agreed upon at the agreed price. They have subsequently increased my fuel option charge beyond agreement. I am fighting that still. Rip off company you are doing business with. I request a response. Peter Watkins
4.0 Mediocre
GF, Nov 2025
Intermediate
We waited THREE hours to pick up our car. It was October. Unreal. People were nice at counter but logistics in efficiency must be improved.
Payless
5.8
Fair
Cleanliness
7.9
Comfort
7.5
Pick-up/Drop-off
5.6
Value for money
6.3
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
15 Transportation Way
+1 617 561 0139
Monday
07:00 - 23:00
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07:00 - 23:00
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07:00 - 23:00
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07:00 - 23:00
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6.0 Okay
Anonymous, Dec 2024
Compact
It took 20 minutes just to get to the counter, only one person was at the desk.
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Jan 2024
Standard SUV
Dirty car not full of petrol as it stated it was, no license plate on the front, no water in the windscreen washers and charged me too much
8.0 Very good
David, Oct 2023
Standard SUV
Takes too long at Boston Logan airport. Vehicle was good
2.0 Poor
Anonymous, Sep 2023
Intermediate SUV
Car was very old with no viper working properly.
Kyte
10.0
Wonderful
Cleanliness
10.0
Comfort
10.0
Pick-up/Drop-off
10.0
Value for money
10.0
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
700 Atlantic Ave
+1 415 340 4850
Opening times not available
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National
8.8
Very good
Cleanliness
8.8
Comfort
8.7
Pick-up/Drop-off
8.8
Value for money
8.2
One location in East Boston
from$121/day
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
15 Transportation Way
+1 833 230 5697
Monday
00:00 - 23:59
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10.0 Wonderful
Ken, Jul 2024
Open air all terrain
My experience was outstanding! Excellent car, spotless and fun to drive. I left my phone in the car and went back to retrieve it. The customer service rep took my information and went looking for the car. Ten minutes later she came back with it in her hands. What a great relief 😅
Easirent
4.5
Mediocre
Cleanliness
5.2
Comfort
5.3
Pick-up/Drop-off
4.5
Value for money
5.1
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
Logan International Airport
Opening times not available
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Elita Rent A Car
2.0
Poor
Cleanliness
2.0
Comfort
2.0
Pick-up/Drop-off
2.0
Value for money
2.0
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
Boston Airport Logan International BOS
+1 617 567 2491
Opening times not available
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Advance Car And Truck Rental
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
100 Tomahawk Drive
+1 617 567 2491
Opening times not available
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Advantage
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
100 Tomahawk Dr
+1 617 567 2491
Monday
00:00 - 23:59
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00:00 - 23:59
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00:00 - 23:59
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E-Z Rent-A-Car
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
100 Tomahawk Dr
+1 617 567 2491
Monday
00:00 - 23:59
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00:00 - 23:59
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00:00 - 23:59
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00:00 - 23:59
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Eagle Rent A Car
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
Boston airport
Opening times not available
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Europcar
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
Please Go To The Advantage Counter
+1 617 567 2491
Opening times not available
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Flight Car
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
Boston airport
+1 844 742 5870
Opening times not available
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keddy by Europcar
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
100 Tomahawk Dr., Boston Logan
+1 617 567 2491
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Sunnycars
No score available yet
One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
15 Transportation Way
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VIPCars Recommendation
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One location in East Boston
Locations in East Boston (Boston)
15 Transportation Way, East Boston, , USA Massachusetts
+1 914 368 0091
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1432 travelers who rented a car in East Boston gave the car agency they used an average rating of 5.5
Car rental locations in or near East Boston (Boston)
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