Car Rental at Brindisi Airport (BDS): No Deposit and Best Options Without a Credit Card

Brindisi Airport (BDS), also called Aeroporto del Salento, is about 6 km north of the centre of Brindisi and the main airport for the Salento peninsula: Lecce, Ostuni, Otranto and the coast of southern Puglia. For one week in November we found 1,011 rental offers here. Nine of the 15 companies we recommend have their desk at the airport, six send a shuttle, and only six accept a debit card. This guide to car rental at Brindisi Airport covers each of the 15 companies we recommend, debit and Revolut cards, deposits, the ferries to Greece, prices by month, Brindisi against Bari, and what to know before you drive into Lecce, Ostuni or Otranto.

Data last verified: October 2026. Written by Simas Krasaitis, founder of Autorentwiz and former head of car rental at ADCRent.

Short on time? The key facts:

• Desks: 9 of our 15 companies are at the airport, most in the car rental building next to the terminal. GaldieriRent, Last Minute Rent, Vivarent, Street Rent a Car, Filorent and Viaggiare pick you up by shuttle
• Debit cards: only 6 of the 15 accept them: Locauto (no deposit, only a 0,01 EUR card authorisation), Alamo and Enterprise (500 EUR), Thrifty and Dollar (700 EUR) and Keddy (800 EUR)
• No deposit: Locauto (only a symbolic 0,01 EUR card authorisation), with a debit or credit card. With their own zero-excess cover and a credit card, GaldieriRent blocks 100 EUR and Viaggiare 150 EUR
• Revolut: none of the 15 companies accepts cards from online-only banks
• Ferry to Greece: only Alamo, Locauto and Filorent allow both the ferry and Greece
• Opening hours: none of our companies opens before 08:00. Alamo, Enterprise, Locauto, Thrifty, Dollar, Keddy and Filorent work until 23:00, the shuttle companies on Via Egnazia until 20:00
• Prices: November is the cheapest month (about 12 EUR a day on average), April the most expensive (about 34 EUR)
• Free consultation: message us on Messenger and our car rental experts will compare all 15 companies for your dates, card and landing time. You get the same discount as when you book through our search

Brindisi has many small local companies next to the big brands, and some of them score better here than the brands do. To make our list, a company needs a rating of 8.0 or higher from verified renters at this airport and a separate score for its staff here. Of the 27 companies rated at Brindisi, 14 passed and had offers in our search. Europcar, Avis, Hertz and Budget did not. We also added Locauto: it has too few reviews at Brindisi for a rating yet, but renters at Pescara Airport rate it 9.4, and it is one of the companies we recommend most across Italy. Other companies with no rating at this airport yet are not on the list. The card question matters most here: about half of the travellers who ask us about Brindisi have only a debit card, and 9 of our 15 companies want a credit card. Our car rental in Italy page compares Brindisi with the other Italian airports.

Company	Rating	Hours	Card	Deposit	Travel abroad
Alamo	9.2	08:00-23:00	Debit or credit (not Maestro)	500 EUR	29 countries incl. Greece, free
Target Rent	8.9	08:00-22:00	Credit only	1,500 EUR on small cars, 2,000 EUR on SUVs and vans	6 countries, 70 EUR
Enterprise	8.6	08:00-23:00	Debit or credit	500 EUR	29 countries incl. Greece, free
Thrifty	8.6	08:00-23:00	Debit or credit	700 EUR	13 countries, 30 EUR
Felirent	8.6	08:00-21:00	Credit only	700 EUR, 1,100 EUR on vans	13 countries, about 105-126 EUR
Keddy	8.3	08:00-23:00	Debit or credit	800 EUR	19 countries, fee depends on the offer
Autovia	8.2	08:00-21:00	Credit only	750-950 EUR	10 countries, 100 EUR
Dollar	8.2	08:00-23:00	Debit or credit	700 EUR	13 countries, 30 EUR
Locauto	Not rated here yet	08:00-23:00	Debit or credit	No deposit (0,01 EUR card authorisation)	29 countries incl. Greece, free

Company	Rating	Hours	Card	Deposit	Travel abroad
Vivarent	9.1	08:00-20:00	Credit only	about 1,250 EUR	30 countries incl. Greece, 80 EUR
GaldieriRent	8.7	08:00-20:00	Credit only	600-1,000 EUR, 100 EUR with its own cover	7 countries, 48.80 EUR
Last Minute Rent	8.7	08:00-20:00	Credit only	1,000 EUR	7 countries, 55 EUR
Street Rent a Car	8.5	08:00-20:00	Credit only	about 500 EUR	4 countries, 80 EUR
Filorent	8.4	08:00-23:00	Credit only	490 EUR, 800 EUR on big cars	30 countries incl. Greece, free
Viaggiare	8.3	08:00-20:30	Credit only	700 EUR, 150 EUR with its own cover	7 countries, 70 EUR

At Brindisi, Locauto asks for no deposit, only a symbolic 0,01 EUR authorisation on a debit or a credit card at pick-up, with no extra cover needed. The lowest deposits among the others come with the companies’ own cover. GaldieriRent drops from 600-1,000 EUR to 100 EUR, and Viaggiare from 700 EUR to 150 EUR, when you take their zero-excess cover, which costs more per day. Both want a credit card. Without that cover, Filorent blocks 490 EUR on most cars, and Alamo and Enterprise block 500 EUR on a debit or a credit card. The highest deposits are at Target Rent (1,500-2,000 EUR), Vivarent (about 1,250 EUR) and Last Minute Rent (1,000 EUR).

Brindisi has one terminal, and most rental desks are in the car rental building right next to it. Alamo and Enterprise share an office in that building, opposite the arrivals exit: follow the car rental signs. Locauto, Thrifty, Dollar, Keddy and Autovia are also in the rental area by the terminal. Felirent is about 15-20 m from the terminal, on the left as you walk out, and Target Rent is on the left in the first car park. The six shuttle companies work like this:

• GaldieriRent and Last Minute Rent are on Via Egnazia, about 2.3 km from the terminal. Call GaldieriRent on the number in your voucher when you land, and its branded shuttle collects you in front of the arrivals exit
• Vivarent and Street Rent a Car are also on Via Egnazia. Vivarent asks you to call when you land and go to its shuttle meeting point
• Filorent is on Via San Vito, about 2.3 km away. Call on arrival, and the meeting point is outside arrivals
• Viaggiare is on Contrada Montenegro, about 600 m away. The meeting point is outside arrivals, by the first lane for taxis and shuttles

Autorentwiz tip: groups of six or seven often ask us for one 7-seater at Brindisi. Seven-seat cars are few here: in our search, Felirent had a Peugeot 5008 from 322 EUR a week, Locauto a Volkswagen Caravelle van from 331 EUR and Enterprise a 9-seat Caravelle from 351 EUR. Two small cars can cost less in total, but you need two drivers, two cards and two deposits. Send us your group size and dates on Messenger, and we will compare both options.

At Brindisi the desks keep the same hours every day of the week, but none of our companies opens before 08:00, so an early morning flight means waiting. Alamo, Enterprise, Locauto, Thrifty, Dollar, Keddy and Filorent work until 23:00 and Target Rent until 22:00. Felirent and Autovia close at 21:00, Viaggiare at 20:30, and GaldieriRent, Last Minute Rent, Vivarent and Street Rent a Car at 20:00. Vivarent, Street Rent a Car, Filorent and Autovia hold your car for 2 hours after the booked time, Dollar and Keddy for only 29 minutes, and most others for about an hour. Add your flight number to the booking.

The Q8 station on Via Maddalena is about 1 km south of the terminal, on the road from Brindisi to the airport, and it is listed as open 24 hours. Fill up there, because most rental conditions ask for the same fuel level you started with, and the refuelling charge at the desk is much higher than the pump price.

Yes, but the choice is small. Only 6 of the 15 companies we recommend accept a debit card, and all six have their desk at the airport: Locauto (no deposit, only a 0,01 EUR card authorisation), Alamo and Enterprise (500 EUR), Thrifty and Dollar (700 EUR) and Keddy (800 EUR). The other nine, including all six shuttle companies, take credit cards only. Even with a debit card, some big cars need a credit card: at Thrifty that includes the intermediate SUV, at Alamo and Keddy the premium cars. At the desk you need a physical Visa or Mastercard in the main driver’s name, with the card number printed on the front, and Alamo does not take Maestro. Our guide to renting a car in Italy with a debit card explains what the desk checks.

None of the 15 companies we recommend at Brindisi accepts cards from online-only banks such as Revolut: all of them list these cards as not accepted. If Revolut is the only card you have, send us your dates on Messenger before you book. Our Bari Airport guide covers the options at Bari, about 1 hour 25 minutes away.

Locauto asks for no deposit at Brindisi, only a symbolic 0,01 EUR authorisation on a debit or a credit card at pick-up. Among companies that take a deposit, the lowest are GaldieriRent at 100 EUR and Viaggiare at 150 EUR, both only with their own zero-excess cover, which costs more per day, and both with a credit card. With a debit card, the lowest deposit among companies that take one is 500 EUR at Alamo and Enterprise. Our guide to saving money on car rental shows how to weigh the deposit against the price.

At Brindisi the excess, the part of any damage you pay yourself, was about 1,200-3,050 EUR in our search, and up to about 4,200 EUR at Felirent. Locauto had the lowest, from 1,200 EUR, and Viaggiare one of the highest, 3,000 EUR without its own cover. You can cover it in two ways. Full coverage added online when you book costs less per day, but the desk still blocks the normal deposit, and if something happens you pay the company and claim the money back from the insurer. The company’s own cover, sold at the desk, costs more but removes the excess on the spot and can cut the deposit, as with GaldieriRent (100 EUR) and Viaggiare (150 EUR). If you already bought full coverage, you do not need the desk cover as well. Our pick-up tips show how to film the car and what to check at pick-up.

Across all offers, car rental at Brindisi Airport costs about 24 EUR a day on average over the year. November is the cheapest month at about 12 EUR a day, about half the yearly average, and April the most expensive at about 34 EUR. May and June are almost as dear. August, at about 26 EUR, costs less than June, July or September here. Most rentals at Brindisi last 5 to 8 days, and 9 in July.

Daily average across all offers at Brindisi Airport for each pick-up month, data from October 2026. Prices move every day.

Season	Months	Average per day	What to expect
Low	November, February, January	about 12-14 EUR	The lowest prices of the year
Shoulder	December, March, October	about 18-21 EUR	Good value outside the holiday weeks
High	August, July, September	about 26-31 EUR	The beach season
Peak	May, June, April	about 32-34 EUR	The most expensive weeks of the year

Our November search found these starting prices per day by car class. The cheapest small cars started at about 4 EUR a day, a compact SUV cost about the same as a compact car, and vans with 7 or more seats started at about 45 EUR a day.

Autorentwiz tip: many of our Brindisi customers plan to drop the car at Bari Airport, about 125 km north, and fly home from there. A one-way rental can be cheaper than driving back, but some companies add a fee at the desk. Send us both airports and your dates on Messenger, and we will find the companies that do it without a big surcharge.

Brindisi and Bari are the two main airports of Puglia, about 125 km and 1 hour 25 minutes apart. For Lecce, Otranto and the rest of Salento, Brindisi is closer: Lecce is about 45 km and 40 minutes away. For Polignano a Mare, Alberobello and the Itria Valley, Bari is closer. Ostuni is about halfway, 40 minutes from Brindisi.

What we compared	Brindisi (BDS)	Bari (BRI)
Debit cards, of the companies we recommend	6 companies, all at the airport	Locauto and RecordGo
Where the desks are	9 of our 15 at the airport, 6 by shuttle	Locauto and Sicily By Car in the terminal, the rest by shuttle
Average price per day, November and July	about 12 and 30 EUR	about 14 and 32 EUR
Most expensive month	April, about 34 EUR	April, about 38 EUR
Drive to Lecce	about 40 minutes	about 1 hour 50 minutes
Drive to Polignano a Mare	about 1 hour	about 35 minutes

If you only have a debit card, Brindisi gives you more choice, and its prices were a little lower in most months. Our Bari Airport guide covers the companies there.

The airport is on the north edge of Brindisi, a few minutes from the SS379 dual carriageway north to Ostuni and Bari and the SS613 south to Lecce. Neither road has tolls, and there are no motorways in Salento. In July and August, plan for slow traffic on the roads to the beaches.

The old town of Lecce is a restricted traffic zone with cameras at the gates. On weekdays it is closed to cars from 13:00 to 16:30 and from 20:00 to 10:00, and on Sundays and holidays all day; the Porta Napoli gate works 24 hours. Staying inside? Your hotel can register your plate for luggage drop-off only, and it needs to know at least 48 hours ahead. In Ostuni, the historic centre is closed on weekdays from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 07:00, and on Saturdays from 10:00 to midnight. A fine of about 83-335 EUR arrives weeks later through the rental company, plus its admin fee, so park outside the old towns and walk in.

From the port of Brindisi, Grimaldi Lines sails to Igoumenitsa in mainland Greece at least once a day, in about 8 hours, and in summer there are ferries to Corfu. Before you book, check two rules in the rental conditions: whether the company allows the car on a ferry, and whether Greece is on its list of countries. Of our 15 companies, only Alamo, Locauto and Filorent allow both, at no extra charge, and Filorent wants written permission. Enterprise and Vivarent allow Greece but not the ferry, and none of our companies allows Albania.

Otranto, on the Adriatic coast south of Lecce, is about 90 km and 1 hour 15 minutes from the airport. Its historic centre is closed to cars all year, so leave the car outside and walk in.

Alberobello, with its white trulli houses, is about 75 km and 1 hour north-west. It has no gated ZTL, but parking in the zones near the trulli is paid from 09:00 to 20:00 or later.

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