Renting a car in Uruguay has been one of the easiest things we’ve done since we got here. We simply walked over to Budget Rent A Car (located near Punta Carretas Shopping), asked to rent a car and got one.
To rent a car in Uruguay, all we had to do was show our driver’s license and passport, pay and we were off.
Now, it just so happened that the weekend we decided to rent a car was a holiday, ‘Constitution Day’ Weekend, so we got hit with higher prices because we had to go through Budget instead of one of the smaller local agencies (because they were all sold out.)
One of the smaller agencies would have gladly rented us a car for $20 a day, but she didn’t have any available.
Another local agency would have rented us a car for $22 a day, but he didn’t have any available either.
So renting the car from Saturday morning through Monday morning from Budget was U$S 148… A little steep, but hey, it was worth it for the great time we had.
Now one thing about renting a car in Uruguay you do need to know and be prepared for is they are sticks. Yes, manual transmissions. We had read that on a blog or website prior to moving here, but to actually see it is kind of funny.
Regardless, we had a 2009 Fiat with less than 3,000 km on it. The Fiat had CD player with detachable faceplate with a MP3 input… Our iPods provided a fantastic soundtrack for a great road trip.
Long and short, you should have no problems renting a car in Uruguay. Driving, on the other hand, is a whole different story.