Cheap Car Rentals at Chicago Midway Airport

I had to change my reservation because I did it with a virtual card thru my affirm account and didn’t have a physical card. I I was informed that before the transaction I would have maybe not done it that way. A waste of time and was on hold to change the reservation with hertz for an 45 minutes. The rep at the location couldn’t update the credit card information so I had to call. Just a waste of time and energy!

4.0

Mediocre|May 2021

Staff was friendly and helpful

The car sounded horrible while driving. It made lots of noise and it would randomly decide not to drive after being stopped. For example, stopping at a stop sign. The car wouldn’t moved for about 10 seconds. The same goes for stopping at red lights.

6.0

Okay|Apr 2023

The staff was great but upon arrival the car we agreed to wasn’t available. So we had to either wait for up to an hour our pay extra for a larger vehicle. Other than that our experience was great. Pick-up And drop were easy.

2.0

Poor|Dec 2022

I was unable to utilize my reservation due to the inability to use my digital credit card on my phone because I don’t have a physical one. Very unsatisfied.

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

Very easy picking up my rental. Thank goodness I had reservations in advance. Great customer service

10.0

Wonderful|Jun 2022

The convenience of the car pickup and drop off locations was excellent. The staff members were friendly, the car was clean and comfortable. The whole experience was all I could ask for.

1 out of 36

Dollar

5.2

Fair

115 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Jan 2023

My flight was delayed, and I arrived at the dollar counter, just after they had closed. There was a lady still behind the counter, who informed me that because I had not arrived within two hours of the predetermined time they had rented my vehicle to someone else. How is this practice even legal being that I had already paid for it? I was forced to take rideshare to my destination and then back again the next day at an expense of more than $120. I am quite sure that I had pre-purchased insurance but dollar could not confirm this so I paid for insurance that I didn’t need , my total charge at the counter was an additional $124.22. The type of vehicle I had requested was not available so I had to settle for what they had. There were four shirts laying on the back seat, so I find it difficult to believe the vehicle had been cleaned , I think that the previous customer had just left it clean. Please let me know how to get a refund.

10.0

Wonderful|Jul 2023

Was rather seamless. Woman who checked me in at pick up was a delight and very helpful. Same on delivery end. Van was in great shape and well maintained. Overall was a good experience.

2.0

Poor|Jul 2023

The price was fantastic, and the car was in good shape. But the service was horrible. The lady at the desk refused to help us until our rental time. Then they kept us waiting even though there was no one else picking up a car. When we were ready to pick up the car, The people in the garage hardly gave us the time of day, and the lady at the desk yelled at us for going to the garage before our name was called, even though our car was ready. No one filled out the damage form before we left, and it just seemed like the dollar employees in Chicago were as unhappy as possible to have the jobs that they did.

2.0

Poor|Jun 2023

Horrible customer service car was dirty.

4.0

Mediocre|Jun 2023

Upcharged to a wild degree for tolls and didn’t make it clear at all. As someone from out of town who is not used to Chicago toll roads, they made it almost impossible to avoid being charged way too much. Added on close to $100 to our bill for maybe $5 worth of tolls. Insane. The car also smelled a little like smoke and had a number of scratches and scuffs. The rental checkout and return area was a small, seedy kiosk inside the parking garage instead of at the desk with the other more well-known brands. I would not rent from this company again—despite the lower price, they’ll find a way to charge you extra anyway. At least they didn’t try to scam us out of any money for the scuffs and scratches that were already there, so that’s something.

2.0

Poor|May 2023

We couldn't rent a car before they were closed

1 out of 39

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

8.4

Very Good

43 reviews•1 location

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10.0

Wonderful|Feb 2023

Pleasant, helpful, and attentive. I will rent with them again.

10.0

Wonderful|Oct 2022

The Enterprise crew was wonderful. The car was a little long in the tooth.

10.0

Wonderful|May 2022

The process of picking up and dropping off the vehicle was very smooth and fast. The people at the counter were very friendly, professional, and knowledgeable.

7.9

Good|Aug 2021

The person attention was good. On the negative side, Enterprise had terrible and conflicting signage at Midway airport. You have to use the signs for National because in several places there are no Enterprise signs or they direct you to the wrong floor. Also, we had a malfunction warning light go off in the car within 50 miles of starting to drive our Nissan (the light was cryptic, but using the owner's manual, we figured out that it may have something to do with the automatic breaking system-- but nothing about how serious it was or how to fix it). The malfunction warning light then stayed on for the entire rest of the rental, which made us worry, although the car drove fine.

2.0

Poor|May 2021

Drop off was the only positive to this experience. Park the car and go.

Pricing was terrible. The time it took to be able to talk to staff after an 11 hour flight was terrible. Car selection was terrible.

10.0

Wonderful|Apr 2021

Pick up was easy and the person that helped me was considerate. Drop off was easy and the person who received the drop off was fantastic!

1 out of 15

Alamo

8.1

Very Good

84 reviews•1 location

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8.0

Very Good|Jun 2023

Great, we were upgrade at no cost due to a faulty Apple AirPlay in the first SUV we chose. The staff was very friendly and helpful!!!

10.0

Wonderful|Aug 2022

I liked size and comfortable sitting space. What could have been better is when you clean the carpet in the car it had a sour/unpleasant smell.

2.0

Poor|Apr 2022

They wanted $400.00 deposit and they don't use debit cards for intown rentals. You can only use debit card for flying. You must have an major credit card to rent a car, horrible had to go all the way back home to get credit card

10.0

Wonderful|Jan 2022

Excellent service. Staff was patient and helpful. It was late at night, past the counter service hours. The staff was manning the booth/office in the parking garage. It was cold and late but the staff was patient, helpful and kind. I especially appreciated their service after my long day of traveling/flying. Also the return was easy. Thank you very much. Ethan and his team did a wonderful job.

7.9

Good|Aug 2021

Interior was kind of gross. French fry in carpet & back seat upholstery full of what looked like smashed in play dough

10.0

Wonderful|Jun 2021

They had the best price compared to other companies for a one-way rental. I was able to choose from 4 different vehicles, and the Nissan Sentra I chose was awesome.

The pickup experience was lacking, as there weren’t enough people working and the employees seemed frustrated.

1 out of 28

Budget

5.9

Fair

66 reviews•1 location

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2.0

Poor|Jul 2023

It takes about three hours to pick up the vehicle, and people at pickup location were so rude to customers.

10.0

Wonderful|Jul 2023

Everything was great

2.0

Poor|Jun 2023

Should have been open as listed on the site

6.0

Okay|Apr 2023

Charged me an extra $60 for them to fill the car with gas when I returned it full. Confirmed full by attendant on return, and listed as full on the receipt. Had to make two phone calls to get it corrected

2.0

Poor|Apr 2023

Tried to book rental car through Kayak. Quoted a price of $151. AFTER confirmation, at payment, charged $258. Cancelled and charged $50 cancellation fee by Avis. Absurd and should be criminal business practices. Proceed with caution.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2023

We arrived to the counter to learn that there were no more cars available. At all. We waited forever and finally got a completely different car than we ordered: a gas-guzzling SUV instead of a midsized sedan that we ordered. Not ideal for a huge road trip. The car was very clean but quite dinged up. Everything was WAY more expensive than advertised. Overall I’m super disappointed with Budget. What a misnomer if a business name.

1 out of 22

Thrifty

5.6

Fair

36 reviews•2 locations

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2.0

Poor|Aug 2020

Never know. HaD to cancel due to covid 19 ban

no freaking covid 19

4.4

Mediocre|Jul 2020

The pickup took way to long. I saw another company process 4 customers while I was getting my car. The drop off was easy, however my return didn't get processed so I started getting charged for additional days after I turned my car in.

2.0

Poor|Mar 2020

NOTHING!

I am furious.... I rented a car and never received a confirmation email nor was there a reservation when I got to the airport. AND they didn't have any available cars. I had to rent a car from Alamo for $200+ and it took so long that I still missed my business meeting. I will literally never use kayak again.

2.8

Poor|Nov 2019

Nothing

I lost money on this deal. The rental car company did not acknowledge the 65 dollars that I paid online with kayak and no one is retuning that amount to men they charged me separately for the whole thing. Feel cheated

3.6

Poor|Oct 2019

No, the staff was not super helpful. We waited at least 40 minutes for a car after reserving one. They had a car available that was a step up for an upgrade and in my opinion, they should have offered it to us for the same price since they didn't have a car for us. Dropping our car off was very quick.

Complimentary upgrade since they had no car for us.

4.4

Mediocre|Oct 2019

Staff was very nice and helpful

Cleanliness of vehical

1 out of 12

Airport Van

4.8

Mediocre

37 reviews•1 location

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8.0

Very Good|Mar 2020

The pick up was close by but I didnt realize it would not be at the airport. The sign is super small and if your not looking for it you would miss the pick up spot. Our group waited over 30 minutes before they finally picked us up.

4.4

Mediocre|Dec 2019

Cheap price

A clean car with all the body parts. Clearer information regarding closing time up front instead of at counter.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2019

This is an unethical company. They did not honor their written rental confirmation and left me stranded without a rental car at Midway Airport, and nearly every other car rental company was without vehicles. They provided no justification for failing to live up to their written commitment. Avoid this company!

4.0

Mediocre|Oct 2019

The driver from the rental shuttle stop to their off- offsite location was congenial.

Tires on van were truly bald. Had it not been a cool weekend we woulda had a blow out. Not exaggerating—they had like 0-1 42nds left on them. Van was dirty, lots of stains on light gray fabric seats. Had no head rests in middle row, they’d been removed. We drove it all over middle of Illinois from Chicago and it was not comfortable or safe in the back for our kids without anything to rest head on/protect neck in middle row.

2.0

Poor|Oct 2019

Nothing. One of the worst experiences I’ve ever had with the rental car agency.

They could have the van I rented. Instead I had to then take a shuttle back to the terminal and go through the process of having to rent another van from another company. It was ridiculous.

2.4

Poor|Oct 2019

You have to take shuttle to the rental car mall, then call and wait 20 mind for another shuttle to get to AVR. And to return the car after 4pm you have to Uber from AVR to airport. Very inconvenient.

1 out of 13

Payless

36 reviews•1 location

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9.6

Wonderful|Dec 2017

The drop off went smooth and the employees at the location by Midway airport in Chicago were very sweet and helpful.

2.0

Poor|Nov 2017

Never AGAIN!

NEVER AGAIN! This was booked less than a week before for car to be picked up on the Wed eve of Thanksgiving. They failed to disclose that they were not located with the other rental car companies at the airport, and that you have to take a 2nd shuttle that you call for to get to their lot. I started calling at 4:30pm and after 30 minutes of calling with no answer (once someone answered and hung up the phone), I took a cab to their lot only to find they were closed!!!! Took cab back to the airport and rented from Alamo, and the charge ended up being $110 less then Payless for the 3 day rental.

6.8

Okay|Jun 2017

Late model car provided. Quick check-out, check-in.

Surprised by non-airport location. Long wait for pickup vehicle. Off-airport location with 5:00 pm closing time weekdays. Car needed exterior wash.

7.6

Good|May 2017

Clean car. Quick return. Good value.

Pick up/return not with other companies.

7.6

Good|May 2017

The price was affordable...staff was pleasant. Car was clean.

They don't tell you that you have to take a second shuttle from the first shuttle at Midway. The pick up office is so tiny, my luggage had to be brought in each piece at a time, since it wouldn't fit through the doorway. Only 2 people could wait in the office, it was so small. The parking lot does not have a drive to drop off car, so you just park it anywhere. No one tells you to write down your own mileage and bring it to the desk.

9.6

Wonderful|Apr 2017

Clean well maintained and comfortable. Drove to NYC and back to Chicago for a wedding and was very happy.

Drop off was a bit long but not due yo employees but very rude customer. Handled well by person checking us in.

1 out of 12

Car rental FAQs

What is the cheapest hire car found at Chicago Midway Airport?

In the past two weeks, Cheapflights users have found many deals under ฿2,846/day when booking a car hire at Chicago Midway Airport. The absolute best deal a user found was for ฿1,458/day from Dollar, booked on Oct. 1.

Which car hire providers are at Chicago Midway Airport?

There are 9 car rental providers located at Chicago Midway Airport. The following companies can be found near the Chicago Midway Airport car rental counter:Enterprise Rent-A-Car (8.4)Alamo (8.1)National (7.0)Avis (6.5)Hertz (6.0)Budget (5.9)Thrifty (5.6)Dollar (5.2)Airport Van (4.8)

What car hire company is typically the cheapest at Chicago Midway Airport?

According to our data, users have found the cheapest deals when booking a rental car at Chicago Midway Airport from the following companies over the past two weeks: Hertz (฿1,639/day), Avis (฿1,649/day), and Alamo (฿1,898/day).

Which car hire company is considered to be the best at Chicago Midway Airport?

Taking our users’ ratings and reviews into consideration, Alamo (8.3 rating), Enterprise Rent-A-Car (7.7 rating) and National (7.4 rating) seem to be the best car hire companies at Chicago Midway Airport.

How much does it cost to hire a car at Chicago Midway Airport for a week from Dollar?

From Dollar you can hire a car at Chicago Midway Airport from about ฿19,921 per week on average.

How far in advance should I hire a car at Chicago Midway Airport for the best price?

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How much does it cost to rent a car at Chicago Midway Airport for a month?

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