If you’re visiting Lansing and would like a car during your stay, you’ll find several reputable car rental agencies dotted in and around the city.
A street view in Lansing (Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans via Flickr / CC BY 2.0)
The capital city of Michigan has plenty to keep visitors entertained, including historic landmarks, top-class museums, great shopping and fabulous restaurants. And with many of its attractions relatively spread out, the benefits of having access to your own car is obvious. We’ve selected the best car rental agencies located downtown and at the airport, along with our preferred RV rental company, below.
Downtown Lansing: Enterprise
For downtown rentals in Lansing, we’d recommend Budget. Their downtown office is open daily and when we conducted some online searches for week-long rentals we were persuaded by their impressive selection of cars, from basic but reliable models like a Ford Focus priced at $295 per week, to more premium options such as a Ford Escape SUV for $346 per week. For returns, there’s an after-hours service that lets you drop the keys off in a drop box so you don’t have to worry about the rental desk being open.
Lansing Airport: National
Situated 3 miles northwest of downtown Lansing, Capital Region International Airport (formerly Lansing Airport) has a total of 6 car rental agencies, all with a check-in desk in the baggage claim area. Our choice for the best agency based at the airport is National, thanks to the excellent range of their fleet. Among the best value deals we found were a Mitsubishi Mirage for $343 per week and a Hyundai Veloster for $294 per week. The rental desk is open from 8am to 8pm daily, except for Saturday when it closes at 4pm. National’s ready-and-return spaces are located within walking distance of the terminal building.
RV Rental: Outdoorsy
Outdoorsy is a peer-to-peer online platform for RV owners to advertise and rent out their RVs for short-term periods. The main benefit of using a marketplace like Outdoorsy is that you’ll often find much cheaper deals than with standard rental agencies. When we searched for RVs in Lansing, we found numerous options available for pick-up across the city. Among them were a 2017 Coachmen Freelander for $1,022 per week that sleeps 5 and can be picked up from the city centre. For something bigger, there was also a Keystone Hideout available for an extremely affordable $742 per week that sleeps 10 and can also be collected from a central location.