National Car Rental review
Updated September 30, 2026 · NomadCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 30, 2026
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Our verdict
National Car Rental suits travelers who want a car arranged as part of a trip and who prefer handling changes themselves, with free online cancellation and a mobile app for it. It scores 9.4 overall, and the trade-off is a catalogue limited to car rental.
Key facts
- Best for
- Travelers who want a car hired alongside a trip arranged elsewhere.
- Products
- Car-rental↗
- Cancellation terms
- Cancel online free via View/Modify↗
- Mobile app
- Yes↗
- Legal entity
- EAN Services, LLC↗
- Headquarters
- United States↗
- Founded
- 1947↗
- Support channels
- Phone, Chat, Help-centre, Email↗
- Official website
- nationalcar.com
Facts checked September 30, 2026, 5 sources
Apps and profiles
- Get the app
- Google Play
Pros and cons
Pros
- Support runs on phone, chat and help centre, so a phone call, a chat thread, an email and the help centre are all open.
- Reservations can be cancelled online free of charge through View/Modify, per Cancel online free via View/Modify.
- A mobile app is available, which keeps the rental on the handset from booking through to pick-up.
- Car rental is the entire catalogue, per car rental, which keeps the search tighter than a broad seller such as Emirates with flights, hotels and tours.
Cons
- The catalogue stops at car rental, so flights, hotels and transfers have to be arranged with another seller.
- Free cancellation is offered through View/Modify, per Cancel online free via View/Modify, rather than across the wider options in phone, chat and help centre.
- Deposits on car rental bookings sit around €50, with the high end at €150, which is money held beyond the daily rate.
- Daily rates climb to €10.36 at the busy end, so peak weeks cost more than an off-peak rental.
Who it suits
- People who want the rental journey on a phone, since a mobile app is available.
- Travelers who value a self-service route to change a booking: Cancel online free via View/Modify.
- Anyone who prefers a named, long-established counterparty: EAN Services, LLC, based in the United States and trading since 1947.
Who should look elsewhere
- Not for a single-basket holiday: Emirates lists flights, hotels and tours, while National covers car rental.
- Not for tour or rail led trips: Intrepid Travel covers packages, tours and cruise and Čedok covers flights, packages and tours.
What you can book
National Car Rental rents cars and nothing else, so the catalogue runs to car rental and every page is about picking a vehicle, a branch and dates. A mobile app is available, which means the same booking flow can be opened on a phone while waiting for a flight or queuing at a desk. That single focus cuts both ways: it keeps the search short for someone who already knows the car they want, and it leaves flights, hotels and transfers to a separate seller.
Who runs it
National Car Rental has been trading since 1947, and the company behind the name is EAN Services, LLC, based in the United States. Support runs on phone, chat and help centre, so a phone call, a chat thread, an email or a self-service question in the help centre all lead somewhere useful. A long trading record matters in car rental, where the fleet, the counter process and the paperwork have to keep working through every booking season.
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Where National Car Rental is available
- Available
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Saint Barthélemy, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Yemen, Zimbabwe
Countries from the brand (Source, checked September 30, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What can I book on National Car Rental?+
Car rental, and that is the entire list, per car rental. National does not add flights, hotels, transfers or tours to the basket, so a trip needing a vehicle plus a plane ticket has to be split across separate bookings. It sits naturally as the ground transport piece of a trip arranged elsewhere rather than as the single place a whole holiday is put together.
How do I change or cancel a reservation?+
Cancellations are free when they are made online through the View/Modify area of a reservation, per Cancel online free via View/Modify. That gives a traveler a self-service route for changing or dropping a booking. Anything that needs a conversation goes through support instead, which runs on phone, chat and help centre.
Is there a mobile app?+
A mobile app is available, and it carries the same rental journey as the online booking. From a phone, a reservation can be opened, reviewed and, under Cancel online free via View/Modify, cancelled free of charge. For someone landing and heading straight to the counter, keeping the booking on the handset avoids a trip back to a laptop.
What support can I reach if a rental goes wrong?+
Support runs on phone, chat and help centre. A phone call covers anything urgent at a counter, chat suits a question while waiting, and the help centre and email suit anything that needs a written trail. With several channels open, a stuck booking can be pushed forward without starting the whole enquiry again from scratch.
Who is behind the brand?+
National Car Rental is run by EAN Services, LLC, a company based in the United States that has been trading since 1947. That length of record matters in car rental, where the fleet, the counter process and the paperwork have to hold up through a full booking season rather than a launch period.
How much does a rental cost per day?+
Daily car rental rates sit around €6.50, with busier listings pushing towards €10.36 and quieter ones starting at €3.68. Location, dates and car class all move the final figure, so compare like for like before committing to a long rental rather than a weekend one.
Is there a deposit when I pick the car up?+
Car rental deposits sit around €50, with the low end at €26.31 and the high end at €150. Because the figure shifts by branch and by booking, it is better treated as part of the cost of the rental than as something that appears at the counter. Budget for it next to the daily rate.
Can I book a car together with my flight and hotel?+
Not here. National covers car rental only, while Emirates lists flights, hotels and tours and Čedok covers flights, packages and tours. A trip needing a plane, a bed and a vehicle arranged together suits a seller with a broader catalogue, so National fits better as the rental booked alongside the rest of the holiday.
Sources
- nationalcar.com/en/car-rental-locations.html checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Products
“Global Car Rental Locations”
- nationalcar.com/en/emerald-club/national-mobile-app.html checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Mobile app
“Download the National Car Rental app”
- nationalcar.com/en/legal/terms-of-use.html checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Legal entity
“600 Corporate Park Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63105”
- nationalcar.com/en/support/car-rental-faqs/cancel-reserva... checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Cancellation terms
“At National, we offer a few ways to cancel your reservation online.”
- nationalcar.com/en/support/contact-us.html checked September 30, 2026
Backs: Founded, Support channels
“Founded in 1947, National has grown from 60 locations in the U.S.”
Compiled from 5 source pages, checked September 30, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Booking fees.