You can cancel any booking through us free of charge up to 24 hours before rental.
To cancel, simply let our service team know within our opening hours.
Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Wurttemberg and lies in one of Germany's largest wine-growing regions. The Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera House are also part of the city. If you are a car fan, you can also visit the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. The Wilhelma, Europe's largest zoological and botanical garden, hosts regular festivals. Book your hired car for the airport and start your independent trip directly from the airport.
Fall and spring have to most enjoyable temperatures of all seasons, because it’s neither too hot nor too cold. Due to the falling leaves Stuttgart is beautifully decorated in the fall season and with good weather you can have a fantastic holiday. Stuttgart has a lot to offer, even at this season. Especially with festivals and events, like the famous Cannstatter Volksfest, which is the Oktoberfest of Stuttgart. It starts at the end of September and lasts two weeks. But if you are not into festivals or events, because you enjoy a cosy evening in a bar or a restaurant more, then Stuttgart has a lot to offer for you. Visit the Mata Hari, which is at day a beautiful restaurant and turns at night into a really full bar. If your time is to precious to look for any specific bars, because they are going to be crowded anyways, just take a walk along the Königsstraße, the famous street of Stuttgart. In this street you will find any shop you need. If the weather is bad then spend a day in the Milano, a shopping mall to which you can drive easily with your hired car to spend a pleasant day. Have fun with your hired car in Stuttgart!
Stuttgart Airport is the largest of a total of three airports in Baden-Württemberg. It is located twelve kilometers from the city center of Stuttgart. Aircraft from all major airports in Germany land in Stuttgart. The flight from Stuttgart to Hamburg takes only one hour and fifteen minutes. In the meantime, numerous low-cost flights are also landing in this airport. You can pick up your reserved hired car at the airport and explore the city in comfort. The airport's IATA code is STR.
On the grounds of the airport is an OMV fuel station located, which is open 24/7. There you can fuel your hired car after you picked it up, so you can explore Stuttgart and surroundings right away. If you chose the best fuel option (full/full) at the online booking, you can fill the hired car before returning it here at the OMV fuel station. Put notice, that if you return the car empty, without fueling it first, even though you chose the best fuel option (full/full), the rental company will keep a small amount of the deposit.
You can find a hired car easily on our website. You just indicate the filters that match your perception. Those filters include the vehicle class and type, included services and insurance benefits as well as vehicle characteristics. You also specify with how many people you are travelling and if one of your companions has a driving license, we recommend that you include an additional driver. This additional driver is also eligible to drive the hired car, so the insurances count for the person. So you can take turns with driving and you don’t have to drive all the time by yourself. You also have the option to chose one of our three service packages instead of filtering everything individually.
Service package 1 (Base) | Service package 2 (Plus) | Service package 3 (All-round carefree) |
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Best fuel option (full/full) | Best fuel option (full/full) | Best fuel option (full/full) |
Full comprehensive insurance & theft protection | Full comprehensive insurance & theft protection | Full comprehensive insurance & theft protection |
Without excess | Without excess | |
Unlimited Mileage | Unlimited Mileage | |
Glass & tire protection |
With us you really have the option to cancel the booked hired car up to 24 hours before the pick-up. But please inform yourself before booking a hired car, because some rental companies have the option to cancel the hired car just up to 48 hours before the pick-up. If you cancel 72 hours before the pick-up, you can’t just write an e-mail, but you’re also obliged to ring us and inform us by phone, so we can cancel the hired car for you without any problems.
In Stuttgart you don't have to pay attention to any special traffic regulations. Hire a car cheaply at the airport and drive with your hired car to the special sights of Stuttgart and the surrounding area. Be aware of the different speed limits so that you don't have to conflict with the law or pay fines. In the list below you find the basic speed limits in Germany. You are obligated to wear a seatbelt in Germany, so that you should carry out every trip with a seatbelt. In Stuttgart and the surrounding area there are many petrol stations where you can refuel your hired car.
One of the places of interest in Stuttgart, which you can reach quickly and cheaply with a hired car from your car hire company, is the birthplace of Gottlieb Daimler, the Mercedes-Benz museum, which was bought by Daimler Benz in 1979 and subsequently restored. Today, the building is a conference venue for Daimler AG and a museum at the same time. Among other things, the museum houses the journeyman's work, personal items and drawings by Gottlieb Daimler.
The sights in Stuttgart include for example, the Stuttgart State Gallery, which you can reach conveniently and inexpensively with your hired car. It has a large collection of sculptures and paintings from the 14th to 21st century. The Staatsgalerie is also one of the most visited museums in Germany. You can safely park your hired car in the Car park of the Staatsgalerie. There are currently around 800 works of art in the Staatsgalerie's collection. The Prints and Drawings collection contains 40,000 sheets. Each year, around eight exhibitions are held in the Staatsgalerie, including a comprehensive guided tour programme.
By hired car you can drive to Leonberg Castle, because there the castle Leonberg and the Pomeranzengarten invite you to a visit. The city was founded in 1248. The former town castle was turned into a castle by Aberlin Tretsch between 1560 and 1565. Park your hired car on the grounds of the castle and have a look at the beautiful terraced garden with the Pomeranian house and fountain.
The Pomeranian garden of the castle hasn’t been used a long time and was rebuild in 1980. It’s one of the few terraced gardens from the High Renaissance period that has survived in Europe. The beds offer a colorful variety of flowers, for example spice and medicinal plants. Enjoy your time in Stuttgart.
A hired car at Stuttgart Airport costs 12 £ per day. For a week you can get a hired car from 79 £.
At Stuttgart Airport you can hire a car without a credit card from 19 £ per day. The payment is then made simply by direct debit. With some providers you can also pay by PayPal. Please note that you often need a credit card to pay the deposit on site. Some providers also allow you to deposit the deposit in cash. You will find your options in the rental conditions.
Stuttgart Airport is open 24 hours a day. The opening hours of the car hire companies vary depending on the provider. Pick-up outside opening hours is generally possible for an additional fee.
Plan enough buffer time when returning your hired car. Depending on the selected refuelling regulation, you must fill up your hired car accordingly before returning it. The nearest gas station is located directly next to Stuttgart Airport.
Thanks to the one-way rental, you can easily return your hired car at another airport. MietwagenCheck cooperates with all well-known car hire companies. Use this service if your onward flight is from Frankfurt or Zurich, for example.