Alamo Car Hire in Edinburgh

Alamo's counter at Edinburgh Airport sits inside the Car Hire Centre, a separate building reached via a covered walkway roughly three to five minutes from the terminal — no shuttle required. The desk operates daily from 7:00 AM to 11:59 PM; for late-night returns outside those hours, a secure key drop box on the Car Hire Centre wall handles the handover. Scotland abolished road bridge tolls in 2008, so driving in and around Edinburgh carries no toll costs, but fuel runs around 135 pence per litre for petrol and 143 pence per litre for diesel — a 50-litre fill costs roughly GBP 67-72, noticeably higher than most visitors are used to. Edinburgh operates a Low Emission Zone in the city centre enforced by number plate recognition cameras; Alamo's fleet meets the compliance standard, so no daily charge applies to your hire vehicle. A credit card in the primary driver's name is required at pickup, where Alamo places an authorisation hold of around GBP 200 for standard vehicle categories — larger or premium classes carry a higher hold. Drivers whose licence uses a non-Latin script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Japanese) must present an International Driving Permit alongside the original licence. The minimum hire age is 25 at this location.