EconomyBookings.com is the easiest way to book a one-way car rental from Las Vegas without guessing at the drop fee — 890+ supplier partnerships and a zero hidden fees policy show the total upfront. But it isn't the only path: book direct with Hertz or Enterprise and you'll hit each brand's own one-way policy (Hertz charges a flat $12.99 fee to change your return location; Enterprise often waives its fee for in-state drops), or skip the fee question entirely with a relocation rental like Imoova, which pairs travellers with cars that rental brands need moved — from $1/day.
| Rank | Option | Type | One-Way Fee / Rate | Coverage | Free Cancel | Economy From | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EconomyBookings.com | Aggregator | Shown upfront · Zero fees policy | 890+ suppliers, full US network | ✓ | $9/day | 9.7 |
| 2 | DiscoverCars.com | Aggregator | Partial display | 1,000+ suppliers | ✓ | ~$11/day | 8.9 |
| 3 | Enterprise | Direct brand | Often waived in-state | 7,000+ US locations | Selective | ~$38/day | 8.5 |
| 4 | Hertz | Direct brand | $12.99 change fee | Nationwide US network | Selective | ~$42/day | 8.2 |
| 5 | Avis | Direct brand | Route-dependent surcharge | Nationwide US network | Selective | ~$40/day | 7.8 |
| 6 | Imoova | Relocation marketplace | No fee — from $1/day | Route-dependent listings | Varies | $1/day | 7.6 |
| 7 | Budget | Direct brand | Route-dependent, occasional promos | Nationwide US network | Selective | ~$34/day | 7.4 |
| 8 | SIXT | Direct brand | Built into quoted rate | US airport + city network | Selective | ~$45/day | 7.1 |
| 9 | Auto Driveaway | Driveaway network | No day rate — gas allowance | Long-distance routes only | N/A (deposit-based) | Gas allowance | 6.8 |
Once you start comparing direct brands for a one-way trip, the real problem becomes obvious: Hertz shows you Hertz's policy, Enterprise shows you Enterprise's policy, and neither tells you whether the other one is cheaper for your exact LAS route on your exact date. EconomyBookings solves this by querying 890+ suppliers — including the same Hertz, Enterprise, Avis, and Budget fleets you'd find booking direct — and showing the all-in one-way total (base rate plus drop fee) upfront under a formal zero hidden fees policy.
That matters most on interstate routes like LAS → LA or LAS → Phoenix, where direct brands calculate the one-way surcharge per route rather than publishing a flat number. EconomyBookings' aggregated view surfaces whichever supplier has the lowest drop fee for that specific corridor on that specific day, something no single direct brand's site can do. The one scenario where a direct brand can beat it: Enterprise's in-state one-way waiver, which eliminates the fee entirely on qualifying Nevada routes — a fee that simply doesn't exist to aggregate. For every other route, EconomyBookings' 890+ supplier comparison plus best price guarantee makes it the most reliable one-way starting point.
DiscoverCars is the second aggregator worth checking for a Las Vegas one-way trip, and it serves as a useful cross-check against EconomyBookings — with a supplier count above 1,000 and solid US Southwest coverage, it occasionally surfaces a lower drop fee on a route where a different subset of suppliers responds. Its 275,000+ Trustpilot reviews provide meaningful confidence in the booking experience, and free cancellation is broadly available.
Where it trails EconomyBookings specifically for one-way is drop fee display: the treatment of one-way surcharges is not consistently all-in across every supplier result, so a route that looks cheapest on DiscoverCars can shift once the drop fee is confirmed at checkout. Still, running both aggregators side by side before deciding between an aggregator and a direct brand is a reasonable extra step for a route with a wide reported fee range.
Enterprise is the largest direct-book option by physical footprint in the US, with neighborhood branches beyond airport counters — useful because a one-way Las Vegas trip doesn't have to start or end at Harry Reid International. Its practice of waiving the one-way fee for in-state moves is a genuine advantage unmatched by most direct brands: a Las Vegas to Reno or other in-state Nevada drop can come with no one-way surcharge at all.
Cross-state drops like LAS → LA or LAS → Phoenix still carry a fee, but Enterprise doesn't publish it as a flat rate — it's calculated per route at booking. Book direct if you already know you want an Enterprise vehicle specifically (loyalty points, a corporate account, or a confirmed in-state route that qualifies for the waiver); otherwise the fee opacity on interstate one-way routes is exactly the problem EconomyBookings' upfront aggregation solves.
Hertz publishes one of the more transparent direct-brand one-way structures: changing your return location on an existing reservation carries a flat $12.99 change fee, separate from any distance-based one-way surcharge already built into the rental rate itself. That flat fee is lower and more predictable than the opaque per-route calculations some competitors use — useful if you're already committed to a Hertz reservation and decide mid-trip to drop the car somewhere other than planned.
Gold Plus Rewards members skip the counter entirely, which matters more on a one-way itinerary where pickup timing is tighter. The tradeoff versus EconomyBookings: Hertz shows you only Hertz's one-way rate, not the 890+ supplier comparison that surfaces whether a different brand is cheaper for the same LAS route on the same day.
Avis is a fixture at Harry Reid International for one-way bookings, and Avis Preferred members get a genuinely faster counter experience than any aggregator can offer — the loyalty tier bypasses paperwork on repeat one-way trips. Avis's one-way surcharge is route-dependent and not published as a flat number; a Las Vegas–to-Phoenix drop can price meaningfully differently from a Las Vegas–to-San Diego drop even at similar mileage, and the only way to know is to price the exact dates directly on Avis's site.
As part of Avis Budget Group, which also owns Budget, Avis periodically runs promotional free one-way offers on specific routes when the company needs to rebalance its fleet — worth checking before assuming the surcharge is fixed.
Imoova operates on a completely different model than every other entry on this list — it doesn't own cars; it lists relocation deals from partner rental brands, including Hertz, Avis, Thrifty, and Budget, who need a vehicle moved from Las Vegas to another city and would rather have a paying driver do it than pay to transport it themselves. The result is one-way rentals from $1/day, sometimes with $50–500 in gas or mileage compensation on top, depending on the route and how urgently the partner brand needs the car relocated.
The catch is real: relocation deals only exist where a brand's fleet is imbalanced, so availability is unpredictable — a LAS → LA relocation listing might appear tomorrow and nothing for two weeks after. It's not a substitute for a bookable-any-day one-way rental; it's a standing search worth running before you book anything else, because when a matching route appears, no other option on this list comes close on price.
Budget is the value-positioned half of Avis Budget Group, and its Las Vegas one-way policy mirrors Avis's route-dependent surcharge structure — priced per route at booking rather than published as a flat fee. Where Budget earns a mention specifically is the same fleet-rebalancing mechanic as its sister brand: because Avis Budget Group manages both fleets across the same network, free or discounted one-way promotions occasionally appear on Budget listings for routes where the company needs cars moved, particularly during off-peak Las Vegas travel windows.
Budget's base rates run lower than Avis or Hertz for comparable economy classes, which somewhat offsets the surcharge risk. As with every direct brand on this list, you only see Budget's own rate — cross-checking against EconomyBookings' aggregated view remains the only way to confirm whether Budget's one-way total is actually competitive for your specific route.
SIXT's approach to one-way is the most straightforward of the direct brands: the one-way charge is folded into the quoted rate at the time of booking rather than added as a separate line-item fee, so the price shown in the SIXT app for a LAS → LA one-way search is close to the final total. The tradeoff is that SIXT's premium-leaning fleet (BMW and Mercedes-Benz alongside economy options) prices higher at the base rate than economy-focused competitors, so the "no surprise fee" transparency comes at a higher starting number.
The SIXT app handles the entire booking and return-location change process without a phone call, a genuine convenience advantage over Hertz's flat change-fee process or Avis's counter-based surcharge confirmation. For travellers who want price certainty over the absolute lowest headline rate, SIXT direct is a reasonable single-supplier choice.
Auto Driveaway is not a car rental company in the conventional sense — it's a driveaway service that matches vehicle owners (private owners and dealerships, not just rental fleets) needing a car moved across the country with approved drivers willing to make the trip. There's no daily rental rate; instead, approved routes typically come with a gas allowance and a mileage or time limit to complete the drive, and drivers cover their own return trip.
This model works for genuinely long, one-directional moves — Las Vegas to Chicago or Las Vegas to the East Coast — far better than it works for a short LAS → LA weekend trip, where matching routes are less common and the application process (background check, driving record, deposit) takes longer than a same-day rental booking. It's the outlier on this list: not a fit for most Las Vegas one-way travellers, but worth knowing about for anyone already planning a genuine one-way cross-country drive that happens to start in Las Vegas.
This ranking spans three fundamentally different booking models — aggregators, direct brands, and relocation marketplaces — so we weighted all nine on six factors that apply across the board, with emphasis on fee transparency and booking certainty: