How we compare prices

Renting a car shouldn’t mean checking five different sites just to know if you’re getting a fair price.

Visitteo brings live prices from our partners together in one place, so you can see exactly how much the same car costs across different rental companies and providers — all from a single search. This page explains how that comparison actually works, from the moment you search to the price you see on screen.

One search shows you global and local rental companies at the same location, almost anywhere in the world.

Summary

  • Search runs live through our partners via API — no cached data
  • Results normalized (currency, categories) and shown side by side
  • Same car, same company → different price per partner (independent pricing)
  • Same car, different company → different price (e.g., Sixt vs. Enterprise)
  • Chain: rental company sets base price → partner prices it → Visitteo compares, doesn’t set or mark up
  • Compare on price, company, source (partner), and filters
  • Clicking a result exits to partner’s site to complete booking
  • Currency shown may differ from actual charge currency
  • Visitteo earns commission, doesn’t affect which prices are shown

Why we built Visitteo

We built this comparison site because rental prices for the same car can vary significantly depending on where you look — and most people never find that out until it’s too late to switch.

Booking through the first site you land on, without knowing what another partner or company might be charging for that identical car, means you could easily end up paying more than you needed to.

Visitteo exists to close that gap — instead of trusting one price at face value, you get to see it next to every other option for the same search, and decide for yourself with the full picture in front of you.

What happens when you search

You enter your search terms

You set up the location, pickup/drop-off dates, car type you’re after, and other filters — the same way you would on any single rental site.

We query our partners live

Instead of searching one company at a time, we send your exact search to all of our partners simultaneously. Each one returns its current prices and availability for that search, in real time — not cached or estimated data.

We show you every result together

All the offers come back to Visitteo, and we lay them out side by side, so you’re looking at one full picture of what’s actually available for your search instead of piecing it together yourself across multiple tabs.

Why prices differ

Visitteo partners with Discover Cars and EconomyBookings, who pull live prices from rental companies worldwide and return them to us for your search. Because partners negotiate independently and work with overlapping but not identical rental companies, running your search through both means you see a wider range of prices and availability than checking just one — which is exactly what Visitteo puts side by side for you.

Same car, same company

Our partners each hold their own partnership with the rental companies, and Sixt is a good example. Sixt owns the physical car and sets the terms it rents under, but each of our partners prices that same Sixt car independently. So a Sixt car at the same location, for the same dates, can come back at a different price from each partner offering it.

Same car, different company

Rental companies at the same location often stock the same popular models — a Fiat 500 is a good example. Sixt might have a Fiat 500 available, and so might Enterprise, at that same airport or city location, for your same dates. Even though it’s the identical car, each company sets its own price for it, so you’ll see two (or more) different prices for that Fiat 500 depending on which company is renting it out.

Why this happens

None of this is a pricing error. Partners negotiate their own prices, run their own promotions, and manage their own inventory, so the same underlying car can legitimately carry different price tags depending on who’s offering it at the moment you search.

How comparison works

1. The rental company — first in the chain

It starts with companies like Sixt and Enterprise, who own the physical cars. They set the base prices for those cars at each location, and everything that follows is built on top of that starting price.

2. Our partners — second in the chain

Next come our partners. Each holds its own direct agreement with these rental companies, taking their inventory and setting the prices you’d see if you searched directly on their platform. Because each partner negotiates separately, the same car can end up priced differently on each one.

3. Visitteo — third in the chain

We come last. We don’t have a direct relationship with the rental companies, and we don’t set any prices ourselves. Instead, we come after our partners — when you search, we ask all of them at once what they’re offering for your exact car, location, and dates, and place every result in front of you together. So instead of checking different sites one by one and wondering if you missed a better deal, you see everything they found — for the same car, from the same or different companies — in one place, in one search.

What you’re actually comparing

Price

The headline price is only the starting point — it’s the total our partner quotes for your exact location, dates, and car category. But two prices that look close can hide very different deals underneath, which is exactly why price alone isn’t the whole comparison. That’s what the rest of these details are for.

Car rental company

Every offer tells you which rental company actually owns the car and will hand you the keys — Sixt, Enterprise, or another. This matters because pickup experience, counter service, and car condition can vary company to company, even when the price is nearly identical.

Booking partner

Every offer also shows which Visitteo partner surfaced it.  That’s the platform where your booking is actually made, paid for, and managed, so you always know who to contact if you need to change or cancel.

Filters

Two rentals at the same price can come with very different conditions. Our filters let you compare the details that actually decide what you’ll pay and deal with at pickup:

  • Transmission — automatic or manual, so you’re not surprised at the counter
  • Fuel type — petrol, diesel, hybrid, or electric
  • Fuel policy — full-to-full (return it as you got it) vs. pre-purchased fuel, which can add hidden cost if you don’t use the full tank
  • Insurance — what’s already included in the price versus what you’d need to add, since a “cheaper” car can end up costing more once you add proper cover
  • Deposit — how much gets held on your card at pickup and when it’s released, which can affect your available funds during the trip
  • Location — the exact pickup/drop-off point (airport counter vs. off-site or city-center location), since this changes how easy the handover actually is

Comparing on price alone can be misleading. Two offers priced identically can lead to very different total costs once you factor in fuel policy, insurance coverage, and deposit terms — one might require a full tank of pre-paid fuel and minimal insurance, while the other includes fuel flexibility and full cover for the same price. These filters let you compare the actual value of each offer, not just the price on the label.

Price accuracy and updates

Prices can change after you search

Every price shown on Visitteo reflects what our partner returned at the exact moment you searched. Rental prices update frequently on the partner’s side, so the price you see may differ slightly by the time you complete your booking.

What happens when you click a result

Clicking on any offer takes you to our partner’s site to complete your booking. Visitteo doesn’t process payments or bookings directly — we compare the offers, and the partner handles the reservation itself.

Currency display

Prices may be shown in your local currency for easier comparison. The actual charge at booking is processed by the partner and may appear in their default currency, depending on your payment method and location.

Visitteo does not set the prices

Visitteo doesn’t own, set, or control any of the prices shown on our site. Every price comes directly from our partners, who negotiate their own rates with rental companies and return live pricing to us through their systems. Our role is to collect and display what they offer, not to determine or adjust it in any way — so what you see is exactly what our partner is charging, with nothing added or changed on our end.

Check the details before you book

Visitteo shows you fuel policy, insurance, deposit, and other terms upfront to help you compare — but the final terms are always set by the partner and rental company. Before confirming your booking, take a moment to review the full conditions on the partner’s site, since details like deposit amount, insurance coverage, and cancellation terms can include specifics that go beyond what’s shown in our comparison view.

How it works behind the scenes

API calls, in real time

When you hit search, Visitteo sends your query, location, dates, and car category as a live API call to our partners at the same time. Each partner’s system processes that request against their own live inventory and pricing, then sends the results back to us through the same API connection. There’s no caching or pre-stored data involved — every search triggers a fresh call, so what you see reflects current availability and pricing at that exact moment.

Built for speed and clarity

Our system is designed to fire these API calls in parallel rather than one after another, so you’re not waiting twice as long for multiple sets of results. Once all responses come back, we normalize the data, matching car categories, aligning currencies, and structuring each offer the same way — so results from different partners can sit side by side and be compared fairly, even though they arrive in different formats.

One interface, two sources

The design goal is to keep the behind-the-scenes work out of your way. You don’t need to know how the backend merges the results. You just see one clean list of prices, filters, and companies, with each offer clearly labeled by the partner you’ll book through.

Related policies

Visitteo’s price comparisons are backed by clear policies you can review in full.

Our Affiliate Disclosure explains how Visitteo is funded through partner commissions, and confirms that this funding never influences which prices are shown, how offers are ordered, or which partner appears first — the same live prices are shown to every user, regardless of any commission arrangement.

Our Data Methodology goes into detail on how we pull and process live pricing from our partners — from the real-time API calls triggered by your search, to how we structure and align offers from different partners so they can be compared fairly, to how often prices are refreshed to keep results current.

And our Editorial Policy sets out the standards we follow when writing and maintaining content across the site — including how we keep location guides, comparisons, and price explanations accurate and up to date, and how our editorial decisions stay independent of any partner relationship, so content is written to help you, not to favor one partner over another.

Last updated: September 22, 2026