{"id":114057,"date":"2025-12-30T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/114057\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:26:10","slug":"palm-springs-and-long-beach-among-priciest-car-rental-destinations-in-the-u-s-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/114057\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Springs and Long Beach among priciest car rental destinations in the U.S. this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Palm Springs ranks as the third most expensive airport in the United States for car rentals this winter, according to new research from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapcarrental.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CheapCarRental.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CheapCarRental.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">The California desert destination trails only Hawaii&#8217;s Kona and Kahului airports, with travelers paying an average of $91 per day for the most affordable rental vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">The survey analyzed car rental prices at 100 U.S. airports for the period from December 2025 through February 2026. Kona International Airport on Hawaii&#8217;s Big Island topped the list overall, with an average daily rate of $127, followed by Kahului Airport on Maui at $104. Palm Springs Airport was third, narrowly ahead of Long Beach Airport, where average daily rates reach $90.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">Other California airports feature prominently throughout the ranking. In addition to Palm Springs and Long Beach, Burbank Airport ranked seventh place overall, with an average daily rate of $79. Oakland Airport followed at $75, while San Francisco International Airport averaged $72 per day. At Los Angeles International Airport, travelers can expect to pay around $71, with Santa Ana Airport coming in at $65.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">Across all 100 airports included in the study, the average cost of renting a car this winter is $62.25 per day, representing a modest 1% increase compared with last winter. Winter car rental prices remain significantly lower than in the summer months. On average, rates this winter are down by more than 17% compared with summer levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">The list below shows the 10 most expensive U.S. destinations for renting a car this winter. Prices reflect average daily rates for the most affordable rental vehicle between December 1 and February 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">1.\u00a0Kona (KOA) $127<br \/>2. Kahului (OGG) $104<br \/>3. Palm Springs (PSP) $91<br \/>4. Long Beach (LGB) $90<br \/>5. Madison (MAD) $83<br \/>6. Boise (BOI) $81<br \/>7. Lihue (LIH) $79<br \/>7. Burbank (BUR) $79<br \/>9. Louisville (SDF) $77<br \/>10. Phoenix (PHX) $76<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">For the full results of the survey, go to:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapcarrental.com\/survey\/winter-2025-2026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.cheapcarrental.com\/survey\/winter-2025-2026.html;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.cheapcarrental.com\/survey\/winter-2025-2026.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">Press Contact:\u00a0Charlotte Smith.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/mailto:charlotte@cheapcarrental.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:charlotte@cheapcarrental.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\">charlotte@cheapcarrental.com<\/a>\u00a0+1-805-308-9660 (for all questions\u00a0related to our survey, please email)<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Cision\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/> Cision      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-7hmkaz\">View original content:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/palm-springs-and-long-beach-among-priciest-car-rental-destinations-in-the-us-this-winter-302650363.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/palm-springs-and-long-beach-among-priciest-car-rental-destinations-in-the-us-this-winter-302650363.html;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/palm-springs-and-long-beach-among-priciest-car-rental-destinations-in-the-us-this-winter-302650363.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Palm Springs ranks as the third most expensive airport in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[61097,61095,61094,131,1475,133,132,1476,9549,61096,603],"class_list":["post-114057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-burbank-airport","tag-kahului-airport","tag-kona-international-airport","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-airport","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-international-airport","tag-palm-springs","tag-palm-springs-airport","tag-san-francisco-international-airport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}