HOLIDAYS

Car rental in Aruba at Christmas and New Year: high season prices and hours

By Guljar Hosen · 20 October 2026

Christmas and New Year fall in high season at Speed Car Rental in Aruba: 15 December to 15 April. For 3 days or more our six automatic cars cost $80 to $180 a day in high season. The office is open every day, including holidays, from 8 am to 6 pm.

Prices are in US dollars and match our Rates page. Taxes and fees are added, including a 15% government tax on the rental price. You see the exact total, including taxes and fees, before you book.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

High season prices for Christmas and New Year

High season starts on 15 December and runs to 15 April.

Low season, with lower prices, runs from 16 April to 14 December. Everything from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day is high season. If your rental crosses 14 and 15 December, the booking site shows the exact total for your dates before you book.

CarSeats1 or 2 days3 days or more
CarNissan MarchSeats41 or 2 days$1003 days or more$80
CarNissan VersaSeats51 or 2 days$1453 days or more$100
CarNissan JukeSeats51 or 2 days$1503 days or more$110
CarHyundai SonataSeats51 or 2 days$1503 days or more$100
CarChevy TraxSeats51 or 2 days$1503 days or more$110
CarHyundai StarexSeats121 or 2 days$2503 days or more$180

Prices are per day, in US dollars, before taxes and fees. Count your suitcases before your seats: the March, Versa, Sonata and Trax take 2 suitcases each, the Starex takes 4, and for the Juke you can ask us on WhatsApp. Our guide to which car to rent in Aruba compares all six.

Christmas week,
see your exact total

Choose your dates and the booking site shows each available car with its exact total, including taxes and fees.

What a Christmas to New Year rental costs

Ten days at the 3 days or more rate, before taxes and fees.

For 3 days or more every day is charged at the lower high season rate, so a 10 day rental is ten times that rate.

CarSeatsA day, 3 days or more10 days
CarNissan MarchSeats4A day, 3 days or more$8010 days$800
CarNissan VersaSeats5A day, 3 days or more$10010 days$1,000
CarNissan JukeSeats5A day, 3 days or more$11010 days$1,100
CarHyundai SonataSeats5A day, 3 days or more$10010 days$1,000
CarChevy TraxSeats5A day, 3 days or more$11010 days$1,100
CarHyundai StarexSeats12A day, 3 days or more$18010 days$1,800

For other lengths, see our guide to how much it costs to rent a car in Aruba. Travelling with children? A child seat is $10 a day: read about car seat rental in Aruba.

Pickup and return on holidays

The office is open every day, including holidays, from 8 am to 6 pm.

Delivery

We bring the car to your hotel or Airbnb, free every day from 8 am to 6 pm, holidays included. Give us the hotel name or Airbnb address when you book. Read how free delivery works.

Collecting at our office

Call or WhatsApp us on +297 735 4999 before you come, so the car is ready.

Returning

Returns are at our office, Tanki Leendert 35L, even if we delivered the car to you. Our free shuttle then takes you to the airport, your hotel or Airbnb, or the cruise port.

If your plans change

Call or WhatsApp us at least one hour before the agreed return time.

Landing on a holiday?
Tell us your flight

Send us your dates and your airline and flight number.

Before 8 am or after 6 pm

Our hours are 8 am to 6 pm, on holidays too. Outside them, ask us first.

Arriving before 8 am or after 6 pm, or need to return the car outside those hours? WhatsApp us on +297 735 4999 before you book, and we will tell you what we can arrange.

Delivered free,
holidays included

To your hotel or Airbnb, every day from 8 am to 6 pm.

Questions and answers

How much does a car rental cost in Aruba at Christmas and New Year?

At Speed Car Rental, Christmas and New Year fall in high season (15 December to 15 April). For 3 days or more a car costs $80 a day (Nissan March), $100 (Nissan Versa or Hyundai Sonata), $110 (Nissan Juke or Chevy Trax) and $180 (12 seat Hyundai Starex). For 1 or 2 days it is $100 to $250 a day. Taxes and fees are added, including a 15% government tax on the rental price.

Yes. At Speed Car Rental the office is open every day, including holidays, from 8 am to 6 pm.

Delivery is free during opening hours, 8 am to 6 pm. For an arrival or a return before 8 am or after 6 pm, WhatsApp us on +297 735 4999 before you book, and we will tell you what we can arrange.

At Speed Car Rental high season runs from 15 December to 15 April, and low season from 16 April to 14 December. If your rental crosses 14 and 15 December, the exact total for your dates is shown before you book.

At Speed Car Rental, 10 days at the high season rate for 3 days or more is $800 for the Nissan March and $1,000 for the Nissan Versa, before taxes and fees. Taxes and fees are added, including a 15% government tax on the rental price.

Guljar Hosen

Founder and CEO, NeoDimensional LLC. Software engineer and designer.