Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport) (SJO), San Jose, Costa Rica
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Driver's country of residence is United States of America (USA) and age is 30-65
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SIXT at San Jose Airport

Oficentro Plaza Aeropuerto C3, Juan Santamaría Int. Airport
00506 24 313 803
Pick-up instructions
Leave the baggage claim area through the main exit and walk to the right until you find the Malinche restaurant. Please wait in front of the restaurant where our courtesy buses will pick you up and bring to the SIXT branch. If you cannot find the shuttle bus, please call us toll free at 800-800-7498 on any payphone.
Drop-off instructions
Please clarify Drop-off instructions with Car Provider upon Pick-up.
Business hours
Mon:
06:00-22:00
Tue:
06:00-22:00
Wed:
06:00-22:00
Thu:
06:00-22:00
Fri:
06:00-22:00
Sat:
06:00-22:00
Sun:
06:00-22:00
Key box
No

Customer Ratings and Latest Reviews

Value for money
Ease of finding
Agent helpfulness
Pick-up speed
Drop-off speed
Car cleanliness
Car condition

Because we want to make sure each review listed here is left by a real customer, we don’t have the option to post a review here. Instead, we ask each and every customer to leave a review after they return their rental car. This way, you know that all reviews are authentic.

Austria
Geely Coolray 2WD
4/22/25

Pros: We booked very last minute, for the waiting time we got free coffee. Car was clean, new, full tank, everything was great.

Cons: Free coffee for waiting time.
United Kingdom
Geely Okavango 2WD
4/19/25

Pros: Excellent all round. Professional, friendly agent. Easy drop off.
Chile
Geely Coolray 2WD
3/17/25

Pros: Easy and fast

Cons: Location of delivery
United States of America (USA)
Mitsubishi Montero Sport 4WD
3/13/25

Pros: had a car breakdown, provided new car, no hassle

Cons: agent at pickup was slow-wasted way too much of my time trying to sell me their insurance at drop off, couldn't find my paperwork, agent was super nice
France
Mitsubishi ASX 4WD
9/29/24

Pros: Good service

Cons: Issues with accepting debit cards (they only accept credit cards) I consequently had to book an insurance with them since I had a debit card
Switzerland
Mitsubishi Xpander 2WD Aut.
5/9/24

Pros: More than 1,5 hrs waiting for the shuttle to pick up the car On return, waiting 45 mins until the shuttle was ready to drop at the airport

Cons: No value for the price spent
Canada
Mitsubishi ASX 4WD Aut.
5/1/24

Pros: Efficient and helpful

Cons: Car a bit tired - didn’t go up mountain roads so well
United Arab Emirates
Geely Okavango 2WD Aut.
2/28/24

Pros: Nice car. Excelkent front desk service

Cons: Shuttle bus waiting time more than 40 min. They need another bus ir service to speed it up
Belgium
Mitsubishi ASX 4WD Aut.
2/26/24

Pros: We appreciated being given another car as the first one made a disturbing noise and had already 80.000 km... The second one was almost new.

Cons: The agent insisted on the fact we took many risks by refusing to take a complementary insurance although I told him we had taken an all risk insurance with you! The contract mentions : "Loss damage Waiver with an excess of 1000 USD" !+ "Theft Protection with an excess of 1000 USD" + " Third Party Liability with an excess of 600 USD" and "20% Responsibility to third party " All these contract terms appeared to us as threats and the attitude of the agent was really disturbing.
United Arab Emirates
Mitsubishi ASX 4WD Aut.
2/3/24

Pros: Happy with the service.

Cons: we had to wait about 30 min to be picked up to take us to the rental. The car was a bit old and with sone details
Mexico
Geely GX3 Aut.
1/6/24

Pros: Nunca recogí la unidad por costo exagerado

Cons: Precio muy caros
United Kingdom
Geely Okavango 2WD Aut.
11/8/23

Pros: Fast pick up after a long flight.

Cons: I paid for the full cover on Discover Cars however Sixt categorically refused to acknowledge this stating the car was not covered. So extra money spent for no reason.
United Kingdom
Geely GX3 Aut.
9/26/23

Pros: No representative at the airport for the shuttle service.

Cons: Didn’t have the car requested,
United States of America (USA)
Geely Okavango 2WD Aut.
7/4/23

Pros: Didn't try to oversell me on insurance, very kind and helpful, got exactly the car that I ordered, which was a large SUV.

Cons: Liked everything, it was great.
United Kingdom
Geely Okavango 2WD Aut.
6/19/23

Pros: Smooth, efficient, professional and friendly. Was given really great service and would definitely use again.
Israel
Geely Okavango 2WD Aut.
6/10/23

Pros: It was very comfortable and good

Cons: Nothing
United Kingdom
Citroen C-Elysee
3/20/23

Pros: Agents friendly and helpful

Cons: Signage for shuttle bus very poor at San Jose airport
United States of America (USA)
Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 Aut.
2/27/23

Pros: Relatively easy to drop off car, get shuttle to airport - once I figured out how to get past the security gate.

Cons: Pricey. Time spent waiting behind others as insurance options were explained. Inefficient office setup - agents needed to leave counter more than once to do take care of business. Everything needed should be near checkin counter.
United Kingdom
Geely GX3
8/5/22

Pros: It was straightforward

Cons: We were sold additional insurance at quite a cost, almost scared into it although when booked we were assured everything was covered.
Israel
Mitsubishi ASX 4WD Aut.
1/2/22

Pros: The person (Silvya in think) was very nice and helpful.

Cons: $200/day for compact mitshubishi suv Was way too expensive. Thats why i gave 1 star for value for money.
United States of America (USA)
Geely GX3 Aut.
9/7/21

Pros: very efficient and easy pick up of car; no attempt for upsell bogus insurances

Cons: return shuttle takes too long because of road construction detours
Brazil
Mitsubishi Outlander 4WD Aut.
8/12/21

Pros: nothing

Cons: the above
United Kingdom
Mitsubishi Montero Sport 4WD Aut.
1/16/20

Cons: They were not prepared to deduct our initial deposit made in the UK when reserving the car, despite being shown paperwork.
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Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Compact
Geely Coolray 2WD or similar
Geely Coolray 2WD
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  • 1
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Auto.
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$20.01 per day
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Intermediate
Mitsubishi Xpander 2WD or similar
Mitsubishi Xpander 2WD
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
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$21.45 per day
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Peugeot e-2008 or similar
Peugeot e-2008
  • 5
  • 1
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Auto.
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$22.29 per day
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Intermediate Van
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Citroen Berlingo 2WD
  • 6
  • 1
  • 5
  • A/C
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$22.52 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Compact SUV
Mitsubishi ASX 4WD or similar
Mitsubishi ASX 4WD
  • 5
  • 1
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
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$23.52 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Intermediate SUV
SsangYong Torres GT 4WD or similar
SsangYong Torres GT 4WD
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
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$23.76 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Standard SUV
Geely Okavango 2WD or similar
Geely Okavango 2WD
  • 5
  • 2
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$23.78 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Intermediate Van
Citroen Berlingo or similar
Citroen Berlingo
  • 5
  • 3
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Man.
SIXT
$24.05 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Compact SUV
Mitsubishi ASX or similar
Mitsubishi ASX
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$25.11 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Full-size Regular Cab Pickup
Mitsubishi L200 or similar
Mitsubishi L200
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Man.
SIXT
$30.64 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Full-size Regular Cab Pickup
Mitsubishi L200 or similar
Mitsubishi L200
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$31.71 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Full-size Regular Cab Pickup
Mitsubishi L200 or similar
Mitsubishi L200
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Man.
SIXT
$32.70 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Full-size Regular Cab Pickup
Mitsubishi L200 or similar
Mitsubishi L200
  • 5
  • 5
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$33.84 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Full-size SUV
Mitsubishi Montero Sport 4WD or similar
Mitsubishi Montero Sport 4WD
  • 5
  • 3
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$34.55 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Premium SUV
SsangYong Rexton 4WD or similar
SsangYong Rexton 4WD
  • 5
  • 2
  • 5
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$36.73 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Full-size SUV
Mitsubishi Montero Sport or similar
Mitsubishi Montero Sport
  • 5
  • 3
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$36.87 per day
Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport)
Compact
Citroen C-Elysee or similar
Citroen C-Elysee
  • 5
  • 1
  • 4
  • A/C
  • Auto.
SIXT
$67.77 per day
The above prices are only approximate and were last updated at 3:20 PM on 4/20/25. Prices may vary based on the booking dates, length of rental, and car class.

Juan Santamaria International Airport (San José Airport) (SJO), San Jose, Costa Rica

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Driver's country of residence is United States of America (USA) and age is 30-65

Rental Conditions

Please check the Rental Conditions for each vehicle prior to booking as some conditions, particularly the deposit and deductible, may vary based on the class of vehicle.

Rate includes
Free cancellation with a full refund up to 48 hours before your pick-up time, Unlimited mileage, Loss Damage Waiver (damage deductible: ~€ 705.00), Third Party Liability (TPL), Free modifications, State Tax.
Driver requirements
Minimum rental age is 21 years.
A young driver fee applies to drivers under the age of 21.

There is no maximum age.
A senior driver fee applies to drivers over the age of 75.

The driver license must have been issued by authorized authorities at least 1 year(s) before the date of the commencement of the rental.

A driver license printed using a non-Roman alphabet (Arabic, Japanese, Cyrillic, etc) must be supplemented by an International Driving Permit.
Please note that the International Driving Permit is valid only if accompanied by the regular driver license.
If the duration of your stay in Costa Rica is longer than 3 months, a driver license issued in Costa Rica is required.

In addition to documents mentioned previously, the customer will need the following: valid driver license, credit card on a main drivers name, Passport or ID card, booking voucher.
Deposit and deductible policy

Payment policy
At time of pick up, customers will be required to pay the amount of the rental and a deposit.
It is possible to pay and leave the deposit only with the following payment methods: American Express, Diners, Discover, MasterCard credit card, VISA credit card.
The following payment methods are not accepted for payment: Debit cards, Prepaid cards.
All credit cards must be capable of the following: PIN verification; cards without this capability will not be accepted.
Cash is accepted as a form of payment. When paying with cash, a debit/credit card issued on the main driver's name is required for security purposes.

The main driver must provide a physical payment card in their name with enough funds to cover the deposit to pick up the car. The rental company will neither accept virtual credit cards (e.g., GooglePay or ApplePay) nor someone else’s card (including family members).
Optional extras and services
Available special equipment: GPS Navigation system, Baby seat (up to 1 year of age), Child seat (2-4 years of age), Ski rack.
Prices for extras are shown on the booking page.

Adding additional drivers is allowed.
There is an additional charge for each driver.
Underage additional drivers are subject to both Young Driver and Additional Driver fees.
When picking up the vehicle, all drivers must be present and must provide valid documentation.

Delivery/Collection service is available within city limits. Additional charges will be applied, depending on the distance.
Fuel policy
The vehicle is provided with a full tank of fuel and must be returned with the same amount in order to avoid additional charges.
Alternatively, the renter may purchase a tank full of fuel at the time of rental and return the tank empty.
In no case will a refund be given for unused fuel.
Business hours
The supplier will hold the vehicle for 59 minutes after your scheduled pick-up time as long as it is within their normal business hours. After this time, your booking may be canceled without refund.

Pick-up & Drop-off
Mon:  
06:00 - 22:00
Tue:  
06:00 - 22:00
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06:00 - 22:00
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06:00 - 22:00
Fri:  
06:00 - 22:00
Sat:  
06:00 - 22:00
Sun:  
06:00 - 22:00

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