Can someone else drive a car that I rent?

Yes, you may add additional drivers to your rental agreement when you pick up your rental. At corporate-owned locations, additional drivers must present a valid, acceptable driver’s license, a valid and acceptable credit/debit card, be at least 25 years old (see below for underage exceptions), complete an Additional Driver Form, and may be required to pay an additional driver’s fee. At corporate-owned locations, exemptions from the additional driver fee include:

• The renter’s spouse. To qualify for this exemption, at the time of rental, if the renter states that the additional driver (regardless of gender) is his or her spouse, mate, life companion, significant other, or domestic life partner, the additional driver will be treated as a spouse.
• A qualified employer or co-employee, while engaged in a business activity with a renter renting on their employer’s Budget Corporate Account Number (BCD).
• The licensed companion driver of a non-licensed renter with a disability. All other additional drivers will be charged $10 per day with a maximum charge of $50 per additional driver per rental (except at New York locations where the fee will be $3 per day, and Nevada where the fee will be $5 per day). There’s no additional driver fee in California.
• When an insurance company is accepting billing for insurance replacement, drivers that are the spouse/significant other, company employee/co-worker (for company vehicle replacement rentals), or family member on the policy of the insurance company accepting billing, may be added if at least 21 years of age –18 years of age if the company is Allstate, American Family, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CCRG Claims, Progressive, State Farm, Travelers.