Picking up
- Your booking
- FCO, not Ciampino or a city office
- Enterprise
- The OPEN rental area
- Other suppliers
- The collection point on your voucher
Find your supplier’s actual rental area
Fiumicino bookings need the airport identity FCO, not Rome Ciampino or a city office. Keep the actual rental company’s name beside the broker’s voucher before leaving arrivals. The company selling the reservation and the company handing over the vehicle are not necessarily the same.
For Enterprise, follow the “Car Rental - Open” signs to the Open Tower; the same signposted approach is given for arrival from the airport railway station. SIXT’s Fiumicino branch is also in the OPEN car rental area. Match the directions to your own confirmed supplier, since collection arrangements are specific to the booked branch.
Returning
- Drive to
- The return branch on your agreement
- Allow for
- Fuel, inspection and the route to your terminal
- Early flight
- Confirm an out-of-hours return first
Keep the rental return separate from departures
Use the supplier’s current car-return instructions and address for the booked branch. Do not navigate only to the departures terminal: refuelling, vehicle handover and the onward walk to your airline are separate parts of the return. Save the agreed procedure while internet is reliable.
For an early flight, confirm whether the branch accepts an out-of-hours return, where the keys go and when responsibility ends under the agreement. These are contract-specific arrangements. Keep fuel and handover evidence, then allow time to reach the correct passenger terminal. The search at the top of this page starts at FCO: confirm the branch, dates and residence before accepting an offer.
Rome first, car later?
If the holiday begins with several days in central Rome, compare taking an airport transfer and collecting the car when leaving the city. Include the actual transfer, parking, rental days and collection branch in the comparison. For a journey continuing immediately beyond Rome, airport collection can fit a different plan.
Ask the first accommodation for its permitted driving approach and parking arrangements. Before setting off, check that the selected branch’s pickup time allows for your flight and the formalities at the desk. A long-haul arrival is a reason to plan a manageable first leg, not to treat a motorway estimate as a guaranteed arrival time.
