Driving costs in Montenegro

Use the same collection and return times and locations, required car class and number of drivers for each quote. Ask for the final price for that period, including taxes and every option you have selected. List charges for an additional driver, child seat, collection outside opening hours, return in another town or an authorised trip to another country separately. Record whether each charge applies per day or once per hire before adding it to the total.

Check where one charged hire day ends and the next begins. MontenegroCar states in its terms that the minimum hire period is 24 hours, with a 30-minute grace period after the agreed return time, beyond which it charges for an extra day. Check the exact deadline and the consequence of returning late for your own booking, as this calculation applies to that provider.

For your driving plan, add up the kilometres for the outward journey, the return and any detours to places you will actually visit. Alongside that total distance, enter the fuel consumption of the specific car or a clearly stated assumption, and the price per litre of the correct fuel. The fuel section works through an example of converting kilometres into euros.

List tolls for the journeys you will actually make: which toll facility you enter, where you leave and whether you use it again on the return. Compare two route options by their extra kilometres and charges for the same starting point and destination. Check the arrival time separately, as a lower toll alone does not determine how long the journey will take.

For each car park, calculate the full time the car will be left there, including the night and the morning after arrival if they form part of your stay. Read the charging unit and charging hours, then check whether the price you are looking at covers that exact period. For several nights, ask for the total cost and the rules for leaving and re-entering. If your accommodation offers its own space, establish whether it is included in the price and available throughout your stay.

Compare parking at your destination with a more distant space using the combined cost of parking and the onward journey. Add any transport you need to the cost of the more distant car park, and check how far you will have to carry your luggage before choosing. Use the separate parking guide for street parking zones, barrier-controlled car parks and local tickets.

At collection, keep the confirmed quote and agreement, and check the recorded starting fuel level, mileage and damage. At return, compare the same details and keep photographs, the receipt from your last fuel stop and confirmation of handover. On the final invoice, distinguish hire charges already paid from new items. For each additional charge, ask for the service name, calculation and contractual basis.

The deposit hold may remain visible on your card account after you return the car. Enterprise in Podgorica states that the bank releases the hold after it is notified that the vehicle has been returned. Keep the provider's confirmation and check whether your bank shows a pending hold or a final charge. If a new charge appears later, first match it to the relevant invoice or document, then contact the provider with those details.