Late-Night Rental Car Pickup at LAS: What to Confirm
For late-night rental car pickup at LAS, Hertz and Avis list 24-hour hours, but you should still confirm your pickup time and flight-delay arrangements.
The ROAM airport deskOctober 10, 20263 min read
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Your flight lands close to midnight, and you’re wondering whether you can still collect your car. Late-night rental car pickup at LAS is an option: Hertz and Avis both list their airport locations as open 24 hours. That answers the opening-hours question—not whether your particular reservation will be held if you arrive late.
Check the exact supplier and location on your confirmation rather than assuming every airport rental desk operates overnight. Hertz and Avis list their LAS locations at 7135 Gilespie Street in the Rent-A-Car Center. Before traveling, ask your supplier to confirm that you can collect your reserved car at your expected arrival time.
Give yourself time between landing and reaching the counter. The airport provides free shuttles between the terminals and the Rent-A-Car Center, and Hertz describes the center as three miles south of the airport. Your flight’s arrival time isn’t your counter-arrival time: allow for getting off the plane, collecting bags and taking the shuttle. The supplied information doesn’t establish overnight shuttle frequency, so don’t plan around an assumed wait.
Watch the calendar if you’ll arrive after midnight. A flight landing late Friday could mean reaching the rental counter early Saturday. Check that your reservation reflects when you actually expect to collect the car, and ask the supplier how to handle any mismatch rather than assuming a 24-hour desk makes the pickup date irrelevant.
Before departure, ask what happens if your flight is delayed, whether your flight number can be attached to the reservation and whom to contact if your pickup time changes. Save your confirmation and the location’s phone number on your phone. Hertz lists 702-262-7700 for LAS; Avis lists 702-531-1500. Their published hours don’t establish a reservation-hold or no-show policy.
If a delay pushes your arrival later, contact your supplier as soon as you can and request clear instructions for collecting the car. If pickup can’t be confirmed, make a backup plan for reaching your lodging instead of relying on the desk being open. Keep that plan separate from any cancellation or reservation change, whose terms you should check before acting.
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