Hi all - I have a rental in ATL the end of this month, to take my son on a college tour, that will include stops in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. I read recently where Sixt ATL doesn't allow cars out of Georgia. Any idea if this is true? I am really looking forward to my first rental with Sixt, but don't want to get stuck upon arrival. Thanks.

Territorial Restrictions & Rentals across state lines

The rental vehicle may only be used in the state of pick-up and the surrounding geographical area (Region) as specified in the table below:
State of Pick-Up Region
Arizona California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
Californien Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Nevada
Connecticut Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey
Florida Alabama, Georgia
Georgia Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Massachusetts Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, Maine, New Jersey
Minnesota North & South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin
Michigan Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario(Canada)
Nevada Utah, Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon
New Jersey New York
North Carolina Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
South Carolina Georgia, North Carolina
Washington British Columbia (Canada), California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon
Texas Louisiana,Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico
Tennessee Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
Washington British Columbia (Canada), California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon
Pick-up at locations servicing an airport or port:

For local renters (local renters are defined as renters who pick up in the state of their residence as identified by the address on their driver's license) the following territorial restrictions apply:
Local renters picking up a vehicle at locations servicing an airport or port may not use the rental vehicle outside the State of pick-up if they do not have a return airline ticket/boarding pass orround trip itinerary. Proof of insurance might be required.
Pick up at all other locations not servicing an airport or port:

The territorial restrictions stated in the table above apply to all renters who pick-up at locations not servicing an airport or port.

Renters using the rental vehicle in violation of the applicable territorial restrictions will be charged a fee of $0.50 for each mile the vehicle has been driven during the rental.

For one-way rentals across state lines (one-way rentals across state lines are defined as rentals where the vehicle is returned in a state other than the state of pick-up) the following applies:

The territorial restrictions described in the table above may not apply to renters with both a reservation and a matching rental agreement stating the return location is in a state other than the state of pick-up. However, the Vehicle may only be used in the continental United States and British Columbia, Canada.

Thank you. I should be good-to-go then. I swear I looked and tried to find the info on my own!

I noticed the paperwork for my Sixt rental out of ATL stated that you could only drive into Florida or Alabama, and there were stringent conditions attached, Stating I needed to have a return flight out of ATL to be able to leave the state at all. This is a problem for me as I usually book my flights at the last minute since my schedule is unpredictable.

I often need to go into SC to visit clients so this is an issue for me.

I wonder if it varies by car class? I've got an LCAR right now and the geographical restrictions match the table above, but I've heard that some classes (especially the specialty cars) have a much more stringent geographical limit.

I was only renting a PCAR in this case.

My XCAR (booked from SJC) only allowed CA, Oregon, Wash, and NV

This is a manifestation of one of the core problems with Sixt's branding, at least in the US. If you read their investor reports, they claim to position themselves as offering affordable luxury. They claim they are not a premium brand, but a discounter offering premium vehicles.

This is resulting in a lot of confusion in the US. If someone reserves a BMW, they probably expect a certain customer experience, even if they paid much less than the $250/day rate or whatever someone like Avis would charge. Then the customer sees policies that remind them of renting an econobox from Enterprise or Rent a Wreck. I don't know how Sixt can or will try to resolve this paradox. But if they're serious about understanding, and conforming, to the demands of the American market, I think they need to, and soon.

Even an econobox rental from Enterprise or Alamo won't give you such draconian restrictions on where you can drive.

It doesn't even make any sense, if it was purely the case that Sixt didn't want broken down cars 2000 miles from the nearest office it would make perfect sense but it makes no sense at all that you can rent a car in Phoenix and take it to Denver and Los Angeles but if you rent a car in Los Angeles you can't take it to Denver at all.

I gave up in the end and stuck with National who don't care where you go as long as you don't go to Mexico, which is entirely fair enough.

I did ending up emailing as well as calling Sixt Customer Service and asking. Both times, they responded the same as the territory map above lists...ok in AL, GA, SC, TN.
Will know for sure tomorrow morning, as that's when I touch down in ATL.

Forgot NC and FL as well.....I also have a backup reso with Avis just in case.....

Does anyone know how Sixt enforces this limitation? I'm looking a rental from DFW and will drive to West Memphis, AR to meet some family which is in "Allowed" list.

I would like to also visit Graceland, which is in TN side of the river. I have my own LDW so no problems in case of any accident, but wouldn't want to face $.5 per mile charge. Do they have GPS with tracking in cars or what?

Normally I would just go with another company but Sixt wants ~500USD for 2week rental where others are asking ~900USD (prices are skyhigh in late March for some reason???)

So if someone drove out of state, then returned the car to the original location, would Sixt know that the car had been out of state?

Given all the complaints about Sixt compared to the usual US companies, I can't see renting from them unless the price were dramatically better. This geograhical limitation makes Sixt even less inviting. What in the world are they thinking? It's all within the US.

Of course they wouldn't know. However...have an accident in a location where the car is not authorized to be and you may have a huge issue.