Where a car takes you from Charlotte
These are the day trips from Charlotte on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Lexington, NC for Lexington-style BBQ Lexington, NC is the Charlotte day-trip BBQ pilgrimage to Wayne Monk's Lexington Barbecue, the 1962 Honey Monk's smokehouse and the canonical Piedmont
- Davidson for Kindred Davidson, NC is the Charlotte day-trip for Kindred, Joe and Katy Kindred's anchor contemporary American restaurant on Main Street since 2015 and a mul
- Cornelius for Hello Sailor on Lake Norman Cornelius on Lake Norman is the day-trip food destination from Charlotte for Hello, Sailor, Joe and Katy Kindred's lakefront fish-shack restaurant
- Salisbury, NC for Cheerwine heritage Salisbury, NC is the 45-minute day-trip from Charlotte for Cheerwine, the regional cherry soda founded in Salisbury in 1917 and still made on site
Booking a car in Charlotte
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 32.35 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Europcar, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
- Pick up at
- Charlotte Douglas Airport · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte Airport · Charlotte 3rd/Convention Center Railway Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-26) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.