Car rental out of Orlando Airport
Discussion
We had a house in Orlando for a few years and always got the best deals from Alamo for a similar 3-5 week period. It's a bus over to their lot but easier to navigate to the main interstate (I90 I think!) than from the airport car parks. Hertz, in my experience, are always more expensive. The only downside is that if you're looking at a mid-size (Mondeo) car you get an Oldsmobile Alero (sp?), we always got one if we didn't need the mpv. A bit naff, but the 3.5 v6 can still shift. As usual, plan corners well in advance 
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.Thanks for those!
Always tended to use Hertz on business as they gave good service when registered as a No.1 customer.
Its gonna be MPV or SUV so planning for corners is a given...last year we started in a full size 4 door but having endured 3 days of trying to see around trucks/pickups/SUV's I decided if you can't beat 'em.....
Always tended to use Hertz on business as they gave good service when registered as a No.1 customer.
Its gonna be MPV or SUV so planning for corners is a given...last year we started in a full size 4 door but having endured 3 days of trying to see around trucks/pickups/SUV's I decided if you can't beat 'em.....
JMGS4 said:
IIRR all hire companies are off-airport in Orlando (was last there 8 years ago) and we went with Alamo, IMHO one of the best..they DO try harder, not like the guys in red!!!!
Not sure, but the airport website says:
On Airport
Level 1 (A and B sides)
Alamo 1-800-327-9633
Avis 1-800-831-2847
Budget 1-800-527-0700
Dollar Domestic: 1-800-800-4000
International: 1-800-800-6000
L and M Car Rental 1-800-277-5171
National 1-800-227-7368
Haven't been thro' Orlando for a few years (used Miami last year) so not at all certain....
WWESTY said:
IIRR all hire companies are off-airport in Orlando (was last there 8 years ago) and we went with Alamo, IMHO one of the best..they DO try harder, not like the guys in red!!!!
Not sure, but the airport website says:
On Airport
Level 1 (A and B sides)
Alamo 1-800-327-9633
Avis 1-800-831-2847
Budget 1-800-527-0700
Dollar Domestic: 1-800-800-4000
International: 1-800-800-6000
L and M Car Rental 1-800-277-5171
National 1-800-227-7368
Haven't been thro' Orlando for a few years (used Miami last year) so not at all certain....
These are only sales cubicles NOT the cars, the cars are all off-site and you've to take a shuttle bus to their pound....
good point! 
WWESTY said:
Those car rental companies are on site. The cars are in the airport car park connected to the terminal, much more convenient to use these than those offsite. Very little difference in rates either.
Bob
So there is an advantage.....!!!
Can you swear to that...???
I can, they're a very short (but sweaty) walk from the arrivals area. Was there this summer and it was very easy.
I'd reccomend a large SUV of 4x4 too - less likely to get rammed off the road as happened to one of our party (managed to be in the SUV's blind-spot while being infront of the dozy bint!).
Keep safe
I've got timeshare in Orlando and we tend to go there every year. We use Alamo, simply because the queues (or lines in American) are less. The worst for queues is Dollar.
Here's a tip. You have to wait for your luggage TWICE at Orlando, for reasons which beat me, on the second wait have one person waiting for your baggage and aonther sorting out the car hire, which is exactly one floor below the baggage reclaim area.
Here's a tip. You have to wait for your luggage TWICE at Orlando, for reasons which beat me, on the second wait have one person waiting for your baggage and aonther sorting out the car hire, which is exactly one floor below the baggage reclaim area.
srebbe64 said:
I've got timeshare in Orlando and we tend to go there every year. We use Alamo, simply because the queues (or lines in American) are less. The worst for queues is Dollar.
Here's a tip. You have to wait for your luggage TWICE at Orlando, for reasons which beat me, on the second wait have one person waiting for your baggage and aonther sorting out the car hire, which is exactly one floor below the baggage reclaim area.
Thanks for reminding me of that! I remember that system now and you're right, it defies all logic doesn't it!
When did the luggage thing come about. We sold our place a year ago and don't remember that . Personally I prefered to go off-site. Getting the bus outside the door, leaving the group and luggage in the office while you drive the car to the office and load up/mapread/sweat where there's a bit of space.
. Personally I prefered to go off-site. Getting the bus outside the door, leaving the group and luggage in the office while you drive the car to the office and load up/mapread/sweat where there's a bit of space.I rented through Dollar's UK site when I went through Florida in October. Although initially the US site looks cheaper, those prices are only for 1 driver and doesn't offer any lever of insurance - by the time we'd take 1 car, added an extra driver and full insurance for the week, it had gone up from about $150 to over $400. Most US renters user their US credit cards to rent the vehicles which then provide full insurance on the vehicle - UK credit cards don't offer this so we need to take the extra insurance and it gets very expensive.
Through their UK site, they were offering the same car in an inclusive package with all the insurance, was many drivers as I'd like and a free tank for petrol for £160 for the week.
up-the-dubs said:
When did the luggage thing come about. We sold our place a year ago and don't remember that
Well our family are Frequent fliers with Virgin (Premium) so it may just be with Virgin planes. That said, I flew out there at short notice with BA once and it was was the same again (two baggage pick-ups) - a right pain!
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