Florida rental cars

[Deva Link]

Matt Harper said:

Deva Link said:

I can't recall ever hearing of anyone using Hertz.

Why would they? - it's only the biggest car rental company in the world, after all. Hertz rent more cars to tourists flying into OIA than Alamo, Dollar and Enterprise put together.

Even if it's true (why would I care?) I would imagine that the majority of their customers are Americans, or people whose companies have a corporate account with them.
UK tour operators generally use Dollar or Alamo. Even when people make their own arrangements (as I do) they tend to stick with what they know. We're hiring a 7 seater SUV for under £300 in couple of weeks from Alamo. Same thing with Hertz is £480.

[Matt Harper]

Not sure why, but we seem to have got into some kind of pissing match here. That wasn't my intention.
The OP asked if Rental companies took drivers endorsement records into account. You said no - based upon your experience (presumably) and what's discussed on a Disney vacation forum.
I just thought it might be useful to let the OP know that your information is not entirely correct and the fact that you come here for vacation doesn't (necessarily) make you an authority on how US car rental corporations operate. The companies you refer to are OK, but they are st-kickers, compared to Hertz, Avis, Budget and Enterprise. The biggies give choice, flexibility, faster customer turnaround and less dicking-around (and spurious charging, for that matter) when you take the car back.
The great thing about all of this is the choice factor. Personally, I prefer the peace of mind of a substantial organization that is going to always deliver on it's promise (vehicle availability, out of hours pick-up/drop-off, one way rental that doesn't take the piss, price-wise etc. etc).
My personal experiences with Dollar and Alamo have been a bit disappointing - but I guess that's the trade-off for trying to save a few quid.

[GTS Turbo]

Matt Harper said:

Deva Link said:

I can't recall ever hearing of anyone using Hertz.

Why would they? - it's only the biggest car rental company in the world, after all. Hertz rent more cars to tourists flying into OIA than Alamo, Dollar and Enterprise put together.

GTS - don't wory about your speeders. Is your ban recent and for anything really nasty? (Auto theft, DUI, Reckless Endangerment etc)

my first 3 points was for speeding and i got an SP30 and 3 points and £60 fine and then i got done again 5 months later for speeding (i've a steep learning curve) and i got a 56day ban no points and a £300 fine both which were in 2005 and i got another 3 points recently for a dodgy tyre of all things but that was my own dumb fault really. hopefully i'll be ok!

[Matt Harper]

Nothing to worry about with any of that - unless your disqualification was for something horrible. I'm guessing that a less than 2 month ban would not be severe enough for anything really serious - so don't sweat it.
If you still have the speeding bug, take care here. Local cops don't discriminate between tourists and crackers. Additionally driving standards over here are so bloody abysmal that you have to slow it down a bit to avoid being run into the ditch by some blue haired granny in a two ton Buick

[GTS Turbo]

haha thanks for putting my head at rest a little bit, fingers crossed it's all a ok and i can just jump in the car and enjoy my holiday!

thanks for all the replies people!