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First time cruisers planning for upcoming cruise in Feb, 2012. With not being familar with the Port, we were wondering which rental car company is the closest and easist for drop off. We are looking at Budget, Dollar, Avis.........any others? We would have rented the car initially at Sanford Airport 4-5 days prior.
Our itenerary plan has us driving (rental car) to the port on the morning for the cruise from the Palm Springs area. We will drop off the car rental prior to boarding the cruise. Travelers are DH, Self, DD(14) & DS (11).
Following the cruise, depending on our flight plan from Sanford airport, we will either stay one night at Cocoa Beach and then rent a car to drive to Sanford the next day or rent a car the day of departure from the ship and drive to Sanford that same day. This car rental company choice isn't as important as the day of drop off prior the cruise..........just looking for a decent rate for one-way rental.
Any suggestions would be welcome..........Thanks in advance!!
We always use Budget. They have a shuttle that will take you to and from the port. They are about a 3 mintue drive away and we have never had any problems.
We are coming in 4 days early and spending some time at WDW and Universal before the Cruise. We will need a car but I was wondering if it is possible to rent a car at Orlando Airport and retrun at Port Canaveral.
Yes, a one-way rental from MCO to Port Canaveral is a very common thing to do (we do it quite regularly ourselves).
Most of the area's rental car agencies are on the same road - SR A1A, aka Astronaut Boulevard. Budget, Avis, and Hertz all offer free shuttles to the cruise terminal, which makes them the most convenient. Hertz and Budget are physically closest to the pier.
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Ask about one way fees when you pick up and drop off at different locations. I didn't realize that there's typically a fee with these types of resos. We had a $100 fee on our reso with Enterprise last year when we rented in Boston and returned in Newport RI.
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Enterprise is particularly bad on one-ways. I think it has something to do with its business model/franchise set-up.
You'll find that one-way fees in general depend on where you're renting. In Florida, they tend to be low or non-existent with many agencies, as there's so much tourism-related business, that the cars will be put to use, no matter where they're dropped off. In other areas, a car that goes one-way from, say Boston to Bennington may not get back to Boston for a while.
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Thanks everyone!! I think we will concentrate on Budget as I have read some good reports about them but will also keep an eye out for Hertz (forgot about them). We will see which one offers the best deal for a one way rental for 5 days.
Is it better for the entire family to go to the rental car co for drop off and then be shuttled to the port ~or~ for DH to drop us off at the port and return the car himself and be shuttled??
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Last edited by Tiki4; 04-02-2011 at 09:33 PM..
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I'm a fan of dropping all the passengers and baggage at the port first. Fewer hassles with the luggage, and getting a seat for one on the shuttle beats finding seats for five.
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I have used Budget and Avis. I would not use Avis again. Really poor service and not enough employees for those of us arriving for cars. Budget seemed to have it down to a science.
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Is it better for the entire family to go to the rental car co for drop off and then be shuttled to the port ~or~ for DH to drop us off at the port and return the car himself and be shuttled??
I have done it both ways and it hasn't made much difference. It depends on how early you arrive at the port (once we were there too early and we couldn't get in) and if you have kids with you.
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