car rental Tampa to Ft. Lauderdale

[PH]

We are getting off a cruise in Tampa on April 30 and taking another in Fort Lauderdale May 2. Is there any car rentals in Tampa that pick up at the port? If not what is the best way to rent a car from the port? Ph

[BarJen]

Look on the websites for each rental company for rental lot locations near the port to see which ones have a shuttle, as far as getting a good deal on rates try http://www.rentalcarmomma.com/ when searching different prices.

Be sure and use the proper location codes of each lot when looking up prices.

 

 

Barry

[JohninDC]

Try Budget or Alamo -- seem to remember seeing their shuttle vans when we last cruised out of Tampa. If there's no free shuttle, a taxi to TPA airport where all of the car companies are located is only $25.

 

The drive straight form Tampa to FLL takes about 5 hours or so - be sure to opt for the electronic toll pass option.:cool: The rental agency will charge you $2.50/day + tolls (based on my last experieince with Avis), but you will save lots of time and frustration as you zoom through the toll booths looking at lines of cars waiting to pay tolls in cash! :D

 

Good luck! :)