Tips for Travelling to America 3 – Rental Cars
America is a great place to visit but there are various things that need to be considered before you travel. This third blog post covers another issue that anyone travelling to America must consider.
Rental Cars
When I visited Florida I was not old enough to drive our
rental car, which I did not discover until we turned up to collect the car as the travel agent had neglected to tell us.
On
the bright side I got chauffeured about for 2weeks and I didn’t really mind but
it could have been a serious issue had my partner not been a couple of years
older than me. Different states have different age limits so it’s worth
checking this to plan ahead!
We thought because we both held full UK licenses and were
both over the legal age limit to drive a car that would be enough. As we
discovered it was not. To be honest think my partner preferred it that way as
he is a terrible backseat driver, plus the car was humongous.
When we turned up to collect our economy car we were "upgraded" (the guy basically said slip me $20 and I'll take care of you) to the next sized car up from ours so it was huge.
In Florida some companies do not allow under 25s to rent or
drive their cars at all. Whilst other companies do allow people ages 21-24 to rent
and drive their cars but this does incur an additional surcharge and there can
be further conditions that must be met.
Some companies will only allow under 25s to drive certain
vehicles e.g. the rental company Budget.
An individual
under 25 may only rent an economy, compact, intermediate, standard, full-sized
or premium car or an intermediate or standard SUV.
Under 25s are not allowed to drive their luxury car range
and they apply an additional $10 a day surcharge for the rental of all other
cars.
Other companies offer various young
driver packages and deals for under 25s e.g. Alamo. Alamo offer a package were
up to 3 drivers age 21-24 can each drive the car with no additional charges on
collection. I have included the link below for the website US rent a car.
This website offers cheap car hire is the USA at over 500
locations including Orlando, California, Florida and Nevada. Bookings can be
made and viewed via the site.
This website also gives further information on various
things such as the young drivers’ package.
Comparison websites and rental car companies own websites
are also very useful for booking a car for your trip and let you look at the
information in your own time.
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