Car rental on Sunday in Galveston?

[cruisinJenF]

Question: has anyone ever rented a car in Galveston on Sunday when the Magic returns? Our flight doesn't leave until Monday and I thought it would be fun to rent a car and do some sightseeing. Curious if anyone has and what car rental. Company is located near the port. Thanks!!

[GHarkness]

I am pretty sure that Galveston has no car rental agency open on Sundays. Poor planning, IMO, but .... (and if I'm wrong, someone please correct me).

[Galveston Cruiser]

Enterprise is on Broadway, but not open on Sunday.

Not Galveston's fault the business is closed and no other agencies have wanted to open here.

I have recommended many times on the boards for travelers to contact the rental agencies stating how one open on weekends is seriously needed here.

[ssb]

Check with Hertz Texas City!

Maybe?

 

At times there appears to be conflicting info on these threads.

We live here and don't use them!

 

Keep calling them, showing interest,

and maybe things will change!

[jonbgd]

Poor planning, IMO, .

 

Poor planning on the OP part or Galvestons?????

[m2dd's]

Question: has anyone ever rented a car in Galveston on Sunday when the Magic returns? Our flight doesn't leave until Monday and I thought it would be fun to rent a car and do some sightseeing. Curious if anyone has and what car rental. Company is located near the port. Thanks!!

 

So this is our plan don't know if it's the best but maybe it help you out we are also sailing on the magic.

 

We are flying into hobby on Saturday and rented a car from enterprise at the airport. We are driving then to Galveston and my husband is dropping us off at our hotel and then taking the rental car back to enterprise. They close at noon on Saturday. Then we wil just walk around and go to the beach(our hotel is on the beach) and then take a taxi on Sunday to the port. Cost was 78.38 for a standard car.

 

On our way back we still have 2 days in tx so we r taking a taxi back to the airport(hobby) and renting another car for 2 days.

 

It sounds like a pain when I think about it but it's still way cheaper that way then to rent a car for 11 days .

[m2dd's]

Oh I forgot to add we could of just taken a taxi from hobby to Galveston but since we are flying in we wanted to stop and pick up soda,water and sand toys:)

[ssb]

If Hertz can't help,

stay over Sunday in Galveston,

Rent car Monday and do what you want to!

 

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There are special events in Galveston

area almost every weekend

See:

www.galveston.com (what to do)(calendar of events) your vacation calendar dates

Also Sign up on Galveston.com for email of weekly events

see also:

www.galvestonhistory.org---------Galveston Historical Foundation !!!!!!

www.moodygardens.com ------ just look at site !!!!!!

www.thegrand.com – 1894 Grand Opera House !!!!!!

 

 

Clearlake

Nasa Space Center

Kemah board walk – www.kemahboardwalk.com

Galveston:

Beaches Beaches Beaches

Old town Galveston *- Strand To Post Office Street

(lots of shopping, ice cream, old army surplus store, nautical shop, fine restaurants) Restaurants, Antiques, Shops, Bakery and Coffee shop

Wineries and wine festivals

Restaurants overlooking gulf and on port

Two first class convention centers

Many live theater venues

Many live music venues

Free concert nights - old town Galveston *- on strand

Free film nights -old town Galveston *- on strand

Free band nights-“family/kids” oriented-summer outdoor Tuesdays 24th & Sealy

1894 grand opera house * (a must seetour, and/or performances of many types)

Chess park

Artist festivals

Museums

Antique stores and art Galleries

Horse drawn carriage rides

Swimming in Gulf

Fine restaurants

Night scene

Galveston Historical Foundation properties*

Many Historical and Victorian homes

Galveston has second largest preservation membership in United States

Wooden Carved Trees Tour (wonderful)

Bishops Palace (wonderful)

Moody mansion(wonderful)

· Ashton villa (wonderful)

Moody gardens *(lots and lots and lots to do) (massive, fun and family oriented)

Schlitterbahn water park www.schlitterbahn.com/gal

Restored tall ship schooner Elisa www.tsm-elissa.org (wonderful)

1900 storm and pirate jean Laffite documentary films at port

Pirates Store and programs - Old town Strand

Maritime museum- www.tsm-elissa.org

Airplane museum (Lone Star Flight Museum)- www.lsfm.org/

Railroad museum - www.galvestonrrmuseum.com

Oil drilling rig museum - www.oceanstaroec.com

Sea wolf park – WWII submarine and destroyer - www.cavalla.org

Large souvenir shop over gulf water - Murdochs

Walks and shelling on the beach

Cruise ships (RCCL, Carnival, Princess, Disney)

Fishing (piers, wadefishing and charters-offshore & inshore))

Golfing

Skateboard park - large

Kayaking trails

Surfing and children surf camps

Kite flying on beach

Marine life and children marine care educational camps at Moody Gardens

Marine life and children marine camps at Texas AM University - Sea Camp Programs

Various Running events with major Triathlon event

Sand castle building event

Shopping shopping shopping

Dolphin watching and port water tours

Turtle rescue farm behind San Luis Resort

Carved damaged trees tour from storm

Free ferry ride and a short cruise to Bolivar

Duck tour (amphibious boat)

Galveston.com/ interact and discover/cams

 

Many major weekly events and festivals not mentioned

as example :

Spring Break Events

Confederate Reenactment

Sanctioned and Fun Runs(some large)

Triathlon Events

Art Walk (every 5 or so weeks year around)

Dickens on Strand (Dec) ----LARGE - www.dickensonthestrand.com

Lone Star Motorcycle Rally (Nov) ---LARGE - www.lonestarrally.com

Mardi Gras Galveston (Feb) ----LARGE- www.mardigrasgalveston.com

October Fest

Beer Fests

Wine Events and Fests

Greek Fest

Epicurean Evening of all restaurants

Shrimp Fest

Yega’s Wild Game Cook Off large

County Fair - LARGE

Children’s Fest - Large

Feather Fest - Large

Old Timey Bathing Beauty Fest

And many many more !!

 

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[cruisinJenF]

Thank you all so much!! Looks like our best bet is head back to the airport after the cruise and pickup a car. Then we could just drop it off before out flight. Too bad Galveston doesn't have car rentals right by the port for Sundays when the ship comes in! They would make a fortune!

[2009cruise]

I also checked into car rental and you might want to re-check being able to drop off your rental car at the Enterprise in Galveston on Broadway street. The Enterprise website shows they do one-way drop offs for airport locations not airport to non-airport location.

Best wishes for a good cruise.