Transportation from Orlando to Miami Port

[mmlamberson]

Help! My family is flying into Orlando on a Sunday and will rent a car and pick me up at a local hotel where I will be on business. We need to drive from Orlando to Miami on Sunday night for a cruise that leaves Monday. Seems like a waste of money to rent a car for the whole week, only to park it for the week. Is there another option to get from Orlando to Miami? I would then need to get back to Orlando on Friday morning for an evening flight.

[Clarea]

Why do you need to keep the car for a week. Can't you do two one-way rentals?

[klfrodo]

No cheap flights from Orlando and you just meet the family in Miami.

 

The family just flies directly to Miami rather than flying into Orlando to meet you.

[mom says]

Sounds like a very convoluted travel plan, when your family could have just flown (return) from Miami. And you could have booked a multicity ticket flying into Orlando and out of Miami.

 

But given your current plan, the simplest solution seems to be Clarea's.. Rent a car to drive to Miami, dropping it off at the rental office closest to the port. After the cruise, get another one day rental with a drop off in Orlando.

[easyboy]

You can also post on the Florida Departures board for additional response.

 

 

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[Keith1010]

I too would ask on the Florida Departures Board for additional input.

 

With that said, they could rent the car and take it down to Miami and turn it in and then if necessary get another rental car for the trip back home.

 

Keith

[txjim09]

You can also try Megabus, it's between $25 and $38 depending upon time of day each way, has amenities such as free WiFi and power outlets and tales 4 hours. Family goes to Miami and you go one way (or round trip if you can't change your return flight)

[mmlamberson]

Thanks everyone. Yes, flying into Miami of course would have made more sense. Thing is, round trip tickets were already purchased in and out of Orlando for everyone and we planned to stay the week in Orlando. Then decided a cruise sounded way funner, and the only one we found that worked with our dates was out of Miami! So now...just figuring most economical way to get us all down there and back! I did price the one way car rental, and it was $210 each way. Guess I will look into the 5 day rate and parking at the port and see what the cost difference is. Thanks for the tip on the Megabus...never heard of that!

[Suziecruiser72]

Check off site parking for the cheapest prices such as park and fly (also goes to the port(.

[mo&fran]

Thanks everyone. Yes, flying into Miami of course would have made more sense. Thing is, round trip tickets were already purchased in and out of Orlando for everyone and we planned to stay the week in Orlando. Then decided a cruise sounded way funner, and the only one we found that worked with our dates was out of Miami! So now...just figuring most economical way to get us all down there and back! I did price the one way car rental, and it was $210 each way. Guess I will look into the 5 day rate and parking at the port and see what the cost difference is. Thanks for the tip on the Megabus...never heard of that!

I'm curious what kind of car costs $210. a day. that sounds more like a week rate. The major car rental companies do one day rentals with no drop off charge within the Florida market.