redheadjv Posted August 24, 2022 #1 Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) Anyone had any experience with the car rental companies in downtown Miami lately? Been hearing that it takes a long time for the shuttles and then a longer time to get a car. Edited August 24, 2022 by redheadjv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KINGBOBOFTHENORTH Posted August 29, 2022 #2 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Take a taxi to your rental car company downtown and beat the crowds. With a shuttle you have to wait on them and then when you get there everyone jumps out and creates a line for the cars with just 1 (or 2 if you're lucky) counter agents serving the line. With a taxi, you hop in right away and a few minutes later you're at the rental office. It's worth a few extra bucks to save an hour in line. That's what we did a few years ago when we rented from Sixt in downtown Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corby114 Posted August 30, 2022 #3 Share Posted August 30, 2022 The downtown Miami locations are very busy on turnaround days. The offices are small and get very busy. A cab from the port to the facilities will save you some time. I know that Avis, Budget and Hertz have downtown locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK1970 Posted August 30, 2022 #4 Share Posted August 30, 2022 We waited 4 hours for a car at the downtown Avis location. We had a 9 am reservation and didn’t get our car until 1PM. I would avoid at all cost from renting from this location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corby114 Posted August 31, 2022 #5 Share Posted August 31, 2022 It's easier to take an Uber, Lyft or cab from the Port Of Miami to the Miami International Airport Rental Car Center which is located across from Miami International Airport. Every major rental car company has an office there. There's usually plenty of inventory and better pricing. As I have said on many previous posts the downtown Miami locations are too small and too busy on turnaround days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norway_cruiser Posted September 22, 2022 #6 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Any of the rental car companies who offer a complimentary shuttle from the port to the rental car center at Miami Airport these days? Alamo used to do that the last time i was on a cruise🙂. Want to rent at car for the day after returning from a cruise so i can go to Sawgrass Mills and do some shopping and lunch before our flight home in the afternoon. I have both Avis Preferred Status and Hertz President Circle but not sure how much that helps on the small downtown location when there are long wait times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteerageJoe Posted September 22, 2022 #7 Share Posted September 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Norway_cruiser said: Any of the rental car companies who offer a complimentary shuttle from the port to the rental car center at Miami Airport these days? Alamo used to do that the last time i was on a cruise🙂. Want to rent at car for the day after returning from a cruise so i can go to Sawgrass Mills and do some shopping and lunch before our flight home in the afternoon. I have both Avis Preferred Status and Hertz President Circle but not sure how much that helps on the small downtown location when there are long wait times. I would go with Alamo / National / Enterprise from, then back to the Rental Center at the airport. They still have a port shuttle I believe but call them just to make sure! Downtown will be inconvenient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisesfun65 Posted September 23, 2022 #8 Share Posted September 23, 2022 3 hours ago, SteerageJoe said: I would go with Alamo / National / Enterprise from, then back to the Rental Center at the airport. They still have a port shuttle I believe but call them just to make sure! Downtown will be inconvenient No more shuttles from cruise terminal to the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flymia Posted September 23, 2022 #9 Share Posted September 23, 2022 21 hours ago, Norway_cruiser said: Any of the rental car companies who offer a complimentary shuttle from the port to the rental car center at Miami Airport these days? Alamo used to do that the last time i was on a cruise🙂. Want to rent at car for the day after returning from a cruise so i can go to Sawgrass Mills and do some shopping and lunch before our flight home in the afternoon. I have both Avis Preferred Status and Hertz President Circle but not sure how much that helps on the small downtown location when there are long wait times. Your flight leaves the same day you arrive? Or you have a full day in Miami? Renting a car for a few hours and especially going to Sawgrass seems a bit much unless you have a late night flight. I would go with an airport car rental and just take an uber to the Airport car rental center. So then you drop it off at the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corby114 Posted September 25, 2022 #10 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Free shuttle service from the Port Of Miami to the Miami International Airport Rental Car Center was discontinued at the beginning of the Covid pandemic. To my knowledge there hasn't been a return of service yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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