Sebbiesgrammy Posted July 16 #1 Share Posted July 16 We are on the Legendary Hawaii, Tahiti, Marquesas 35 day round trip out of San Diego Feb 15 2025 and will be staying in the San Diego area for a week before departure. We are picking up an Avis at the SD airport and want to drive it a week later and drop it at the SD cruise port. Does anyone familiar with the area know if there is a drop off close to the pier? The addresses on the Avis website appear to show that the "Little Italy" Avis is closest to the pier, but I can't be sure. Am hoping that we can get a taxi or a drop off from there. Appreciate any experience you may have had. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted July 16 #2 Share Posted July 16 14 minutes ago, Sebbiesgrammy said: We are picking up an Avis at the SD airport and want to drive it a week later and drop it at the SD cruise port. So a few things. First does your reservation have the downtown location as the drop off? If not you'll need to try and adjust that. The Avis location at the airport is company owned but the downtown locations are usually franchised. Sometimes drop offs from the airport locations are not allowed or carry a substantial one way drop off fee. Adjust the reservation so you can see what that fee is (or isn't) and if they will allow the drop off. 16 minutes ago, Sebbiesgrammy said: Does anyone familiar with the area know if there is a drop off close to the pier? The addresses on the Avis website appear to show that the "Little Italy" Avis is closest to the pier, but I can't be sure. Am hoping that we can get a taxi or a drop off from there. That location is 1670 W Cedar Street. Also check the hours-- sometimes these francised downtown locations have limited hours and can be closed on the weekends. If you are unable to drop at the downtown location the good news is the airport location is literally 8 minutes down the road. The cruise pier is almost walkable from that downtown Avis location-- about 10 minutes. Otherwise a very, very short Uber ride. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebbiesgrammy Posted July 16 Author #3 Share Posted July 16 Thank you!! That is exactly what I was looking for. Big help. We will book today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepCalmBearOn Posted July 16 #4 Share Posted July 16 The airport ConRAC is only two miles from the cruise port so I think dropping it there is the easiest, cleanest solution. https://maps.app.goo.gl/nvo3yEYQ11ggxQ6KA https://www.san.org/To-From/Rental-Cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted July 16 #5 Share Posted July 16 4 hours ago, Sebbiesgrammy said: Thank you!! That is exactly what I was looking for. Big help. We will book today! Definitely run both scenarios-- picking up and returning to the airport might be much less expensive. Also in my experience Avis tends to use their older cars on one way rentals dropping off at a franchise so going round trip from the airport might also net you a better rental car. The good news here being that the airport location is still very close to the pier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATSEAMYLIFE Posted July 17 #6 Share Posted July 17 Drop everybody off near the port, drop the car back at the airport, and Uber to the port. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julia Posted July 18 #7 Share Posted July 18 Very little difference in the car dropoff locations, but (as mentioned) business hours may vary. Bottom arrow is the port, middle is Little Italy, top is airport... all relatively close. We did that same itinerary in 2023 and loved it... enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepCalmBearOn Posted July 18 #8 Share Posted July 18 24 minutes ago, julia said: Very little difference in the car dropoff locations, but (as mentioned) business hours may vary. Bottom arrow is the port, middle is Little Italy, top is airport... all relatively close. We did that same itinerary in 2023 and loved it... enjoy! The rental car center at the airport is north of the airport at 3270 Admiral Boland Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted July 18 #9 Share Posted July 18 10 hours ago, julia said: Very little difference in the car dropoff locations, but (as mentioned) business hours may vary. And there are major differences outside just the operating hours-- as in whether the satellite location is franchised or company owned which can result in substantial one way drop off fees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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