Car rental in USA

A week of Florida driving starts with a car handed to you at your hotel, not a counter queue. Booking is agreed with a manager on WhatsApp or by phone, and the rental agreement is signed in person when the car arrives.

What car rental in USA with Rent-Trip includes

Rent-Trip is a self-drive service: the car is brought to you, and every booking is agreed with a manager. This page covers 90 cars, with 754 across the whole site.

Self-drive from $40 per day

Rent-Trip offers self-drive from $40 per day, with 90 cars on this page and 754 across the site. The range runs to $250 per day, and longer bookings cost less per day — weekly from $240, monthly from $840. The daily rate is the whole product, not a base you top up later: state-minimum liability coverage and a Loss Damage Waiver are already included. LDW is a waiver rather than insurance, and its deductible and exclusions sit in the rental agreement. In our experience, the line that surprises first-time visitors is the one at the bottom of the bill — prices exclude tax. Sales tax is added by the county of hand-over: 6.5% in Orange County, 7.5% in Osceola, 7% in Seminole and Polk. On top of that comes the $2/day Florida rental car surcharge for the first 30 days. Ask for the total before you confirm, not after.

Free delivery across Greater Orlando and to both airports

• Greater Orlando: we deliver the car to you free of charge anywhere in the metro area — the exact meeting point is agreed when booking.
• Condition on hand-over: the car comes clean with a full tank and is returned with a full tank.
• Mileage: mileage within Florida is unlimited; trips to other US states are agreed when booking.

Delivery is free, but the meeting point itself is never guessed in advance — we agree it with you when booking, so plan your arrival window before you confirm. Mexico, Canada and ferries are prohibited by the rental agreement.

Choosing a car rental in USA by class for your trip

Ten classes are open for booking on this page, from Economy at $40 per day to Premium and Passenger vans at $125. Every vehicle is automatic, so the only real question is how many people and how much luggage you are moving.

Classes and daily rates at a glance

Weekly rates are daily x 6 and monthly rates are daily x 21, so the longer you keep the car, the lower the per-day figure — a Comfort sedan at $55 a day comes down to $1,155 for a month, against $1,650 if you booked it day by day.

Models, seats and fuel types

• Economy sedans: Nissan Versa, Hyundai Elantra, Kia K4, Nissan Sentra, Toyota Corolla, Chevrolet Malibu, Honda Civic, Mazda 3, Volkswagen Jetta — 5 seats, gasoline, from $40.
• Hybrids: Toyota Corolla Hybrid at $50 and Toyota Camry at $65 — 5 seats, no charging cable needed, fuel stops on any interstate.
• Crossovers: Chevrolet Trax, Honda HR-V, Hyundai Kona, Nissan Kicks, Kia Sportage, Mazda CX-5, Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4 — 5 seats, from $55.
• All-wheel and 4x4: Chevrolet Equinox, Hyundai Tucson, Jeep Compass, Nissan Rogue, Volkswagen Tiguan, Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma, Jeep Gladiator — from $65.
• Electric: Tesla Model 3, Chevrolet Equinox EV, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6 — 5 seats, from $75.
• Large groups: Chrysler Voyager and Chrysler Pacifica at 7 seats, passenger vans at 12 and 15 seats — from $75.

Seat counts across the fleet run from 2 to 15, and fuel is gasoline, hybrid or electric depending on the class.

Which class for which trip

A couple on a week of errands around Greater Orlando is fine in an Economy sedan — the $40 Nissan Versa and the $45 Toyota Corolla both take two large cases. A family of five with strollers should look at Crossovers or Minivans: the 7-seat Chrysler Voyager at $75 costs $10 a day more than a Comfort sedan and removes the luggage Tetris entirely. For longer drives with mixed city and highway miles, a hybrid Comfort car such as the Toyota Camry returns better economy than a gasoline crossover at the same $65. If your route includes unpaved park access roads, take a 4x4 from the SUV & 4x4 class — but remember the rental agreement prohibits off-road and beach-sand driving, so pick the vehicle for comfort, not for trails.

Documents and driver requirements for car rental in USA

Rent-Trip keeps the paperwork side simple: bring the physical cards, and the manager checks them at hand-over. No advance upload, no online verification step.

Licence, passport and minimum age

• Physical driver's licence: state law (FS 322.38) requires the company to inspect the actual card and witness your signature, so a digital licence on a phone is not accepted.
• Passport: international visitors show it alongside the licence; US residents show a state ID or a second form of photo identification.
• Bank card: the security hold is placed on a card in the main driver's name, and the amount is set out in the rental agreement.
• Minimum age: the main driver must be at least 21; drivers aged 21–24 pay a young-driver fee whose amount is set out in the agreement.
• Premium classes and passenger vans: some of these may require a driver aged 25 or over — see the agreement before you book.

We inspect the physical licence in person because the signature has to be witnessed at hand-over, and the agreement is signed there and then — nothing is signed in advance. If your licence is close to its expiry date, renew it before you travel: a card that lapses mid-trip leaves you driving without a valid licence, and no waiver covers that.

Do you need an International Driving Permit

No — state law (HB 7059, 2013) does not require an IDP here, and a valid licence from your home country is enough to drive. An IDP is a translation, nothing more: it carries no additional legal weight and does not replace the card. If your licence is not in English, carrying an IDP or a certified translation is worth the small effort, because police and insurers read it faster at a roadside stop or after an incident. Order it before you fly, and carry it alongside the physical card for the whole trip.

Traffic rules that catch visitors out

Traffic keeps to the RIGHT, and every car in our fleet is left-hand drive and US-spec, so there is no adaptation period beyond the first few miles. Turning right on red is allowed after a full stop unless a sign forbids it, and a four-way stop is handled first-come, first-served. Speeding fines and camera tickets are issued to the car owner and re-invoiced to the renter, and child seats or boosters are required for children under 6 (FS 316.613) — we can provide them, agreed when booking.

How renting a car in USA works from booking to hand-over

Booking a car with us runs through a manager, not a website: you send a request, we confirm the class and the dates, and the car is delivered to the address you give. Four steps take you from the first message to the keys.

Booking through a manager, not a checkout form

Working with us starts with a message on WhatsApp or a phone call, and a manager agrees the class, dates and hand-over point with you — there is no online checkout or reservation form to fill in. Tell us the dates, the number of seats you need and where you are staying, and we come back with the model and the total. Because the agreement is signed in person at hand-over, nothing is signed in advance and nothing is charged at the request stage. Confirm your dates as early as you can if you need a specific class: the fleet holds 90 cars on this page, and the popular ones — Crossovers at $55 a day and SUV & 4x4 from $85 — go first around school holidays and convention weeks. If your plans shift, the terms for moving or cancelling a booking are set out in the rental agreement.

Delivery and hand-over: what happens on the day

• Meeting point: the exact address and time are agreed when booking — at your hotel, your accommodation or the airport you land at, whether that is MCO or SFB.
• Documents at hand-over: the physical driver's licence of the main driver, a passport for international visitors, and a bank card in that driver's name for the security hold.
• Inspection: we walk the car with you, note the existing marks on the condition report and hand over the keys and the rental agreement.
• Fuel and condition: the car arrives clean with a full tank and is returned with a full tank.
• Signing: the agreement is signed in person at hand-over — we inspect the physical licence and witness the signature, as state law requires.

Returning the car and driving beyond the state

Bring the car back to the agreed point with a full tank, and the hand-back inspection is done the same way as the hand-over — a short walk-round and a signature. Trips to other US states are agreed when booking rather than simply driven; Mexico, Canada and ferries are not permitted under the agreement. Tolls are recorded electronically and re-invoiced as they are logged, on the terms set out in the rental agreement. Rental runs from one day, 24 hours, and a driver can be arranged by the hour from four hours for transfers and day trips.

Rates tax and surcharges in car rental in USA explained

Rent-Trip prices by class, not by season: on this page 90 cars run from $40 to $250 per day, and the rate you see is the rate you pay at hand-over. Weekly and monthly rates simply multiply the daily figure — weekly is daily x 6, monthly is daily x 21 — so a longer booking lowers the per-day cost without a separate negotiation.

The daily rate, weekly and monthly

• Economy: from $40 per day, the Chevrolet Malibu, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla bracket at $50.
• Crossovers: from $55 per day, with the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V at $70.
• SUV & 4x4: from $85 per day across 16 vehicles, the largest class on this page.
• Premium: from $125 per day, the top of the daily range at $250.
• Weekly: daily x 6, so an Economy car at $40 works out to $240 for seven days.
• Monthly: daily x 21, so the same car runs $840 for the month.
• Longer is cheaper per day: a monthly booking spreads the same car over more days at a lower daily figure.

What is already inside the price

State-minimum liability coverage and a Loss Damage Waiver are included in every rate, so the daily figure covers the car itself. Both are part of the rental agreement: the LDW is a waiver, not insurance, and its deductible and exclusions are set out there, as is the young-driver fee for drivers aged 21–24. Trips to other US states are agreed when booking; Mexico, Canada and ferries are not permitted under the agreement.

Tax and the state surcharge

Prices exclude tax, and the rate added depends on the county where you take the car: 6.5% sales tax in Orange County, 7.5% in Osceola, 7% in Seminole and Polk. On top of that comes the $2 per day rental car surcharge, charged for the first 30 days of the rental. A bank card in the main driver's name covers the security hold, and the amount is set out in the agreement rather than quoted here. Tolls are a separate line: the car is set up for electronic tolling and tolls are re-invoiced as recorded, on the terms in the agreement.

One habit worth keeping: settle the class and the pickup window before you confirm, because the county of hand-over decides whether you pay 6.5% or 7.5% — a detail that changes the final bill.

Insurance, tolls and rules of the road in car rental in USA

Coverage and road rules decide what you actually pay at the end, so this section covers what is already in the rate, how tolls reach you, and the driving rules that catch out first-time visitors.

What is included and what is added at payment

The LDW is a waiver, not insurance — how much you carry yourself and which situations fall outside it are written into the rental agreement. Tax sits on top: 6.5% sales tax in Orange County, 7.5% in Osceola, 7% in Seminole and Polk by the county of hand-over, plus the $2/day rental car surcharge for the first 30 days. A bank card in the main driver's name carries the security hold, with the amount set out in the agreement. In our practice, renters who check the county of hand-over before confirming avoid a surprise of one percentage point on the invoice.

Tolls, cameras and how they are re-invoiced

• Electronic tolling: every car is set up for E-PASS/SunPass, so you drive the toll lanes without stopping.
• Re-invoicing: tolls are charged as recorded, on the terms set out in the rental agreement.
• Visitor Toll Pass: clients who arrive and depart through MCO may use the free CFX Visitor Toll Pass instead.
• Tickets: traffic-camera, unpaid-toll and parking tickets are issued to the car owner and re-invoiced to the renter.

Toll lanes on the routes around Greater Orlando are handled electronically, and the terms of each programme are set out in the rental agreement.

Rules of the road that matter most

Traffic keeps to the right and every car is left-hand drive to US spec, so a visitor's own driving habits transfer directly. A valid licence from your home country is enough to drive here; an International Driving Permit is not required by law (HB 7059, 2013), though if your licence is not in English an IDP or certified translation is recommended as a translation for police and insurers, nothing more. The licence must be the physical card — the law (FS 322.38) requires us to inspect it and witness the signature, so a digital licence will not work. The minimum driver age is 21, drivers aged 21–24 pay a young-driver fee set out in the agreement, and some premium classes and passenger vans may require 25 or over. Rental runs from one day (24 hours) with unlimited mileage within the state; trips to other US states are agreed when booking, while Mexico, Canada and ferries are prohibited. Child seats and boosters, required for children under six (FS 316.613), are agreed when booking.

Extras and one-way trips in car rental in USA

Extras are agreed when booking, and one-way trips within the state are arranged the same way: you tell the manager where you start and where you finish, and the terms are set out in the agreement.

Child seats, additional drivers and hourly rentals with a driver

• Child seats and boosters: required by state law for children under 6 (FS 316.613) and provided on request — tell the manager the child's age when booking.
• Additional drivers: the terms are set out in the rental agreement and agreed when booking.
• Rental with a driver: available by the hour from 4 hours for trips and transfers to MCO or SFB; the driver's hourly rate is quoted when booking.
• Toll setup: every car is set up for electronic tolling (E-PASS/SunPass), and tolls are re-invoiced as recorded on the terms in the agreement.

What is included without extra charge

Weekly and monthly rates cut the per-day figure — weekly is the daily rate times six, monthly is the daily rate times twenty-one — so ten days on a $55 crossover costs less per day than a weekend.

One-way trips and leaving the state

One-way trips inside the state are agreed when booking: name the pick-up and drop-off points, and the manager confirms what is available for your dates. Journeys to other US states are also agreed when booking, not at hand-over. Mexico, Canada and ferries are prohibited by the agreement, and off-road, beach-sand or unpaved-track driving is not allowed either. If your route ends somewhere other than where it started, say so in the first message to the manager, before the car is assigned.

USA car rental what to check before you book

Before you confirm a booking, run through five checks: the class and seats match your group, your licence is the physical card, the window covers every day you need the car, the hand-over point is agreed, and you know what the price excludes. Each one is quick, and each one prevents a change later.

Match the class to your group and route

• Seats, not vibes: count heads including children — 5-seat sedans cover most couples, 7-seat minivans cover families, 12- and 15-seat vans cover groups.
• Luggage: a 5-seat crossover carries four people with bags; a full five with luggage needs a larger class.
• Route: city and highway driving suit Economy and Comfort; unpaved tracks and beach sand are prohibited by the agreement in any class.

Check your documents before you pay

• Licence: the physical card, inspected in person and signed in front of us at hand-over (FS 322.38) — a digital licence is not accepted.
• Passport: international visitors show it alongside the licence.
• Translation: if your licence is not in English, an IDP or a certified translation helps with police and insurers — it is not a permit and no state requires one (HB 7059, 2013).
• Bank card: in the main driver's name, used for the security hold; the amount is set out in the agreement.
• Age: minimum is 21; drivers 21–24 pay a young-driver fee set out in the agreement, and certain premium classes and passenger vans may ask for 25 or over.

Confirm the window, the hand-over and the exclusions

Book for the full window you need — from 1 day (24 hours) upward, with weekly at daily x 6 and monthly at daily x 21, so a longer booking lowers the per-day figure. Mileage within the state is unlimited; trips to other US states are agreed when booking, and Mexico, Canada and ferries are prohibited. Cancellation or rebooking is free when the National Hurricane Center issues a Hurricane Warning for Orange, Osceola or Seminole County, or when MCO or SFB closes.