Car rental in Florida

Car rental in Florida with Rent-Trip starts at $40 per day for an Economy sedan and runs to $250 per day for the largest classes, with 90 cars available on this page.

What car rental in Florida looks like with Rent-Trip

Rent-Trip runs self-drive hire on a simple principle: you book the car, and we bring it to you. There is no counter to queue at and no shuttle to catch. Every booking is agreed with a manager, and the agreement is signed in person when the car changes hands.

Self-drive hire without a counter

We bring the car to you — there is no counter, no queue and no shuttle. That single detail changes how a trip starts: instead of hunting for a desk after a long flight, you tell us where you will be and when, and the hand-over happens there. Everything else is settled in one conversation with a manager: dates, class, and the exact meeting point. The agreement is signed in person at hand-over, so the meeting point is agreed when booking. In our practice, the arrival time usually decides the hand-over spot — a late flight and an early one rarely end up in the same place.

90 cars on this Florida page

This page carries 90 cars out of 754 across the whole site. Ten classes are open for booking, so the choice is wide rather than nominal:

• Economy: 11 cars from $40 a day — Nissan Versa, Hyundai Elantra, Kia K4, Kia Soul, Nissan Sentra, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Corolla Hybrid, Chevrolet Malibu, Honda Civic, Mazda 3 and Volkswagen Jetta.
• Crossovers: 14 cars from $55 — Chevrolet Trax, Honda HR-V, Hyundai Kona, Nissan Kicks, Chevrolet Equinox, Hyundai Tucson, Jeep Compass, Kia Sportage, Mazda CX-5, Nissan Rogue, Subaru Forester, Volkswagen Tiguan, Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4.
• SUV & 4x4: 16 cars from $85 — the largest group on the page.
• Premium: 12 cars from $125.
• Pickup trucks: 8 cars from $65 — Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma and Jeep Gladiator.
• Electric: 8 cars from $75 — Chevrolet Equinox EV, Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6.
• Comfort, Minivans, Convertibles and Passenger vans: 6, 5, 5 and 5 cars respectively, from $55, $75, $85 and $125.

Ten classes means you can match the car to the trip rather than take what is left. Seating runs from 2 to 15 seats, so a couple, a family of five and a group of twelve each get a vehicle that actually fits. Fuel types are gasoline, hybrid and electric, and every car is automatic. Prices start at $40 a day and top out at $250. Weekly rates begin at $240 and monthly at $840. If your plans are still firming up, book the class rather than the model — a class holds its price while the specific car is confirmed closer to the date.

Classes and prices for car rental in Florida

Ten classes sit behind the price list, and the spread between them is wide: a compact sedan at $40 a day and a premium SUV at $250 are the two ends of the same booking system. What changes is not the paperwork but the car itself — seats, drivetrain, fuel and luggage room. Weekly and monthly rates cut the daily figure further.

Prices by class

Weekly and monthly rates

Weekly rates start at $240 and monthly at $840, which works out as daily times six and daily times twenty-one. The multiplier is fixed, so the saving is arithmetic rather than a promotion — the longer the booking, the lower the per-day figure. Rent-Trip keeps cars available from one day, twenty-four hours, so a two-day trip and a three-week stay go through the same route. In our experience, families who book a crossover for ten days rather than seven get the extra days at the weekly rate rather than the daily one, and that difference alone often covers a day of theme-park parking. Longer bookings also mean fewer hand-over appointments to arrange with a manager.

Matching the class to the trip

• Economy: five seats, front-wheel drive and 122–191 hp — enough for two people and a week of luggage.
• Crossovers: five seats with all-wheel drive on most models, from $55 — the sensible pick when the trip mixes city driving with the road out to the coast.
• SUV & 4x4: sixteen cars, the largest group on this page, from $85 — ground clearance and all-wheel grip for unpaved approaches to trailheads.
• Electric: eight cars from $75, including Tesla Model 3 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 — worth it if your hotel or a nearby plaza has charging.
• Minivans and passenger vans: seven to fifteen seats, from $75 — one vehicle instead of two when the whole group travels together.

Every car on this page is automatic and left-hand drive, which is what you want on Florida roads — traffic keeps to the right, and a driver arriving from a left-hand-drive country needs no adjustment period. The class you pick decides the seats and the drivetrain; the price decides nothing else. If your plans include a long run down the coast, book the larger boot rather than the larger engine — three suitcases fill a sedan faster than most people expect.

How booking and delivery work for car rental in Florida

Booking with us is a conversation, not a checkout page. You tell us your dates, the class you want and where you will be staying, and a manager confirms the car and the hand-over point.

Booking with a manager

Every booking is agreed with a manager on WhatsApp or by phone. There is no online checkout and no reservation form to fill in, which means dates, class and meeting point are settled in one conversation instead of three confirmation emails. If your plans shift — a later flight into MCO, an extra day at the coast — you message the same person who confirmed the car. Hire starts from 1 day, or 24 hours, so a weekend break and a three-week stay go through the same route. Weekly rates run from $240 and monthly from $840, both lower per day than the daily figure. Because the agreement is signed in person at hand-over, everything you discuss when booking is what gets written down and signed at the car.

Free delivery across Greater Orlando

• Meeting point: the exact spot is agreed when booking, so your arrival time and terminal decide where the hand-over happens.
• Timing: tell us your flight number and we schedule the drop-off around it rather than the other way round.
• One-way trips: returning the car to a different point is agreed when booking.
• Longer hires: weekly and monthly rates are lower per day, so a two-week stay costs less per day than a short one.

What happens at the hand-over

The car comes clean, with a full tank, and is returned with a full tank. We inspect your physical licence and witness your signature on the spot, which is why a digital copy will not work — state law requires the company to see the card itself. The meeting takes about fifteen minutes, and the manager walks you round the car before you drive off. The sums added on top of the daily rate — tax by the county of hand-over and the daily surcharge — are set out in the agreement. Mileage within the state is unlimited, so a long run on Florida highways does not change the bill. Child seats and boosters for children under six are agreed when booking, and the car is already set up for electronic tolling.

Documents and driver requirements for car rental in Florida

Hiring a car here runs on state law, not on a company's house rules, and that law is friendlier to visitors than most travellers expect. What you carry in your wallet decides how quickly the hand-over goes, so it is worth checking the list before you fly.

Licence and age rules

A physical licence from your home country is enough to drive here — an International Driving Permit is not required by state law. If your licence is not in English, an IDP or a certified translation is recommended as a translation for police and insurers, nothing more. Minimum driver age is 21, and drivers aged 21–24 pay a young-driver fee whose amount is set out in the rental agreement; some premium classes and passenger vans may require 25 or older, so check the agreement before you pick a class. Traffic keeps to the right and every car in our fleet is left-hand drive, US-spec, which matters on your first hour off the airport road. If your licence was issued in a non-Latin script, get the translation sorted at home — a notary at the airport is not something we can arrange for you.

What to bring to the hand-over

• Physical driver's licence: state law (FS 322.38) requires us to inspect the card and witness your signature, so a digital licence on a phone will not be accepted.
• Passport: international visitors show it alongside the licence; domestic renters travelling within the US do not need one.
• Bank card in the main driver's name: used for the security hold, with the amount set out in the rental agreement.
• The booking conversation: dates, class and meeting point are already agreed with a manager, so bring the confirmation thread if you have questions.
• Child seats and boosters: required for children under 6 (FS 316.613) and provided when agreed at booking.

Signing in person, and why it matters

The rental agreement is signed in person at hand-over — there is no online, electronic or advance signing. We inspect the physical licence and witness the signature on the spot, which is why the meeting point in the delivery area is fixed when you book rather than at the last minute. Drivers who land at either airport should have the licence and passport in hand luggage, not in a checked bag: the hand-over cannot start without them, and a delayed bag turns into a delayed car. One practical note from our own hand-overs — a licence that expires within the rental window is treated as invalid from day one, so renew before you travel rather than mid-trip.

What is included in the price of car rental in Florida

Every booking with Rent-Trip is quoted as one daily figure, and that figure already carries the cover most travellers end up buying separately: state-minimum liability coverage and a Loss Damage Waiver. The daily rate is not the final bill, though, so it is worth knowing exactly where the included part stops and what is added on top.

What the daily rate already covers

• State-minimum liability coverage: the legal minimum the state requires, included in the price of every class from Economy at $40 a day upward.
• Loss Damage Waiver (LDW): protects the car itself; this is a waiver, not insurance, and its deductible and exclusions are set out in the rental agreement.
• Unlimited mileage within the state: drive from MCO to the Gulf coast and back without a per-mile charge; trips to other US states are agreed when booking.
• Clean car and a full tank: the car is handed over washed with a full tank and comes back the same way.
• Electronic tolling set up: the car is fitted for E-PASS or SunPass, and tolls are re-invoiced as recorded on the terms in the agreement.
• Child seats and boosters: required for children under six under FS 316.613, provided on request when you book.

What is added when you pay

Prices exclude tax. Two charges land on the final bill: sales tax at 6.5% in Orange County, 7.5% in Osceola, 7% in Seminole and Polk — the rate follows the county where the car is handed over — plus the $2-a-day state surcharge for the first 30 days. A bank card in the main driver's name carries the security hold, and that amount is set out in the rental agreement. Drivers aged 21 to 24 pay a young-driver fee, also set out in the agreement, and some premium classes and passenger vans may ask for 25 or over.

Where longer rentals and add-ons fit

Weekly rates start at $240 and monthly at $840, both lower per day than the daily rate on the same class, so a two-week stay in Greater Orlando costs less per day than a long weekend. Booking runs from one day, meaning a 24-hour hire and a month-long one follow the same route: a request to a manager, then hand-over. Cancellation or rebooking is free when the National Hurricane Center issues a Hurricane Warning for Orange, Osceola or Seminole County, or when either airport closes — nobody drives out under a warning. In our experience, travellers who plan the county of hand-over before booking avoid the surprise of a higher tax rate on the receipt.

Driving rules and tolls for car rental in Florida

Driving here is right-hand traffic in a left-hand-drive US-spec car, and the state's toll roads, fuel grades and licence rules are the three things visitors ask about most. Everything below applies to car hire with Rent-Trip, from the moment we hand over the keys.

Tolls and how they are charged

Every car in our fleet is set up for electronic tolling through E-PASS or SunPass, so you do not stop at a booth or dig for coins on SR 528, the Beachline. Tolls are re-invoiced exactly as the system records them, on the terms set out in the rental agreement. If you arrive and depart through Orlando International Airport (MCO), you can instead pick up the free CFX Visitor Toll Pass and link it to your own card — that route keeps your toll spend visible to you rather than added to the final bill. Unpaid tolls and traffic-camera tickets are issued to the car owner, and we pass them on to the driver, so keep the plate number handy if you cross a cash lane by mistake. On a week-long stay, the toll roads most drivers meet are SR 528 to the coast, the Florida's Turnpike and the 417 around the south of the city.

Fuel, mileage and where the car may go

The car comes with a full tank and is returned full — refuel before drop-off, and the fuel grade for each model is set out in the rental agreement. Cross into another US state and the trip has to be agreed when booking, not decided at the border. Mexico, Canada and ferries are prohibited under the agreement. Electric models in the fleet, such as the Tesla Model 3 or Chevrolet Equinox EV, are handed over charged, and the charging network along the I-4 corridor is dense enough that a day trip and back rarely needs a top-up mid-route.

Licence, age and the rules that catch visitors out

• Physical licence: state law (FS 322.38) requires us to inspect the physical card and witness your signature at hand-over — a digital licence will not work.
• International Driving Permit: not required by state law (HB 7059, 2013); if your licence is not in English, an IDP or certified translation is recommended for police and insurers.
• Minimum age: 21, with a young-driver fee for ages 21–24 set out in the rental agreement; some premium classes and passenger vans may require 25 or older.
• Child seats: required for children under 6 (FS 316.613) and can be provided when agreed at booking.
• Off-road driving: prohibited — no beach sand, no unpaved tracks, whatever the sat-nav suggests.

One practical note: traffic keeps to the right, and the biggest adjustment for visitors is turning right on red where permitted — it is legal here after a full stop unless a sign says otherwise.

Longer trips and one-way car rental in Florida

A week in the state rarely stays in one place. Guests fly into one airport, spend a few days in Greater Orlando, then drive south to the coast or north to the springs — and a one-way drop-off is what makes that route work without a return leg.

Multi-day and month-long hire

Weekly rates start at $240 and monthly at $840, which is daily × 6 and daily × 21 respectively — the longer you keep the car, the lower the daily figure. Hire runs from 1 day (24 hours), so a weekend trip and a two-month stay are booked the same way. Mileage within the state is unlimited, which matters on this scale: a long loop through Florida is a normal day, not an exception. In our practice, guests who book three weeks or more almost always take a crossover or an SUV — 16 SUV & 4x4 units from $85 and 14 crossovers from $55 sit on this page for exactly that reason.

One-way car rental in Florida

• Agree the route when booking: tell the manager your start and finish points — a drop-off in another part of the state is arranged in the same conversation, not at hand-over.
• Trips to other US states: agreed when booking as well; mileage is unlimited only within the state.
• Mexico, Canada and ferries: prohibited by the rental agreement.
• The agreement is signed in person: at hand-over we inspect the physical licence and witness the signature (FS 322.38), so the whole route is fixed before the keys change hands.
• Tolls on a one-way route: re-invoiced as recorded, on the terms set out in the agreement.

What long trips ask of the driver

• Class, not price: a month on the road is easier in a Comfort sedan from $55 or a minivan from $75 than in the cheapest Economy car — 7 seats and 3.6 L suit a family with luggage.
• Electric for high mileage: 8 electric cars from $75 cover the daily loop, but plan charging around your stops rather than the other way round.
• Return condition: the car comes clean with a full tank and goes back the same way.
• Child seats and boosters: required for children under 6 (FS 316.613) and provided on request — agreed when booking.

Long trips here reward planning rather than luck: fix the route, the class and the drop-off point in one conversation with the manager before you fly, and the rest of the journey is just driving.