Alamo pick up but not an Airport

[Annie17]

Hi all

We are travelling 21st August flying into Tampa and staying 3 nights at Cabana Bay and 2 nights at rpr before heading to a villa

the original plan was to hire a car for the full 3 weeks Tampa to Tampa but having at look at Parking prices at Universal hotels ( we wont use the car at all whilst at Universal) it would just be to get from the Airport to walmart then onto Cabana Bay

Now a few things to consider

My plan was to book a Full Size SUV in hopes of getting an 8 seater ( we are 2 adults 6 children aged between 12-2)

if not we will (up-down) grade to either a Sienna or 12 seater

a sienna from Tampa to Hyatt Regency is £51 for 24 hours

then a Full size Suv is £698 from Hyatt Regency to Tampa for 26th Aug-11th Sept, meaning a saving of almost £100 when you factor in Parking etc

My questions being

Does Hyatt Regency have a decent selection of Car choice?

Is there anywhere better around Universal/Disney i could pick up a better choice of Car?

Should i just stick with the original plan?

Thanks for reading if you got this far

[Mary A]

We've never been able to chose car when picking up from hotel offices. Just been given a car.
I think you can only chose at certain airport locations.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by Mary A

We've never been able to chose car when picking up from hotel offices. Just been given a car.
I think you can only chose at certain airport locations.

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Correct. The big 4 and that's it.

[Annie17]

ahh so you cant even ask if they have others? may just stick with Plan A then

[pad406]

The driver could take an Uber to the airport by themselves, pick the car and return for the rest. That way you get the saving & choice for the cost of an Uber $30-$40

[Damn Dirty Ape]

Originally Posted by pad406

The driver could take an Uber to the airport by themselves, pick the car and return for the rest. That way you get the saving & choice for the cost of an Uber $30-$40

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This is exactly what I'm doing. Won't need the car while at RPR and Cabana Bay so I'm getting an Uber to MCO to pickup from Alamo once we are done at Universal. The family can have one last hour in Universal while I'm away and I can pick whatever car I want and not be rushed into a choice.

The fare estimator for an Uber X is only $23: uber/en-GB/fare-estimate/