Paying for tolls through car hire who’s best!

[1andrea]

Just wondering what car hire company is the cheapest for tolls.

We rented last year with advantage and they were awful.

Thank you xx

 

[BillPA]

Your best bet is to carry a roll of quarters and just pay as you go.

 

[PerfessorZ]

Maybe check this out: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/new...0190507-6g47x7di4vckdho2oywukxnqmq-story.html

 

[1andrea]

When I click on the link it says I’m not allowed to view x

 

[1andrea]

Your best bet is to carry a roll of quarters and just pay as you go.

Some tolls are cashless around the Miami area. Last time we were fined x

 

[PerfessorZ]

Tourists at Orlando airport can get loaner transponders for toll roads
Kevin Spear
By KEVIN SPEAR
| ORLANDO SENTINEL |
MAY 07, 2019 | 3:32 PM

Tourists at Orlando airport can get loaner transponders for toll roads
Loaner transponder for tolls roads available at Orlando's airport.
Central Florida’s toll-road agency has begun to loan transponders to visitors at Orlando’s airport to try to solve ongoing complaints from out-of-towners that they had been gouged by rental companies charging fees that in many cases were far greater than actual road tolls.

Complaints have been on the rise as toll booths in Central Florida have given way to automated pay-by-plate tolling.

A frequent visitor, Don Rogalsky of Winnipeg, Canada, rented a car last year for a theme-park stay. He eventually ran out of a generous supply of quarters and encountered a toll plaza that did not provide change.

The rental-car bill he got for driving through a pay-by-plate lane at that toll plaza included a $10 administration charge.

“I got kind of hot about that,” Rogalsky said.

Several thousand loaner transponders are available during a three-month trial intended to turn into a permanent program. The expressway authority could find no model elsewhere in the country and had to design its own concept. The pilot project is costing the expressway authority $200,000 a month.

Along the A and B sides of the airport terminal, expressway-authority representatives wait from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. near rental-car counters and next to self-standing signs with the headline: “Travel like a local. Pay tolls. Skip fees.”

The authority has calculated that users of a loaner transponder can save as much as 80 percent of what they would pay through some rental-company toll options.

But as those toll options vary widely, transponder users would pay an average of 23 percent less than what drivers paying with cash would have to fork up, according the authority.

The program officially got started on May 1. But on the day before, Boston resident Marsha Montgomery arrived with her daughter for a cheerleading competition and had to wait in a long line to rent a car.

She saw one of the signs, went to the VisitorTollPass.com on her phone, filled out a form and, as a result, became the first user of a loaner transponder.

“The process was very smooth,” Montgomery said. “And you only have to pay for what you use.”

Other travelers said they hardly took note of the sign, though it was just feet away, as they were focused on their travel details.

“I guess I thought it was an advertisement for a resort,” Jennifer Dougherty said.

Several asked why information for the loaner transponders was not being made available at the counters or rental companies.

So far, the transponder program has the support of airport and leaders, but not the backing of rental companies.

The expressway-authority officials suspect but haven’t confirmed that loaner transponders may take a bite out of profits for rental companies.

“Our focus has been to work with the airport,” said expressway-authority spokesman Brian Hutchings.

Enterprise Holdings spokeswoman Lisa Martini said in response to the loaner program that the “tolling process remains complex and challenging for many drivers.”

“We look forward to working closely with CFX – just as we always have – to ensure the best possible customer experience,” Martini said.

The loaners are shaped as a small mirror hanger. Users will be charged $10 if the transponders are not returned either at the airport or by mail. Tolls are charged to a user’s credit card.

Authority representative Viviana Adams encouraged users to save a website link to the loaner program.

“It’s where you can see your tolls so that you won’t be surprised,” Adams said.

“Thank you,” said Maria Ramiro Delgado, clutching a transponder. “We’ve been traveling all day and need to get to our hotel for some rest.”

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Alamo is the best. You only get charged the $3.95 fee for the service on days you actually drive on toll roads. Other companies charge a daily service fee weather you drive on a toll road or not.

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

I agree Alamo is the best. We used it last time without a problem. It is $3.95 per day service charge for the days you use it plus the toll fees, however the service charge fee is capped at $19.75 for your rental period.