[New Englander]

So I live in MA and I'm just visiting TV so would it be less expensive to get the SunPass from the car rental co. than not get one and be billed???

[vaborn@comcast.net]

Rental car companies will charge you a fee (per day up to a maximum amount) plus tolls.

[Tom53]

Originally Posted by vaborn@comcast.net

I got caught by Hertz on this in April. Paid cash at tolls that accepted cash but got caught on an expressway that only accepts SunPass. Cost of toll I think was $2.25 but my credit card was billed for $27.00 (use of SunPass plus toll). Ouch! Learned my lession. Buying a SunPass as soon as I get back in the state when I come down in December.

You can order one online and have it mailed to you, so you'll have it when you arrive.

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by vaborn@comcast.net

Rental car companies will charge you a fee (per day up to a maximum amount) plus tolls.

These fees are listed here - Frequently Asked Questions

[Arlington2]

Originally Posted by Tom53

You can order one online and have it mailed to you, so you'll have it when you arrive.

This is the safest way. When I purchased and activated online the website said it would be active the next day after 6 am. I don't know if that is the case when purchased in the turnpike plazas.

[pauld315]

Originally Posted by JerryP

From 301 Wildwood to Orlando airport $5.57.

Here is the sunpass toll calculator URL.

Florida Turnpike Toll Calculator v3.1

So if you only have one person coming in, it is actually cheaper to just have them take the bus when you consider the tolls, gas, parking at MCO and your time.

[Allegiance]

Rent a car companies are notorious for large penalty toll charges.


Even if you get your own pass, make sure the rentals pass is not registered at the toll.

[SALYBOW]

We just get a Sun Pass at Walgreens and it get up through everywhere.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by pauld315

So if you only have one person coming in, it is actually cheaper to just have them take the bus when you consider the tolls, gas, parking at MCO and your time.

I am the person coming in. I'm taking a a LifeStyles Preview. I'm renting a car at MCO. I'm trying to find the best way to do this.

[villagetinker]

Remember you have to REGISTER THE CAR AND THE TAG in the SunPass, so I do not think this will work for a rental. Also, previous comments about just driving through the sunpass will get you big fines and a real surprise from the car rental company.

I would use the villages shuttle, just make sure your guest knows exactly where to get the shuttle and what they look like, too make people MISDIRECT people to the village TAXI.

[JoMar]

If you are only going to be here once then I wouldn't get a Sunpass. If you are coming back and staying for any length of time why wouldn't you get one? We live here permantly and still have an EZ Pass for the northern states and we only go up there once a year. Coming back from the launch at Kennedy last night we counted cars at the toll booths and some of the lines were 20+ cars, why would anyone want to sit in those lines when you don't have to?

[pauld315]

Originally Posted by New Englander

I am the person coming in. I'm taking a a LifeStyles Preview. I'm renting a car at MCO. I'm trying to find the best way to do this.

Sorry, I didn't phrase this very well. I was talking about if somebody living here had one friend or family member flying into Orlando airport, it would be less expensive for that friend or family member to take the shuttle from Orlando for $35 than it would be for the villager to go to Orlando to pick them up when you take into considerations almost 6 dollars each way in tolls, gas and parking at the airport.

[Mleeja]

Take the shuttle! If you want a car, rent from Hertz or Enterprise when you arrive in The Villages.

[Ooper]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

No need....................there is a cash-taking human at each toll.

No there is not. There are many that do not have humans. The toll booth near the Orlando Executive Airport for 1.

[big guy]

Originally Posted by Arubagirl33

Lol The rental company passes that bill onto you at 10x the inflated cost of the toll.

Not Hertz! I forgot that the car I was driving didn't have a SunPass, stopped and talked to the toll taker about paying what I owed. He said not to worry about it. He said one of two things would happen. I would either A. get a bill from Hertz or B. Maybe not. That was 2 years ago. Never have received a bill.