Sixt - Anyone used SIXT car rental at MCO?

Rates seem to be quite a bit cheaper than the competition.

Just wondering what people's experiences are renting here

This appears to be a new station. Sixt previously had US locations in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, with partners elsewhere. They're big in Europe, but obviously much less so in the US.

One of the friendly Sixt representatives once posted here that the idea is that European tourists in FL will want to try American cars, and hopefully American locals will be curious to try European cars.

In general, it seems that whenever a new business opens, arrives in a new town, or an established business expands their offerings, they offer prices lower than the existing competition, to tempt more potential customers, at least initially.

I just booked with them today from jan 11 -jan 19...Fort Lauderdale....$88 all in....I will post my experience with them upon my return to Ontario...

Definitely looking forward to this - I'm planning on going through MCO, and I had a great experience my first time with Sixt (MUC) late last year.

Looked at a quote on Thurs. night for a 1-week rental at MCO in late March. The price was $129. Unfortunately, didn't book it - now it is well over $300! Looks like the good deals are gone.

tampelly, I am curious to hear how your experience was. I am currently booked with them from 3/11 to 3/18 at MCO for $135 TOTAL. Can't beat that price! I am a bit nervous though to book with a company I really know nothing about, so I will be watching for deals at the "main" companies too.

Just booked for 2/19-2/22. It was $34 ai for a Toyota Camry with my UA 1k status match to platinum discount. Without the discount it was only a few dollars more. I'll report back on my experience.

Just an added data point: The prices for my 3 day, full size rental seem to be $100-$200+ cheaper as compared to other discount rental agencies/ the major players.

This is a great rent a car company! Sixt rent a car (http://www.sixt.com/car-rental/usa/orlando/orlando-int-airport/) I had a great expereince.

I am just posting again to note that I was able to get an even better deal on the Sixt website today for MCO. I got a Rav 4/Ford Escape for 7 days in March for $63.97 TOTAL!! A ridiculously good price! If you put in your search parameters, it will prompt a box at the bottom of the screen for an MCO 25% off code, so make sure you click that. I am not sure if that is what gave me the magic cheap price, but WOW!! No other company would ever come close to that price.

Rented at MCO last month. The service was ok for me, but I guess I had good timing. I arrived around midnight and went to shuttle stop and waited about 15 minutes. However, there were people who waited between an hour and an hour and a half for the shuttle!! I found out that after 10 p.m. there is only one running. It is a 10 passenger van, so doesn't hold that many people to start with. Luckily, I was on the A-side. I believe the B-side people were the ones that waited forever, because the driver would never make it over there. Also, the driver was very nice, meaning that after dropping people off, he would help people with their cars, etc. before heading back to the terminals, knowing that people were waiting.

As for the car, I had reserved a full-size, but they didn't have any. I was offered a convertible or a Traverse. I took the Traverse (let me have it now, turning down a convertible in Florida in February) because I had to take my 80 year old mother around and she wouldn't make it in and out of a convertible. The vehicle only had seven miles on it. For four days, my total, with taxes, was $47!!

They are still learning. There are three counters, but at the time that I arrived, only one was open. The agent was doing great. A group of 8, 4 adults and 4 kids, were some of the ones who complained and demanded 2 convertibles for their trouble. He said that he would give them 2, but there probably wouldn't be enough room for their luggage. They didn't listen, and, as I was leaving, were trying to figure out how to get the luggage to fit. I wished I would have stayed around to see what happened.

I returned in the afternoon and waited about 15 minutes for a shuttle.

Would I rent again? Absolutely, but I would make sure that I had a phone number that rang directly to there MCO location. I could have easily been one who had to wait an hour and a half and I would have been fuming. I am an Emerald Exec with National, but could not pass up a deal where my whole rental charge for four days was only a few dollars more than the daily charge at National. My car was $7/day, and when I made the res, I could have had a Mercedes for $15/day.

I am sure with time they will be fine. It appeared that all of their cars were very new.

do you know how far MCO is to the rental? As in how far is the shuttle ride from the airport. We're traveling in a group of 10. I just don't want to have to break up the group.
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However, there were people who waited between an hour and an hour and a half for the shuttle!!

I arrived at their shuttle stop at 7:15 this morning. I didn't have their local number but when the bus didn't show,I called their headquarters in Miami at 7:35. They promised to call MCO immediately.

At 7:55 I called Miami back. They called MCO again. At 8:05 the shuttle arrived. It is about a 10 minute drive to their office and during the ride, the office called the shuttle to tell the driver to pick me up.

(Incidentally, while I was waiting the Payless bus came three times.)

The driver told me that the problem was that they had a lot of drop offs and that a customer had forgotten his phone in the shuttle. The drop offs should not impact anything as after dropping off a customer they are already at the airport and can pick up incoming customers.

The phone, indeed, was forgotten -- and was still in the shuttle when I got in, so it could not have caused any delay at all.

Incidentally, they told me that they do not upgrade Platinum members -- that is done only in Europe.

As much as I like Sixt in Germany -- and had fantastic service there -- I can guarantee that I will not rent from them in MCO again.

do you know how far MCO is to the rental? As in how far is the shuttle ride from the airport. We're traveling in a group of 10. I just don't want to have to break up the group.
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It is about a 10 minute ride, roughly 5 miles. When I was there in Jan they were using a Ford van; unless nobody else needs picked up, chances are you won't be together. I am not sure you will anyway, as I don't think that it will hold 10 people and luggage even if no one else is on. It might also be a 30-45 minute wait for the rest of the group if you do have to split-up, see some other posts in this thread about that.

I booked a full size car and was offer a decent VW Passat with leather interior and about 2000 miles on it. I asked if upgrades were available for Platinum members. They said they upgrade Platinum members one level and offered a Toyota Corolla or Chevy Malibu??? I stuck with the Passat and was happy with it.

There were no BMWs at this location but they did have some Mercedes-Benz cars and SUVs.

I didn't take the shuttle so I have no comments on that