refuelling before returning rental car at TPA...
May 21, 2016, 2:49 pm
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refuelling before returning rental car at TPA...
How easy is it to fuel up at TPA before dropping a rental car back?
Just wondering if I break with tradition and use the pre-paid fuelling option, as I'll probably use about 75% of a tank of gas on this trip.
Just wondering if I break with tradition and use the pre-paid fuelling option, as I'll probably use about 75% of a tank of gas on this trip.
May 22, 2016, 9:25 am
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It depends on where you will be coming from. There is a couple of easy stations if you are comingfrom Clearwater on Gulf To Bay (Hwy 60). Otherwise not a lot of easy staions close to TPA.
May 22, 2016, 9:50 am
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I reckon it'll be an extra 10 bucks if I take the refuelling option. Sounds like a sensible investment.
May 25, 2016, 10:40 am
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I think that an extra US$10 would be worth not having to worry about refilling. You'll be coming back on highway through the city. Traffic can be bad and trying to find an exit with a gas station that is easy to get back in 275 can be difficult if you don't knwo the area.
May 25, 2016, 11:29 am
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Very simple actually. There are gas stations located at Westshore Blvd, which run about $0.20-0.40/gal more than anywhere else, many on Kennedy Blvd, and cheapest is usually Wawa(same price cash or credit) on Dale Mabry.
From Orlando, you'd take I-4 to I-275. Get off on the Dale Mabry exit, hang a left (south) and Wawa is right there at Gray St. To get to the airport, either hop back on I-275 and head West or drive N on Dale Mabry to Boyscout Drive which heads straight into the airport.
From Orlando, you'd take I-4 to I-275. Get off on the Dale Mabry exit, hang a left (south) and Wawa is right there at Gray St. To get to the airport, either hop back on I-275 and head West or drive N on Dale Mabry to Boyscout Drive which heads straight into the airport.
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May 28, 2016, 11:56 am
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Coming from Orlando, there are plenty of easy options to refuel at. +1 for the station at Westshore and Cypress - likely the closest. You literally exit 275 at Westshore making a right off the ramp (heading N on Westshore) and you can see that station from the highway. It's another 5-7 minutes to the airport from there depending on lights.