travel methods for TPA-MCO
 

Is there a train or oneway car rental that will allow me to travel between these two airports - there is only one direct flight and it leaves to early

Thanks in advance

Jon

Why fly direct? You get more miles if you connect in ORD or something like that http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Train? Train? This is the US, mate. We don't believe in public transportation. :-)

I don't think the railroad runs that way, no. Checking on Amtrak's site, it insists that you'd need to take one of their busses along the route -- and that it would take over 3 and a half hours.

To check on trains (or in this case, Amtrak busses): http://lb.amtrak.com/

To check on Greyhound busses: http://www.greyhound.com

Greyhound seems to have a number of direct busses that take 2-3 hours. US bus stations are invariably in the worst part of town.

There are probably private company options available, but I haven't lived down south for years, so I don't know them.

(Edit for clarity.)

[This message has been edited by ebell (edited 07-30-2001).]

One way car rentals are easy and inexpensive. If you shop around even a little, there will be no drop charge.

You can usually find rental cars with no extra one-way charge as long as you return the car in the same state. TPA-MCO shouldn't be a problem. If they tell you there is an extra charge just hang up and try a different rental company.

Be sure to check National Car Rental for this trip. They are usually the best for within-Florida one way rentals about not having a drop charge.

And . . . you are a few years early for the proposed high speed train from MCO to TPA. This stretch is seriously overburdened with car traffic and is receiving consideration as the first leg of an intra-Florida rail network.

[This message has been edited by hackensacknj (edited 07-30-2001).]

Sadly the proposal has been under "consideration" for more than 15 years. I wouldn't hold my breath.

there is no drop charge for all the major car rental cos. between TPA and MCO airports. There -may- be between suburban locations in each city. It would be silly to do anything but drive between the two.

JL

I've found it's often less expensive to pickup a National car in TPA and drop it at MCO (or vice versa) than it is to pick up and return to the same (MCO or TPA) city. The same is true for TPA or MCO to MIA. I recently spent a week at WDW and then dropped the car at MIA before boarding a cruise ship. The rate was less than returning the car to the pick up location.

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Jon

1) Rent a car or 2) hire a sedan and driver.

Depending on when you need to travel, Comair might be back in operation. They usually have 3 flights a day.

Comair has two flights a day and Delta Express (all-coach 737-200s) has one. I've never flown it, but I assume the DLX is simply for aircraft relocation.

Driving between TPA and MCO is fast and easy. Avoid rushhours as the construction on I-4 can be annoying.