Alamo Car Rental

[Mylove2002]

Has anyone rented from Alamo at the Orlando Airport? If so, how were they? I know they are the official Rental Car for Disney. Is there a counter right at the airport. I normally use National because they are great. But when I go in Sept National's prices are double that of Alamo! I'm flying in late with 2 kids and want to go through the rental business as easy as possible. Any suggestions to rental cars would be appreicated.

 

[we3disneygo]

We used Alamo at MCO last Sept. and had no problems -just be sure to have a copy of the rate, they tried to give us a higher pirce than what we booked but I had my print out and they said no problem, they also did not try to sale us on the extra insurance to hard we told them we talked to our insurance agent before leaving and not to buy the extras. We had no hassle , no waiting in line, just walked over and got our car. the year before we rented with National and had to shuttle to the office which we won't do agian. good luck

 

[tebookie]

We've used Alamo in the past and had good success.
Nice and easy now that they are right at the airport.

We will be using them again in September. They generally have some great rates too.

 

[mad4themouse]

Originally posted by we3disneygo
the year before we rented with National and had to shuttle to the office which we won't do agian. good luck

National is located in the airport terminal and has been for several years. Why did you need to take a shuttle to their office? Maybe you're thinking of another agency?

On the other hand, Alamo used to be located outside of the airport terminal and they were famous for long lines and poor customer service. Since their merge with National and their move inside the airport last year, things have reportedly improved a bit.

 

[speedyf]

We rented from Alamo on our last trip in May of this year. Everything ran smoothly. The line was a bit long, but they had about 10 agents working feverishly.

The rental counter was just downstairs from the luggage pick-up. I was able to send my wife to wait in line for the car while I waited for the luggage. We finished at about the same time.

I guess it just depends on what time you arrive and how many other people are there....but, our experience was overall good.

speedyf

 

[we3disneygo]

sorry for the confusion it must have been enterprise we rented from in 2002 and had to take a shuttle which we had to call 2-3 times to tell them we were waiting.....

 

[inkkognito]

We've gotten Alamo many times through Priceline. Their counters are adjacent to National, and you choose from the same cars in the garage for both of them. The lines tend to be very long, although sometimes there is no line at all (and sometimes A side can be bad and B deserted or visa versa). They tend to give a hard sell on the insurance, but other than that they're not bad.
Barb

 

[maraakl]

Barb,
Have you noticed if they have a Quicksilver line? If so, how busy is that?
TIA

 

[mtblujeans]

I have some Alamo/Entertainment coupons if anyone can use them. PM me and I will send one out. I only have 1 of each, tho', so first PM, first sent. (I hope they help someone) I have:

Coupon #1

"up to $20 off weekend rental"

Coupon Code: DB60 2 Days $10 off
Coupon Code: DB63 3 Days $15 off
Coupon Code: DB64 4 Days $20 off

Rate Code XQ, ID # 803291


Coupon #2

"one free upgrade"

Rate Code J1 (XQ for weekend rental), Coupon Code U06B, ID #803291


Edited To Remove Coupon #3

 

[inkkognito]

They do have Quicksilver, and I've only seen someone in that line once. Interestingly enough, it was in the middle of the night when the regular queue was packed and there was only one counter person working! She ignored the QS person while waiting on a couple of parties from the regular line, so finally the QS person just butted in front of everyone else. She got looks that I'm surprised didn't make her drop dead right there, but hey...she's QS so she had the right! I couldn't believe Alamo was so understaffed that night.
Barb

 

[momof2cuties]

I just got a rate of $156.40 (taxes, etc) for 8 days the end of this month. I have been playing around with the codes at all the different agencies, even tried priceline, and this is the best I got. I used the entertainment coupon for one free day - Request Rate Code J1, Coupon Code FB39, ID #803291 - I have one extra coupon if someone needs it.

 

[aprilgail2]

I used Alamo in May and it was very quick and nice to just walk across the street and pick out your car....only trouble was the only ones availble in our car class were PT Cruisers..we hung around a little while and a nice big car was returned so we took that one. I had book months ago for hte 10 days and it was 390.00 I kept rechecking every few weeks and it kept going dow nso I would cancel and rebook...the last time I did it was last week and I am now booked at 220.00 for hte week, a big savings over what we booked for orginally! I will check one more time before we leave next week!

 

[lawgs]

Mylove2002

do not know your dates, but National's rates for september have been falling lately ....

using priceless vacation and entertainment coupon, some have posted getting rates of 115$~ for a week including taxes and fees for an intermediate

 

[gottaluvdis]

I was just quoted a rate of $177 total for 5 days for an SUV in October. That's using the coupon that came with the Disney Visa mailing (20% off plus a free day). That's the best rate I've been able to get from any of the agencies, but was a little hesistant to go with Alamo because we had a horrible experience with them in Detroit many years ago. That experience was also off-airport, which I would never do again. Since Alamo at MCO is in-terminal, I'll probably go with them this time.

 

[arminnie]

My experience is that Alamo is severely understaffed if you are arriving late at night. I've had to wait an hour when the line wasn't all that long - maybe 15 people.

Quicksilver doesn't seem to help late at night.

 

[jekjones1558]

We used Alamo Quicksilver in June. We just went directly across the street, ground level and checked in at the kiosk. Didn't need to do any line whatsoever. This was during the day. Don't know if that's the way it works at night.

 

[HappyLawyer]

how do you become a quicksilver member?

 

[jekjones1558]

how do you become a quicksilver member?

Quicksilver instructions

 

[HappyLawyer]

thanks for all the info i booked with alamo i just got tired of looking at all the companies, i looked online first, and then i called they gave me a rate 15 bucks higher then i told her and she asked for the rate code so i gave it to her i will continue to watch the rates and codes, but i am staying off property and with shuttles, cabs and vouchers for meers, i will go way over 214 for the time im there and the 214 includes everything so i am pleased

 

[maraakl]

Originally posted by jekjones1558
We used Alamo Quicksilver in June. We just went directly across the street, ground level and checked in at the kiosk. Didn't need to do any line whatsoever. This was during the day. Don't know if that's the way it works at night.

did you do this with a coupon? I will be arriving during the day.