Can we rent a car (gta area) and drive to states?

[Disney Addicted]

I'm curious if we can rent a car in the GTA and drive to the States? I have no idea how economical this would be though and would have to research it. But is it even possible?

 

[lizabu]

I'm pretty sure you aren't allowed to take a rental out of the country.

 

[highland3]

Actually you can, but you must make sure to talk to your rental agency and ensure they know you plan to cross the border.

 

[2gr8DisneyKids]

Actually you can, but you must make sure to talk to your rental agency and ensure they know you plan to cross the border.

And it usually costs a bundle for the ability to take it across the border and through that many states and that many miles.

In the US rental car rates often have mileage and state limitations, more are available, but it will cost more.

 

[Northstar]

Yes, it's very possible. People do this all the time. I did it last year... flew Halifax to Ottawa, then rented a car to drive down to a family reunion in New York, Thousand Islands area.

What you can't do, as a Canadian resident, is rent a car in the U.S. and then drive it into Canada.

 

[Disney Addicted]

Thanks for the information! It would probably cost too much, but I am curious. I'll phone around this week and see what it would cost to rent a car for the week with the intention of driving to Florida & back.

My mom might be inviting our daughter to go with them to Cuba during March break week. Might - still not definate. But of course I immediately started wondering about a trip to Disney with our son & priced it out. Airfare blew that out of the water pretty darn quick! Cheapest I can find will have us driving 5 hours to Long Island, New York and spend $900 to fly to MCO and back.

While my husband would not mind if we drove to Florida (actually, we both think it would be fun in warmer months), I don't think he really wants to put milage on the van.

He mentioned the rental as an option so I figured I would get a price anyways.

 

[nokidz]

Post your findings here, just curious.

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

You may be better off going to the states by bus and renting a car there. Only a few of the rental companies in Canada will let you take a car into the US and even then it can be expensive.