Car rentals near Uni(RPR) + in Tampa airport

[agnes!]

We will be driving down from Amelia Island/Fernandina Beach on Sunday & then our family will be staying at Royal Pacific. My mom is riding with us from that area down to Orlando. She then wants to pick up a rental car in Orlando & go visit some friends/relatives for a couple of days, first in The Villages and then down to Tampa.

So I have a couple of concerns...
I know that Hertz has desks at the Universal resorts, but I just checked out their rates....yikes! Can we all say "expensive" boys & girls?
Are there any good (& reasonably-priced) car rental places that are fairly close to RPR? I was thinking that she might like to freshen up at our resort before she gets on the road. Didn't want to just dump Grandma(so to speak) at some car rental place that turned out to be faaaaaaaaaaar away from our resort or faaaaaaaaaaar away from the major highways.

Are any of these places conveniently accessible to get her on her way to The Villages? I don't want my mom to have to drive 20 minutes to get from the car rental location to the interstates/Toll Road/whatever.

Which car rental companies have on-site or convenient locations to Tampa airport? My mom will be flying out of Tampa later that week, I'd like for the car rental return location to be either on-site or convenient/close to the airport.

Thanks,
agnes!

Thank you, O Great Uni-DIS'ers...you are our only hope .

 

[gw_lit]

I can answer regarding the Tampa portion of your question. All of the major, national rental agencies except for National and Alamo are in the terminal at Tampa. The National/Alamo lot is right off of the airport entrance and well-signed, and it's just a short (3-4 minute) shuttle ride to the terminal.

 

[agnes!]

So Budget is in the airport/terminal? My mom will be flying out on USAir, if that helps.

Thanks,
agnes!

 

[gw_lit]

So Budget is in the airport/terminal? My mom will be flying out on USAir, if that helps.

Thanks,
agnes!

Yes, Budget is in the terminal (along with Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz and Thrifty.)