Disney Resort Hilton Head/Atlanta - car rental questions

seema

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We plan to stay at Hilton Head, SC at the Disney resort for 6 days (after flying into the SAV airport), starting on Sunday Mar 13 (the flights were sold out on March 12 - the start of our stay at the Disney resort - the week which we got in exchange for another resort through Interval International). We plan to drive to Altanta on Sat March 19, and then stay there, until we fly out from Atlanta on March 21.

We would like to rent a car in Savannah, and drop it off in Atlanta. It seems from various searches on various travel booking engines, that 2 separate car rentals in Savannah, and in Atlanta, add up to a much lower costs (where we drop off the car in the same location that we pick up the car), than getting one car rental at Savannah, and dropping it off in Atlanta - suggesting that there is a drop off fee.

The questions are if there is any mechanism to spare the drop off fee. Another option would be to go from Savannah to Altanta using a transporation modality other than a rented car (there are 3 of us; two adults and one child).
 
Hi Seema,
The problem with this, is that Atlanta and Savannah are a good 5 hours apart, by car. It doesn't look like it on a map, but it is. It is also an hour drive between Sanannah, and HHI.There is no good mass transit system between the two points either. The best, and least costly way, would be to do the one-way drop off cost. It will be far less than any of the alternatives.
If you get the chance, spend a day in Savannah-it's beautiful.

Have a great time in HHI. It's one of our "homes", and we love it!
 
Thank you, for the information.

PS-What things are there to see in Savannah?
 
seema said:
We plan to stay at Hilton Head, SC at the Disney resort for 6 days (after flying into the SAV airport), starting on Sunday Mar 13 (the flights were sold out on March 12 - the start of our stay at the Disney resort - the week which we got in exchange for another resort through Interval International). We plan to drive to Altanta on Sat March 19, and then stay there, until we fly out from Atlanta on March 21.

We would like to rent a car in Savannah, and drop it off in Atlanta. It seems from various searches on various travel booking engines, that 2 separate car rentals in Savannah, and in Atlanta, add up to a much lower costs (where we drop off the car in the same location that we pick up the car), than getting one car rental at Savannah, and dropping it off in Atlanta - suggesting that there is a drop off fee.

The questions are if there is any mechanism to spare the drop off fee. Another option would be to go from Savannah to Altanta using a transporation modality other than a rented car (there are 3 of us; two adults and one child).

Sorry, but yes you will have to pay for the convenience of renting a car in Savannah and leaving it in Atlanta. Basically that is because the car you rent in Savannah has to be returned to the agency in Savannah even if you are dealing with the same company. The cars are leased to a particular agency. So someone will have to return it.

The only other option of travel is by plane or bus. The bus ride would be horrible to me and not worth any savings. You might check AirTran, they sometimes offer really low rates between Savannah and Atlanta.
 
















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