DL area rental car agencies w/after hours drop off

[Laur0406]

Are there any local car rental places that have after-hours drop off?

We currently have a rental car reservation with Budget on W Katella from a Sat-Mon in a few weeks. Monday is supposed to be our first day in the park and we want to get there early and try for ROTR BG. The problem is the park opens at 8 and Budget only opens Monday at 7:30am with no after-hours drop off. And they close at 4pm on the Sunday which is too early for us to be back from our day.

 

[SeaDis]

Short answer: Downtown Disney Alamo location (currently inside Paradise Pier) does have after hours drop-off. You enter the Paradise Pier parking gate with attendant and they will direct you where to park. Then drop keys through the door slot at Alamo. I have done this at night and also early morning before parks open.

More:
If you haven't already, I suggest you try to reach the Budget location directly by phone and see if they may actually have an after hours drop. I've found the corporate website for rental companies may not have all the details. So if that is your preferred location, see if you can reach someone directly. Also, I always price out to see if keeping the car and returning to airport is cheaper than renting or returning around the resort. Airports tend to cheaper. Just factor in hotel parking, airport transportation, etc.

 

[Laur0406]

Short answer: Downtown Disney Alamo location (currently inside Paradise Pier) does have after hours drop-off. You enter the Paradise Pier parking gate with attendant and they will direct you where to park. Then drop keys through the door slot at Alamo. I have done this at night and also early morning before parks open.

More:
If you haven't already, I suggest you try to reach the Budget location directly by phone and see if they may actually have an after hours drop. I've found the corporate website for rental companies may not have all the details. So if that is your preferred location, see if you can reach someone directly. Also, I always price out to see if keeping the car and returning to airport is cheaper than renting or returning around the resort. Airports tend to cheaper. Just factor in hotel parking, airport transportation, etc.

Thanks so much! We're only using it for day 2 and 3 of our trip (out of 9 days) so keeping it really isn't an option cost wise, but I will call them in the morning. I'll also check out that Alamo too!