National Car rental question...

[FireCaptMac]

We are flying into mco the last week in June. We are renting through National and I am a member of the Emerald club. I would like to add another person in our party besides my wife to be able to drive the rental car. We may want to split up a couple days and do other things. Do I need to stop by the National counter before going to the Emerald Aisle and add this person or can I do that when I drive the car to the check out booth?
Thanks

 

[SuzanneSLO]

We are flying into mco the last week in June. We are renting through National and I am a member of the Emerald club. I would like to add another person in our party besides my wife to be able to drive the rental car. We may want to split up a couple days and do other things. Do I need to stop by the National counter before going to the Emerald Aisle and add this person or can I do that when I drive the car to the check out booth?
Thanks

If the additional driver is not another "authorized driver" for an Emerald Club member, I beleive you will need to go to the counter to add the driver. There is likely to also be an additional fee of $10 per day.

There may be other companies you can rent from without paying the additional fee for a non-spouse additional driver, but your options are more limited if you need to have 3 drivers.

Best of luck -- Suzanne

 

[n2mm]

Yes, as mentioned, it does have to be done at the counter and there is a daily fee. We wanted to add our adult daughter, but since she does not live under our roof it was not possible to do for free. We passed.

 

[JoeCathyAngelina]

We have a reservation for Saturday with National and I'm picking up a car from the Emerald Isle.
I just called National and asked that question.
She told me my wife is automatically considered an additional driver at no extra charge.
We can go to the Emerald Isle, pick out a car and show both our drivers licenses and credit card at the booth when we exit the garage.
Good luck all,
Joe