Tolls not taking cash or cc

[magicgirl]

Has anybody been to Orlando in the last few months and come across the toll booths which don't accept cash or credit cards and are unmanned. I have just read about these and am not sure what happens with the hire car as regards paying them. We are going in a few weeks and have our car rental with Alamo. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Tony Toon]

We came home just over a week ago When we picked up our car there were signs at the desks letting people know that there are now toll booths on the way to Miami and the Florida Keys which no longer accept cash or cc. It stated quite clearly which roads were affected. The Dollar person who was doing our paper work pointed this out and offered (as they usually do) to rent us a sunpass for $12 a week plus tolls. We knew we weren't heading very far afield and so declined. Paid for all our tolls with cash (CC would also have been an option) with no problem for our 3 week holiday. The farthest we travelled was down to the beach at Clearwater. Don't know if this will become more widespread, but $12 a week seemed a little steep for a sunpass given how little we would have used it.

Mrs TT

 

[Dimplenose]

2 years ago we got VERY lost trying to find a specific store that was meant to be near the Florida Mall (I think). Goodness knows where we went but we ended up wanting to exit onto a minor road through a toll gate that didn't take cah or card. I was very panicky as there were lots of signs that cameras were in operation and hefty fines for going through gate without paying.

What we actually did was stay on the main road until we came to the next toll that did take cash - no real problem, just a few miles out of our way.

At the time it was worrying in hindsight no big deal.

 

[tony64]

Hope this helps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_toll_roads_in_Florida

https://www.sunpass.com/rentalcar

At the moment you will need a sunpass or something similar if you are going south of Miami but north you should still be OK .

This is changing and at some point in the not too distant future we are all going to have to sign up for a sunpass if we want to use the toll roads.