While this is true, it sounds like the OP is making a quick trip with only 1-2 tolls, IMO it may not be worth the hassle for the OP to obtain a visitor toll pass for such a short trip, while there is a service fee for the toll-by-plate, it will likely be nominal for such a short trip..
It's 10 minutes at most. Instead of going down to 1 from baggage claim you go back up to 3 and walk over to the other side and then down to 1. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes, two minutes to get the pass from the kiosk and maybe 1 more to add the rental to the VTP app. If you don't have checked bags then there it might take an extra 1 minute to go from the airside exit of B over to A1.
Thank you. We will be staying at the Hyatt in the airport and then going to Alamo for our pickup in the morning. Would we be passing by the VTP area in the airport? I definitely don't mind paying an extra $10-$15 for convenience/time savings. Thanks again!
Do we have to tell the car rental company that we are using VTP so that we don't get double charged by Toll-by-Plate as well?
No, if the tolling system registers the transponder it never even looks at the plate.
If the rental vehicle has a physical transponder already mounted on the windshield, there should be a slide mechanism that you need to move to cover it so it won't be read at any toll plaza. Most rental companies use toll-by-plate, but there is a small number that use physical transponders.
We have used VTP every trip since they started offering at the airport. If you're not hauling a carry-on and walk at a brisk pace (not just leisurely meandering) it's 10 minutes at MOST. Our usual plan is that I go pick up the toll pass while DH goes over to baggage claim to grab our suitcases any by the time I get back over to B side to meet up with him he has just gotten our luggage and we go directly out to get our rental car. If we HAVE to use the rental counter and there's a line, DH gets in line while I get the toll pass and then whoever the rental car is booked through stays in line while the other one goes and gets the luggage.
Thanks! We are staying at the Hyatt in the airport the night we arrive (arriving around 10pm). Should we be able to pick up the VTP at that time to save time in the morning?
I did that last year and forgot my transponder in the rental car. Cost me $23 to have the rental company ship it back to me. Unless I'm really pressed for time and coming in on B, I'll take the small amount of extra hassle to use the VTP. I've got a trip Wednesday where I'm meeting a co-worker at MCO, he's going to go pick up the VTP in the half hour between when he lands and when I do.
Don't you turn back in the visitor's pass? So you're still left with something to remember to retrieve from the rental car, no?
I am picking up an Avis rental car in Port Canaveral after the cruise. Will I be able to avoid tolls going North from there? Would it be worth it to bring my EZ Pass transponder?
Correct, if I forget the VTP hangtag it costs me $10, if the rental worker finds it is really nice maybe they just drop it in the return and I'm out nothing. It also doesn't belong to me and isn't connected to an account with my name address and credit card.
If you're driving from Port Canaveral north on 95 to GA there are no tolls. You can only use the VTP if you are renting from one of the 10 companies that has their vehicles onsite at MCO.
If there anything I should waive from the rental car agency? Since I know I am avoiding tolls, should I select pay by plate? Any helpful hints are welcome!
