My party of 7 went this time. We booked an 8-seater and were given a Ford E-350, which would have been just right for ourselves and our luggage if it had just 8 seats. Unfortunately, we accepted the Dollar agents offer for a 12-seater free upgrade, which turned out to be the same van with an unwanted 4th row of seats in the luggage space.

Dollar seem to use Ford E-350s these days. As long as you make sure that it is an 8-seater, there will be enough space for the 7 of you and luggage in one trip. It costs only some £20 a week more than the 7-seater which has considerably less luggage space.

TWO trips to US27 after a long flight would be shattering to anyone. It takes close to 45 mins each way for those 3 trips. I think you would be better off doing it all in one go.