Alamo fuel policy

[davebrighton]

Im flying out July 1st I will let you know how I got on with Alamo.Next time I will use this site to book everything.I thought I was being clever booking it all seperatly [msnsad]You seem to have so much support from everybody I wish I had found you lot earlier.Oh well you live and learn

[chrisj]

Must admit the support is very good here

[davebrighton]

I just got this mail from my villa owner who organised my car hire.Which might help anybody renting from Alamo.Dont treat it as gospel but checking with them before signing seems to be the way:-

1. You can ask for the cost of the fuel to be charged to your card at the start of the rental and then bring the car back empty. This is what I usually do because it gets is out of the way at the outset. For a minivan I would expect this the be somewhere between $30 and $35 (this is around £20 at todays exchange rate).

2. You can ask them not to charge you for the fuel and then bring back the car with a full tank. If you do not bring it back with a full tank and they have to send an operative out to re-fuel the vehicle then they do charge you over the odds for the fuel and this will be billed to your credit card.

Please make sure you clarify the chosen option with the rental clerk at the desk. I did have one situation last year where my client paid for a tank of fuel and still brough it back full because he didn't realise he'd paid for it already. I tried (but failed) to get him a refund for this when he returned home - fuel issues are almost impossible to deal with post-event.

If you want to go for the gold rate then you would pay a further £30 here and this would then include the fuel and also give you up to 3 extra drivers.

Don't be put off by the two options above - there are both quite straightforward. You just need to check the rental agreement that you sign - if they have charged you for the fuel then bring the car back empty and if there is no charge on your card then bring it back full and make sure that the clerk checks the tank on your return.

[armagedon]

I booked my car through this site, it was a jeep with dollar picked it up at sanford.
mark

[trevlad]

we booked a sebring convertible with dollar through the forum link, paid the extra for more drivers and a full tank, it was better value. i remember in september last year we booked elsewhere for a mondeo size then upgraded to an sr5 jeep and paid them for the fuel.to return empty
we went all over last year ,keys etc so used loads of fuel. when i filled the jeep up from empty i realised they had taken a big cut for my full tank privilege.

i dont know about orlando but at sanford when we dropped the car off with dollar they appeared to have fuel on site, but i suppose they have to order it in and store it etc, still.

re the fuel its now $2.05 - $2.20 depending where you go, but it dont breaka the bank

trevlad