Where can I rent a sports car (or any 'fun' car) from Seattle SEA and drop it off in San Jose SJC? For 7 days.?
Q. I'm going on a road trip March 9th - 16th. I can start at either San Jose or Seattle and go to the other from there. I want to rent a car for the trip and would prefer it to be something fun, like a sports car. I've looked at the major car rental places and they have cars like Cameros and Mustangs. Those would be fine, but it seems to not let me book that trip (with a foreign destination drop off).
I understand there could be fees associated with this. I just want to know what my options are and go from there.
I understand there could be fees associated with this. I just want to know what my options are and go from there.
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Most car rental places will charge a hefty drop charge to return the car to a different place than where you rented it. Are you sure you want to travel I-5 through that area in Winter in a sports car? See the paragraph on Siskiyou Summit in Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiyou_Mountains
Most car rental places will charge a hefty drop charge to return the car to a different place than where you rented it. Are you sure you want to travel I-5 through that area in Winter in a sports car? See the paragraph on Siskiyou Summit in Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiyou_Mountains
seattle rental car drop off near Pier 91?
Q. Pick up rental car at Seattle airport on a Thursday and looking for a car rental company that has a location for rental drop off near Pier 91 in Seattle on Saturday.
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According to the Port of Seattle Website they have rental car representatives from Alamo and National Car Rental available at Pier 91. However from looking at the two rental websites, I think it is for the convenience of someone who wants to pick up a car who is coming in on a cruise - not necessarily for drop-off, but you could check to find out.
It appears that the closest drop off point for any of the car rental agencies will be in the downtown core area about 2 miles away from pier 91. There is a shuttle that stops at several of the downtown hotels and runs out to pier 91, so you could probably rent from any of the major rental car agencies at the airport and drop off the car downtown and take either the shuttle or a taxi to pier 91. Here is the link to the shuttle company website: http://downtownairporter.hudsonltd.net/res
I would also definitely check first about rental car drop off times downtown. The car rental desks at the airport are open 24/7 but most (if not all) of the ones downtown have limited hours that are more like a normal 8-6 business day hours.
You may want to reconsider renting a car if will only be wanting to do some sightseeing in Seattle for only a couple of days. Seattle is considered quite walkable for most people. If you are staying at a hotel in the downtown area, most charge guests $25-$35 a day for parking their car, traffic is congested and parking near most of the main attractions is also expensive. Personally I think having a car in downtown Seattle is pretty much useless. I usually walk as far from the parking lot to the attraction I want to see as I would have if I just walked from my hotel.
Most of the major attractions like the Pike Place market: http://www.squidoo.com/Seattle-Pike-Place-Market, Seattle Aquarium, waterfront, ferry dock: http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-ferry-to-bainbridge several museums, Pioneer Square, sports stadiums and the international district are within about a mile radius of the core business district where most of the hotels are located, so a rental car will only get you a few blocks closer. If you can't/don't want to walk, all of the buses have handicap access and are free on the both the surface streets and bus tunnel until 7pm in the downtown "ride free area".
About the furthest main attraction is the Space Needle: http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-space-needle at the Seattle Center and it is a quick and easy 2 minute trip on the Seattle Monorail: http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-monorail
Other places that are further away like the Boeing Museum of Flight or Woodland Park Zoo are still fairly easy to get to on Metro transit: http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/
It is easy to get from SeaTac airport to downtown Seattle on either light rail: http://www.soundtransit.org/Schedules/Central-Link-light-rail.xml or on the airporter shuttle: http://downtownairporter.hudsonltd.net/res or of course you can take a taxi.
According to the Port of Seattle Website they have rental car representatives from Alamo and National Car Rental available at Pier 91. However from looking at the two rental websites, I think it is for the convenience of someone who wants to pick up a car who is coming in on a cruise - not necessarily for drop-off, but you could check to find out.
It appears that the closest drop off point for any of the car rental agencies will be in the downtown core area about 2 miles away from pier 91. There is a shuttle that stops at several of the downtown hotels and runs out to pier 91, so you could probably rent from any of the major rental car agencies at the airport and drop off the car downtown and take either the shuttle or a taxi to pier 91. Here is the link to the shuttle company website: http://downtownairporter.hudsonltd.net/res
I would also definitely check first about rental car drop off times downtown. The car rental desks at the airport are open 24/7 but most (if not all) of the ones downtown have limited hours that are more like a normal 8-6 business day hours.
You may want to reconsider renting a car if will only be wanting to do some sightseeing in Seattle for only a couple of days. Seattle is considered quite walkable for most people. If you are staying at a hotel in the downtown area, most charge guests $25-$35 a day for parking their car, traffic is congested and parking near most of the main attractions is also expensive. Personally I think having a car in downtown Seattle is pretty much useless. I usually walk as far from the parking lot to the attraction I want to see as I would have if I just walked from my hotel.
Most of the major attractions like the Pike Place market: http://www.squidoo.com/Seattle-Pike-Place-Market, Seattle Aquarium, waterfront, ferry dock: http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-ferry-to-bainbridge several museums, Pioneer Square, sports stadiums and the international district are within about a mile radius of the core business district where most of the hotels are located, so a rental car will only get you a few blocks closer. If you can't/don't want to walk, all of the buses have handicap access and are free on the both the surface streets and bus tunnel until 7pm in the downtown "ride free area".
About the furthest main attraction is the Space Needle: http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-space-needle at the Seattle Center and it is a quick and easy 2 minute trip on the Seattle Monorail: http://www.squidoo.com/seattle-monorail
Other places that are further away like the Boeing Museum of Flight or Woodland Park Zoo are still fairly easy to get to on Metro transit: http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/
It is easy to get from SeaTac airport to downtown Seattle on either light rail: http://www.soundtransit.org/Schedules/Central-Link-light-rail.xml or on the airporter shuttle: http://downtownairporter.hudsonltd.net/res or of course you can take a taxi.
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