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Rates start at $49.00 a day, and a week costs less per day than a few days do. Seven days or more takes 10% off the vehicle rate automatically; a month or more takes 20%.
Daily rates move with demand and with the dates you pick, so no article can give you a single number for "a week." What an article can do is show you every line that will appear on the bill, so nothing on your quote is a surprise. That's what this is.
How a week is calculated
In order:
- The daily rate for your vehicle and dates, multiplied by seven.
- Minus the 10% weekly discount, applied to the vehicle rate only.
- Plus delivery, if you're not collecting the car yourself.
- Plus coverage, if you need ours.
- Plus tax.
The discount is automatic — no code, nothing to ask for — and it appears as its own line on the quote. Staying a month or more? That becomes 20% off instead.
Mileage is 200 miles a day, then $0.35 per additional mile. The allowance pools across the whole rental, so one long day absorbs easily into a week.
The Jetta and the Taos take the same discount and include the same mileage; the Jetta is usually the lower rate of the two. Sedan or SUV? covers which one your trip actually needs.
Getting the car: $0 to $30
There's no counter, so instead there's a one-off charge that depends on where you are:
- Hollywood, Dania Beach — free
- Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale Beach — $20
- Aventura, Davie — $30
- FLL airport pickup — free
It's a single charge for the rental, not a daily one. Flying in? Collecting at the FLL airport pickup point costs nothing, and what to expect when your car is delivered covers the handover itself.
Coverage: only if you need it
Every rental needs liability coverage, but it doesn't have to be ours. If you have qualifying personal auto insurance and we can verify it, you pay nothing extra.
If you can't verify a policy, renter liability is $33 a day — $231 for a week.
Separately, a damage waiver is always optional. It isn't insurance; it limits what you owe for damage to our car:
- Standard — $14.95/day, $104.65 a week, $1,000 deductible
- Premium — $24.95/day, $174.65 a week, $250 deductible
The weekly discount applies to the vehicle rate only, not to coverage. If you're unsure which applies to you, renting without your own insurance explains the difference properly.
The deposit is not a cost
We place a $300.00 refundable hold, not a charge. It reduces your available credit for the rental period and is released after you return the car, subject to the rental agreement. Budget for the hold; don't add it to the price.
What's included
- 200 miles a day, pooled across the rental
- Delivery or airport pickup coordination
- Vehicle preparation before it reaches you
- Online booking, verification and an itemized quote
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before your start time
- Local support by phone or text
What depends on how you drive
A few things can't be quoted up front because they depend on the trip:
- Tolls — tracked by SunPass and billed at the toll amount after your rental, with no markup. Local driving may cost nothing; regular Turnpike or express-lane use adds up.
- Fuel — return it at the level you received it, or we bill the difference.
- Extra miles — $0.35 each beyond the allowance.
- Taxes — Florida applies a per-day rental surcharge plus state and county sales tax. Both are itemized in your quote before you pay.
Late returns, excessive cleaning and traffic violations can also be charged, but none of those apply to a normal rental.
Getting your actual number
Open a car's page, enter your seven days, and the quote shows the vehicle rate for those exact dates, the weekly discount as its own line, delivery, any coverage you chose, tax, and the refundable hold — before you pay anything.
Two habits make that number lower. Collect at the airport rather than paying for delivery, and use your own insurance if you have a policy we can verify. Between them they're often the difference between the cheapest version of a week and the most expensive.
Why a low daily rate can cost more
Airport counters advertise attractive daily rates and add concession fees, facility charges, young-driver fees and toll-program fees at the desk. We have none of those: no counter, no airport concession, no young-driver fee, and tolls billed at cost.
Compare the total for your dates rather than the headline rate — how to find an affordable rental in Fort Lauderdale goes further into that.
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