orlando area tolls

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Hi
what the current situation with tolls around the orlando area (so the general tourist belt tampa/daytona) there used to be enough cash booths for it not to be an issue but having been caught out a few times at cashless exits its something id rather avoid at $5 a time for an admin fee from the rental company i assume more and more are getting moved to cashless. they offer $11.99 a day all you can use tolls but yeah there is no way i will hitting that many tolls.

plans are mainly around disney so no need for tolls (i assume the 528 is still cash) , but will be off to ksc, melbourne, daytona, tampa, crystal river and other places

[x5tuu]

I think they all went cash-less a while back - certainly when I was last in the area pre-Covid I didn't see any cash toll-booths and it was all just invoiced post-rental

[Sheepshanks]

Which airport are you flying in to? We last went 3yrs ago and used this - https://visitortollpass.com - but I think it has to be collected and returned at MCO.

Worked perfectly, and what I hadn't realised previously is often the tolls are quite a bit cheaper with the pass.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

im flying into mco so will check that out cheers.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

just read up on it. its perfect thank you!

[Sheepshanks]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

im flying into mco so will check that out cheers.

I've seen the odd comment about making sure the rental company's toll tranceiver is turned off, but when I asked about it I was met with blank looks and told charging works off the licence plate.

After years of faffing about, and being caught out a few times by unmanned tolls and not having change (although I never got charged), it's such a breeze to be able to just drive though tolls without thinking about it.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

yeah exactly the same here on previous trips. this is a great solution though, i just need to hope there is actually a rental waiting for me as have read a few time recently where people haven't had a car even though the have booked one and been told yeah sorry you will have to find one elsewhere. im sure the rental crisis has got a bit easier though but first time using sixt in orlando so we shall see

[Matt Harper]

There are still cash lanes (change given and exact coins only) on SR528 (Beachline) and 417 Beltway. Turnpike is almost all cashless, as are new express-lanes on I-4 through downtown.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Cheers!

On another note have you ever been to the strawberry festival think it's over Lakeland way? Is it worth a visit ?

[Matt Harper]

Plant City - Tampa side of Lakeland. It's great (if you like strawberries!)

[DavePanda]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Hi
what the current situation with tolls around the orlando area (so the general tourist belt tampa/daytona) there used to be enough cash booths for it not to be an issue but having been caught out a few times at cashless exits its something id rather avoid at $5 a time for an admin fee from the rental company i assume more and more are getting moved to cashless. they offer $11.99 a day all you can use tolls but yeah there is no way i will hitting that many tolls.

plans are mainly around disney so no need for tolls (i assume the 528 is still cash) , but will be off to ksc, melbourne, daytona, tampa, crystal river and other places

When I was in Miami the tolls were pass only, no option to pay. I just drove through and paid about $12 to the rental company

[Grey_Area]

Buy a SunPass, available at Publix; makes life a breeze and easy to setup an account

[Trustmeimadoctor]

The visitor toll pass was very easy and no real point doing anything else

[Alorotom]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

The visitor toll pass was very easy and no real point doing anything else

Unless you're flying in to any other Floridian airport as they are only available at MCO

[Trustmeimadoctor]

True but if your going TUI you only have your self to blame

[Alorotom]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

True but if your going TUI you only have your self to blame

Thats why I said Florida rather than Orlando ... but yes, indeed (and I will be one of them self-blamers soon - but £249 each return non-stop was too good to miss)

[Trustmeimadoctor]

I've flown them a few times it was decent except Sanford obviously. But mostly Orlando airports are not good. Seems Melbourne is trying though and atleast your the only ones in the airport really