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car delivered to airport #85952
02/11/2016 03:41 PM
02/11/2016 03:41 PM
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leslieridler Offline OP
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...just can't figure out how to search for this here (probably because my fingers are too cold here in YYZ!)....can you tell me which companies will deliver your car to the airport and complete paperwork there?

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Re: car delivered to airport [Re: leslieridler] #85953
02/11/2016 04:36 PM
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Kansas City Missouri
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Nextlevel car rental does

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: leslieridler] #85954
02/11/2016 04:52 PM
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Kenneys does this.
Lesley is a sponsor here as well.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: DrDoug] #85955
02/11/2016 06:49 PM
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GJ, CO S/V Long Overdue
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+1 on Kenneys, he was waiting by the luggage carousel.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: sail2wind] #85956
02/11/2016 06:52 PM
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+1 on Kenneys, he was waiting by the luggage carousel.


I didn't think the public had access to the luggage claim area?

I use Lesley/Kenny's also but he is usually outside the terminal or by the exit doors.


J.D.
Re: car delivered to airport [Re: ruralcarrier] #85957
02/11/2016 08:08 PM
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I've used him for both trips every year for the past 12-15 years and for the part 5-6 years he meets us outside the side exit as opposed to the front area where the taxis line up. If he's not there, give him a couple of minutes since he's probably escorting someone else to their car in the parking lot.


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Re: car delivered to airport [Re: pat] #85958
02/11/2016 08:47 PM
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"by the luggage", not in the luggage, picky,picky

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: sail2wind] #85959
02/11/2016 08:55 PM
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Huh? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />


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Re: car delivered to airport [Re: sail2wind] #85960
02/11/2016 09:40 PM
02/11/2016 09:40 PM
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Outside of the luggage area is no way close to "by the luggage carousel" as you stated. Lots of difference as he would not be allowed to be in the carousel area unless he was on the same flight or arrival as you.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: SXMScubaman] #85961
02/11/2016 10:37 PM
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OK, yes, he mis-spoke. Let's move on.


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Re: car delivered to airport [Re: leslieridler] #85962
02/11/2016 11:03 PM
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I am at a loss as to why this topic gets so much time on this forum. No matter who the car rental company is, the rental car at airport, in parking lot of airport, 100 feet from airport, a mile from airport????
Everyone is in rental car on their way to wherever in less than 20-40 minutes from leaving the terminal.
What am I missing?

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #85963
02/12/2016 08:05 AM
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Kenny's/Lesley, really doesn't get better than that. Lesley is the best.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: Tom] #85964
02/12/2016 11:45 AM
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Tom said:
I am at a loss as to why this topic gets so much time on this forum. No matter who the car rental company is, the rental car at airport, in parking lot of airport, 100 feet from airport, a mile from airport????
Everyone is in rental car on their way to wherever in less than 20-40 minutes from leaving the terminal.
What am I missing?


So, look at the pictures of Maho that are currently on this site. In order to get to Travel Rent a Car that we use, we have to go through that. Sometimes, it takes FOREVER because of the people trying to get jet blasted (stupid people). It DOES matter. Travel USED to bring the car to the airport and I don't know why they don't anymore.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: lcote] #85965
02/12/2016 12:47 PM
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Ya know...I have gotten pretty good at leaving the need to rush ANYWHERE as soon as I step on the plane for SXM.

When compared with the January BOS weather on departure the "delay" getting to the car rental (TripleA) is in no way a negative. It is warm, there is no snow on the ground and maybe I will get to see a sideshow during our trip by the beach.

I should also add that I have NEVER been "delayed" for more than a minute or two while a plane lands or takes off.

Relax mode is turned on when leaving the airport (used to be when leaving the plane but that changed after my last customs bag check fiasco) <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" />

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: boucharda] #85966
02/12/2016 12:54 PM
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Phnix Car Rental does as well. www.phenixcarrental.com Good experience last month.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: boucharda] #85967
02/12/2016 01:07 PM
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boucharda--It is not planes taking off and landing that is causing delays around Sunset. It is the morons who stand and/or walk in the road and the taxi drivers who literally stop in the middle of the road to pick up and drop off their passengers. It has become a very dangerous situation when there are a lot of ships in. I only KNOW of one person who has gotten hit by a car there, but I suspect, without knowing, that there have been several. For me, it makes no difference as far as a car rental, since we normally stay at Beachside Villas, so we have to go by the zoo at Sunset anyway.


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Re: car delivered to airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #85968
02/12/2016 03:30 PM
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...we've had a couple of instances where we arrived at a lot, and there wasn't a car for us...just trying to avoid that.....also have rented from an agency in Beacon Hill, and that Maho road looks like trouble this week.....

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: leslieridler] #85969
02/12/2016 03:48 PM
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Now THAT is a whole different situation! If I show up and they say that they don't have any cars, they will not get my business again, that's for sure!!


Carol Hill
Re: car delivered to airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #85970
02/12/2016 04:35 PM
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Leisure Car Rental meets you outside the airport. On the return they are located at the top of the airport. Nice people. They are sponso <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />rs here.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: Carol_Hill] #85971
02/13/2016 12:11 PM
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Kenny's is the best. We have been using him for the last 10-12 years. Lesley is always there to greet you with a friendly smile, except for one year that he had been injured, then his daughter and wife were there instead. We have never had a bad experience. I recommend him highly.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: bmerryusa] #85972
02/13/2016 12:19 PM
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No doubt Kenny's. Always use them and am booked for April. Can't beat the service you get from Lesley.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: joedotty] #85973
02/13/2016 01:03 PM
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I have to agree with Kennys. Lesley is the best. Been using kennys for years.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: lcote] #85974
02/13/2016 01:44 PM
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Tom said:
I am at a loss as to why this topic gets so much time on this forum. No matter who the car rental company is, the rental car at airport, in parking lot of airport, 100 feet from airport, a mile from airport????
Everyone is in rental car on their way to wherever in less than 20-40 minutes from leaving the terminal.
What am I missing?


So, look at the pictures of Maho that are currently on this site. In order to get to Travel Rent a Car that we use, we have to go through that. Sometimes, it takes FOREVER because of the people trying to get jet blasted (stupid people). It DOES matter. Travel USED to bring the car to the airport and I don't know why they don't anymore.

I am sorry, but to me that solution is easy. Why wouldn't you just use another car rental company?

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: Tom] #85975
02/13/2016 05:48 PM
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....and that's why I asked the question....our flight gets in late in the afternoon, and we stay in Orient.....last year we arrived in the dark to a rental apartment we weren't familar with....trying to avoid that this year.....

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Re: car delivered to airport [Re: leslieridler] #85976
02/13/2016 05:51 PM
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There's always the option of taking a cab to your apartment, and having your car delivered there the next day.

Re: car delivered to airport [Re: leslieridler] #85977
02/13/2016 07:21 PM
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I have a question that isn't directed at anyone in particular. If picking up rental cars directly at the airport were to become more popular, would that lead to more congestion at the airport? Could it lead to a traffic situation like that at Maho Beach?


My wife and I live in St. Maarten during the winter and in the Boston area the rest of the year.
Re: car delivered to airport [Re: ravi] #85978
02/13/2016 08:28 PM
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I have a question that isn't directed at anyone in particular. If picking up rental cars directly at the airport were to become more popular, would that lead to more congestion at the airport? Could it lead to a traffic situation like that at Maho Beach?


ravi,

There was a time way back in the day, I'm thinking in the 70's and 80's and maybe even into the very early 90's, when the old airport had a small parking lot across from it and abutting the lagoon, where people would leave their rental cars if their agent wasn't able to meet them for their departing flights. It was almost commical to see all the cars driven in and left there in any way people could manage to cram them in. And the irony was they all had the keys left in either the ashtray or the ignition and no one ever worried about theft. I always wondered how the first car in was ever going to get back out again but they always seemed to as this is the way it was done for years.

Having seen the chaos it created I can understand why they wanted to do away with the practice, but I've always understood the rental car ban at the airport was enacted to provide a clearer opportunity for the taxi drivers to attain their fair share of revenue from the arriving passengers. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />


Respectfully,

pat



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Re: car delivered to airport [Re: leslieridler] #85979
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....and that's why I asked the question....our flight gets in late in the afternoon, and we stay in Orient.....last year we arrived in the dark to a rental apartment we weren't familar with....trying to avoid that this year.....


If we arrive very late, we usually get our car and stay at Mary's Boon and then head to Orient in the AM


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