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hourly and daily rental fees with free gas, insurance and limited mileage included; prepay-
ment is required.
Note that one-way rentals (picking up in one city and dropping off in another) will often in-
cur a prohibitive one-way drop fee. Experimenting with your routing, or returning the vehicle
to the same or a nearby city to where you collected your vehicle, may help avoid this pen-
alty. Also check if the location that you're collecting the car from is franchised or centrally
owned: sometimes the latter will help get any one-way fees waived.
MOTORCYCLE
To straddle a Harley across Florida, contact
EagleRider
( 888-900-9901;
www.eaglerider.com
)
, which has offices in Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, St
Augustine and Orlando. It offers a wide range of models, which start at $150 a day, plus li-
ability insurance. Adult riders (over 21) are not required by Florida law to wear a helmet, but
you should for your own safety.
MOTORHOME (RV)
Forget hotels. Drive your own. Touring Florida by recreational vehicle (RV) can be as low-
key or as over-the-top as you wish.
After settling on the vehicle's size, consider the impact of gas prices, gas mileage, addi-
tional mileage costs, insurance and refundable deposits; these can add up quickly. Typic-
ally, RVs don't come with unlimited mileage, so estimate your mileage up front to calculate
the true rental cost.
Inquire about motorhome relocations: sometimes you can get amazing deals where
you're effectively being paid to move the vehicle between cities for its owner - but you'll
need to be extremely flexible with your dates and routes.
MOTORHOME
CruiseAmerica
( 800-671-8042;
www.cruiseamerica.com
)
The largest national RV-rental firm has offices across South Florida.
MOTORHOME
Recreational Vehicle Rental Association
( 703-591-7130;
www.rvda.org
)
Good resource for RV information and advice, and helps find rental locations.
MOTORHOME
