| There are a few Tampa Airport transportation | | | | around. |
| choices to pick from when flying into the Tampa | | | | Your car rental choices on-site include |
| International Airport. Some options are more common | | | | - Avis |
| than others, although they may be more expensive. | | | | - Hertz |
| You have to decide on the most important factors | | | | - Dollar |
| regarding transportation during your stay. Do you want | | | | - Budget |
| convenience, a cost effective option, or a combination | | | | - Enterprise |
| of both? | | | | - Thrifty |
| Your options for airport transportation basically boil | | | | Dollar, Thrifty and Enterprise are usually the cheapest |
| down to about 5 choices. Those choices are: | | | | out of the bunch. However, since they all are located |
| | | | close to one another in the Red Baggage Claim Area |
| 1. Car Rental | | | | you can easily quote them all. |
| 2. Pickup by Associate | | | | The cheapest option out of all the transit choices from |
| 3. Shuttles | | | | the airport, not including someone picking you up would |
| 4. Taxis | | | | be the shuttles, if you are staying in a nearby hotel. |
| 5. Public Transportation | | | | Many of the hotels near the airport offer |
| It is no coincidence that the most convenient options of | | | | complimentary shuttles to and from the airport. Some |
| transportation are also the most common options. | | | | even provide transportation to the malls and |
| These would include renting a car and being picked up | | | | restaurants in the Westshore area not far from the |
| by an associate. | | | | airport. |
| Having someone pick you up from the airport and | | | | You definitely want to take advantage of this if cost |
| drive you around wherever you need to go is of | | | | efficiency is the most important to you. Just keep in |
| course the best means of getting around since it is | | | | mind that if you need to go somewhere out of the |
| free and convenient. However, since many people do | | | | area that you are staying you would need to catch |
| not have this obvious option I will move on to the next | | | | the bus or a cab. |
| best choice. | | | | Public transportation is usually the least utilized option |
| Renting a car would be my suggested means of | | | | for getting to and from the Tampa airport. This is of |
| transportation if you have the funds to do so. Why is | | | | course because of the inconvenience factor. |
| that, you may ask? Well, that is because getting | | | | So the bottom line is if you have the money rent a car. |
| around Tampa without a car is quite the challenge. | | | | However, if you are pinching pennies then use the |
| Tampa is working to improve its public transportation | | | | shuttle at the hotel if they have one available. |
| system but until then you definitely need a car to get | | | | |