Tampa TPA car rental rules: age, debit, deposit and pickup

Tampa’s on-airport rental companies are in the Rental Car Center, reached by SkyConnect from the Main Terminal.

1. Follow SkyConnect/Rental Car Center signs in the Main Terminal.
2. Take the SkyConnect train to the Rental Car Center and find your company’s counter.

Official TPA airport directions · transport source checked 2026-09-30

Match the branch on your reservation to this airport service. Pickup counter hours, vehicle-return hours and after-hours collection are separate conditions.

These charges and programmes are set by the airport, the state toll agency or state law, not by the rental company. Each line is copied from the official source linked beside it, with the period the source states. Confirm the total on your rental agreement.

• Airport charge

  Customer Facility Charge (CFC): $5.95 per rental day (fiscal year ended 30 September 2025).

  “CFCs: CFCs are collected at $5.95 per transaction day for current on-airport companies.” — Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, financial statements for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2025 ↗

  Checked 2026-10-19 · next review due 2027-01-17

• State toll programme

  SunPass (also Prepaid TOLL-BY-PLATE), run by Florida Department of Transportation.

  “SunPass and Prepaid TOLL-BY-PLATE customers renting a vehicle can have their accumulated tolls during their rental period applied to their prepaid toll account.” — SunPass, Rental Vehicles (Traveler Information) ↗

  “the Post-Paid TOLL-BY-PLATE payment option is not available for customers in rental cars, since they are billed through invoices that are sent to the registered owner of the vehicle, not the driver.” — SunPass, Rental Vehicles (Traveler Information) ↗

  Checked 2026-10-19 · next review due 2027-04-17

• State rental charge

  Florida rental car surcharge: $2 per day (Fla. Stat. § 212.0606).

  Applies only to the first 30 days of a rental.

  “Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), a surcharge of $2 per day or any part of a day is imposed upon the lease or rental by a motor vehicle rental company of a motor vehicle that is licensed for hire and designed to carry fewer than nine passengers” — 2025 Florida Statutes, section 212.0606, Rental car surcharge ↗

  “The surcharge applies to only the first 30 days of the term of a lease or rental and must be collected by the motor vehicle rental company.” — 2025 Florida Statutes, section 212.0606, Rental car surcharge ↗

  Checked 2026-10-19 · next review due 2027-04-17

Each company’s most common reviewed value across covered airports, with the airports that differ.

• Young-driver fee by company
• Age 20 by company
• Debit card by company
• Deposit by company
• Foreign licence by company
• Additional driver by company
• Tolls and one-way by company
• Young-driver fee waivers by company
• Under-25 Fee Index (CSV)

Open a profile for its age, debit, deposit, document and cardholder conditions. Unreviewed entries are research gaps and do not assert a branch's presence.

• Enterprise

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• Alamo

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• Avis

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• Budget

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• SIXT

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• Hertz

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• National

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• Dollar

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• Thrifty

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1. Confirm the exact collection branch, arrival terminal and pickup time on your reservation.
2. Match your own physical card, age, vehicle and return itinerary to that branch's rules.
3. Bring the original licence and the required passport, IDP or translation. Keep enough available funds for charges still due and the applicable authorization.