Dallas Travel Forum

I will be arriving at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport and I was wondering how I can get to the rent-a-car office from there? If I book a car online, will they pick-us up from the terminal? Or is there a shuttle bus that goes directly there? I was just wondering how it would be difficult to bring around our luggages to many places. Any help? Maybe you could also suggest good rent-a-car services.

AVIS RENT A CAR SYST DFWT01 DALLAS FT WORTH 31MAR
SHTTL - SHUTTLE SERVICE
** SHUTTLE SERVICES **
*SHUTTLE TRANSPORTATION - CAR RENTAL COMPANY VEHICLE.
*HOURS - 24 HOURS A DAY - 7 DAYS A WEEK.
*FREQUENCY - SHUTTLE OPERATES EVERY 5 MINUTES.
*PICK-UP INFORMATION - IN LOWER LEVEL OF ALL TERMINALS
GO TO BLUE SIGNS THAT ARE LOCATED IN EACH SECTION AT
EVERY TERMINAL FOR COURTESY BUS PICK-UP.
*SHUTTLE FEE - NO SHUTTLE FEE.
*DISTANCE TO VEHICLE - VEHICLE LOT IS APPROXIMATELY 50
YARDS FROM THE TERMINAL.
*SHUTTLE TIME TO VEHICLE - SHUTTLE TIME WILL AVERAGE
3-7 MINUTES.

All rental agencies are consolidated at one location at D/FW. Therefore, there is a single type of bus that picks up everyone from every terminal to take you to that location. As I recall, it is a large bus that says "RENTAL CAR" on the front, but I suppose I could be confusing that with other airports ;-). There will definitely be signage on the vehicle to differentiate the rental buses from the buses that go only to other terminals or to remote or offsite parking.

Once at the rental facility, you can probably go straight to your car after locating your name on the board IF you are a premium member of companies like Avis and Hertz, or check in at the desks otherwise.

You normally handle your own luggage on the bus; however, it is not uncommon for the driver to help you (I have never seen much rhyme or reason as to whether they do or not).

See http://www.dfwairport.com/rac/

Bill

It is nice to tip the driver a couple of dollars if he helps with your bags also.

The poster above is correct about it being a single unified rental car shuttle bus for all on-site agencies. All the major vendors are there, Alamo, National, Hertz, Avis, Yada-Yada.

Please do bear in mind that if you are renting a car, you will be put out on the south side of the airport, so if you have business/pleasure north of DFW, you will want to carry some cash or credit card to pay the toll out of DFW after going north (otherwise you will spend 20 minutes getting around the airport).

Definitely also allow plenty of time on return to drop the car off and get to your check in location, as the on-airport rental facility is a good 10 minutes away, and you will likely have to wait for your terminals bus.