How to Get Around Fort Lauderdale Without a Rental Counter
Flying into FLL or sailing out of Port Everglades? Here's the practical guide to skipping the rental counter — where to collect your car at the airport, and where an EV comes straight to your door.
Short answer: There's no rental counter to deal with. At Fort Lauderdale airport (FLL) your car waits in Cypress Garage, 7th floor. To a hotel, Airbnb, or the cruise-port area, a fully-charged EV is delivered to your door — no line, no shuttle, no lot.
Picking Up a Car at Fort Lauderdale Airport (FLL)
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International is one of the busiest rental markets in the country, and the traditional counter process eats time: land, walk to the rental center, wait in a counter queue, then hunt an off-site lot for your car. Amped Auto Rentals skips all of that by operating through the airport's peer-to-peer program — your car is parked and ready for you in the Cypress Garage.
Here's the key thing to know before you land: your vehicle is in the Cypress Garage (the Rental Car Center), 7th floor, in the area marked "Peer to Peer Parking." From Terminal 1, take the 2nd-floor pedestrian bridge into the Rental Car Center; from Terminals 2, 3, or 4, hop the free 24/7 shuttle. Take the elevator to the 7th floor — don't stop at the Avis or Budget counters — and your car is there with the parking ticket inside. For the complete walkthrough, see our step-by-step FLL airport car pickup guide.
What to know for a smooth FLL pickup
- Head straight to the 7th floor of Cypress Garage; the traditional rental counters won't have your car.
- The parking ticket is left inside the vehicle — you pay on exit (about $2 per 20 minutes, $20/day max).
- Your EV arrives fully charged, so you can drive straight to your hotel, the beach, or the cruise port.
Ready to book once you've sorted the logistics? Amped Auto Rentals handles EV pickup at Fort Lauderdale airport — reserve there and your car will be staged in Cypress Garage, ready on the 7th floor.
Cruising From Port Everglades? Here's the Car Plan
Port Everglades is one of the world's busiest cruise ports, and it sits roughly five minutes from FLL airport — which changes the math on rental cars around a cruise. The two common headaches are what to do with a car during a week-long sailing, and how to bridge the airport-to-terminal gap on embarkation day.
Embarkation day
If you're flying in and cruising the same day, pick up your car at FLL's Cypress Garage, run any pre-cruise errands (groceries, a beach morning, a Las Olas lunch), then make the five-minute drive to the terminal — instead of paying for a car to sit in port parking for seven days.
Debarkation day
Coming off a ship with luggage and a late flight to kill time before? Having a car for the day beats standing in a taxi line — pick up nearby and enjoy a Fort Lauderdale afternoon before heading to the airport.
Flying in for a cruise? See our full FLL to Port Everglades transfer guide for embarkation and debarkation logistics. For pre- or post-cruise plans, you can have an EV delivered near Port Everglades so you're not parking at the port or juggling shuttles.
Charging an Electric Car Around Fort Lauderdale
One of the most common research questions before renting an EV in Broward is simply: where do I charge it? The reassuring answer for most trips is you probably won't need to — a delivered EV shows up fully charged, and a few days of beach-and-Las-Olas driving rarely drains it. But for longer stays or a Keys road trip, it helps to know the lay of the land.
Broward has good coverage: Tesla Superchargers and DC fast chargers cluster near Fort Lauderdale Beach, the Las Olas corridor, the airport/I-95 area, and Sawgrass Mills. Level 2 chargers are common at hotels and parking garages along A1A.
We keep a dedicated, always-updated Fort Lauderdale EV charging stations guide mapping the fast chargers and Superchargers near the beaches, FLL, and downtown. New to electric cars? See how long it takes to charge an electric car and how much it costs. Staying overnight? We list Fort Lauderdale hotels with EV charging.
Exploring Fort Lauderdale, the Beach & Hollywood
Broward rewards having your own wheels. Public transit is limited and the highlights are spread across the county, so a car — ideally one dropped at your door — turns a stitched-together trip into an easy one.
Las Olas Boulevard
The walkable heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale: boutiques, restaurants, and the riverfront. Easy to base yourself here and drive out to the beach in ten minutes.
Fort Lauderdale Beach & A1A
The classic beach strip along A1A, with hotels and resorts lining the sand. Parking is metered and fills up — another reason a flexible, delivered car beats circling for a rental-lot shuttle.
Hollywood Broadwalk
Just south, the Hollywood Broadwalk is a 2.5-mile beachfront promenade with a more laid-back feel than Fort Lauderdale Beach — an easy, worthwhile drive.
Staying across the county line or splitting time with Miami? Amped Auto Rentals delivers across South Florida — rent an EV in Hollywood or book an electric car rental in Miami, one car, delivered wherever you're based.
Why "No Counter" Actually Matters in Fort Lauderdale
The rental counter made sense when airports were small. At a port-and-airport hub like Fort Lauderdale — heavy cruise traffic, packed rental centers, off-site lots — the counter is now the slowest part of the trip. Amped Auto Rentals sidesteps it two ways: at FLL you collect your car yourself from Cypress Garage's 7th floor (no counter, no waiting in line), and to a hotel, Airbnb, home, or the cruise-port area the car is delivered to your door.
Either way, there's no rental counter and no off-site lot to walk to. For anyone staying somewhere in Broward or connecting to a cruise, that's the whole appeal of a delivery-only model — you can get an EV rental delivered in South Florida with no storefront, no lines, and no shuttle.
Planning a Fort Lauderdale or Cruise Trip?
Once you've mapped the logistics, the booking itself is simple. Amped Auto Rentals is the delivery-only EV service behind this guide — collect your car at FLL's Cypress Garage, or have it delivered to your hotel, Airbnb, or the Port Everglades area, fully charged.
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