I will be renting a car in Ft. Myers July 23-26 and will be turning 25 on the 30th. Do the car rental companies have any leeway in the under 25 fees for someone who is close to being 25 or should I expect to be paying the $20/30 extra per day?
There is, sadly, no leeway for the minimum age restriction or the under 25 fees.... policies state that if the rental company requires a minimum age of 25 to rent without incurring an underage surcharge, the renter must be 25 on the date of pickup.
The only exceptions to the underage fee requirement are for government renters and certain corporate accounts. The underage fee is generally waived for federal government employees and active duty military personnel on federal goverment business. Also, some companies have special corporate accounts set up that will waive the underage fee for their employees when they rent using that corporate account number.
Yes, you can expect to pay the $20-$30 per day under 25 fee... but Enterprise tends to have the lowest underage fees... I checked for Fort Myers and Enterprise only charges an extra $15 per day.... Hope this helps and good luck with your rental!