Hiring car in Florida under 21 y/o with European license?

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In general you're going to find that car rental agencies will include a surcharge for drivers under 25. In many cases it's actually a matter of law of the minimum age for renting, so it's a matter of company policy and the jurisdiction you're in.

After some quick googling, I found the underage driver surcharge list by state for Budget car rentals. If you scroll down to Florida, you'll see that for most jurisdictions, there's a surcharge for drivers who are 21-24, which implies that is the minimum rental age in that jurisdiction. However some cities like Orlando indicate a flat "under 25" surcharge, which implies that the minimum age may be 18. If I were in your position, I would find a likely candidate company and city -- such as Budget in Orlando -- and call them.

E-Z Rent a car will rent a car to 18-20 year olds with a $35/day surcharge but there may be additional policies in place based on jurisdiction. Ref

Avis has a minimum age of 21.

Fox will allow you to rent if aged 19 or older. Ref

These are just the first few results I found when searching. I'm sure you can find others; see the note below on search terms to use (American English differs slightly from British English in this regard.)

For reference in doing further research, we Americans refer to it as a "car rental" (the concept), "renting a car" (the action), and the "rental car" (the result. We tend to use the verb "hire" to refer to persons being employed in tasks rather than objects being 'hired' for a time.

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It is not prohibited by law to drive as a 19 year old; however due to insurance premiums most car rental agencies do not rent to under 21 year olds.

You can have someone else rent the car and add you as a secondary driver; there will probably be a premium for this service.

If you are bringing an European license and its not in English you'll have to carry the International Driver's License (which serves as a translation) with it.

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