Golf cart rental in West Central Florida

[Papawto5]

The DW and I are going to spend Feb. and March in Florida this year at one CG for the duration of our stay. We would love to rent a golf cart for our stay. (We have one but driving the MH with a toad doesn't allow us to haul our golf cart down there.

On line cart rental prices seem to be steep. Low $400 to high $600's per month. Two months at those price are nearly 1/2 the cost of a used one up our way. I thought renting one for and average of $10 - $12 per day would be fair. Guess I thought wrong. The company's liability insurance costs must be pretty salty.

Golf courses have a large number of carts for the guests to rent but camp grounds catering to snow birds don't make them available.

Any thoughts or suggestions that might help me find a $300 - $350 rental per month?

[Ray,IN]

Yep, cart rentals in FL are steep, buying one even more so. It would almost pay a couple to rent a trailer and haul a cart and the car to FL. Most rental trailers have surge-brakes, so the wiring should match.
My cousin owns a place in FL, a few years ago he bought a couple carts up here, hauled them to FL, sold them for enough to pay the gas bill for the trip, he drove a Chevy suburban, not a MH, and owned the enclosed trailer. It helped he needed the trailer in FL anyway to haul stuff back.

[DSL417]

Not sure where you mean by west central Florida, but Dans Custom Golf Carts in Williston FL (20 mi SW of Gainesville on SR 121) rents at $150 per month, 125 per month for three months or more. I share you frustration...everywhere I looked prior to coming down here wanted 350-400 a month.

That said, I don't think this guy will rent one to you on the phone. You'll probably have to go to his site, as getting a rental from him seems to be a day to day thing, depending on what he has in and out, and he'd rather sell some of his used...but He does rent at a reasonable price. His carts are electric.