UK Visitors Guide To Orlando Tolls And How To Pay Them

If you plan on driving anywhere in and around Orlando, you will hit toll roads. It is not a maybe. It is a certainty. And yes, the tolls start almost immediately after you leave the airport. It is possible to drive around Orlando and avoid toll roads, but you’ll usually drive further to avoid them, and have that niggle in the back of your mind that you need to take the non-toll roads when driving.

The good news is they are easy once you understand them. The bad news is if you do nothing, your hire car company will quietly help themselves to your credit card and add a few mystery fees for the pleasure. Let us save you from that.

How toll roads work in Florida

Florida has mostly moved on from cash toll booths. In 2026, Orlando is almost entirely cashless when it comes to driving through tolls. You drive under a scanner and it reads either a toll pass or your number plate.

When you have a toll pass the cost of the toll is billed directly to the card you have linked to the toll pass.

If you do not have a toll pass, the system photographs your plate, (Toll-By-Plate), and sends the bill to the car hire company. The hire company then pays it for you and most companies add:

• Daily admin fees: Often $5 (£3.70) to $10 (£7.41) per day.

• Processing fees: Extra charges just for handling the bill.

This cost is not massive, but there is that sense of not another bill when you look at your bank statement two weeks after you get home and find a toll bill from the car hire company with extras fees on top.

Example of Car Hire Toll Costs

Here is an example of the 2026 costs of Alamo’s Toll Pass Convenience add-on called TCC in Florida. This is not the upsell, this is the basic add-on that will automatically happen if you drive through a toll. Alamo automatically detects your number plate and bills you later. The current costs are:

The Daily Fee: $4.95 (£3.67) - $5.35 (£3.96) for every day you actually use a toll. If you drive and don’t use a toll, you don’t pay this fee.

The largest fee you will pay for the duration of your car hire period is capped at $34.65 (£25.67).But this fee is not for the tolls, it’s just Alamo’s charge.

You still have to pay the actual cost of the tolls on top of this daily fee.

The plus with this option is that you only pay the fee on the days you drive through a toll. If you stay by the pool for three days or you don’t use a toll road, you don't pay anything for those days.

Charges vary from car hire provider to car hire provider, and you need to check with the company you hire your car from to see what they charge.

How UK Visitors Can Avoid Car Hire Company Costs

The easiest way to manage the Orlando tolls if you are driving is to get your own toll pass and for most UK visitors that leaves only two options: the Orlando Visitor Pass, which is only available if you land in Orlando International Airport (MCO) and the Sun Pass, which you can pick up in Florida in shops including Publix, Walgreens or CVS.

The main downside of the Sun Pass is that if you hit a toll road leaving the airport before you get and register you Sun Pass, you will get hit with the daily charge and toll cost for your first day.

We have seen Sun Pass available to buy on Amazon here in the UK, however as we have not used a Sun Pass from Amazon in the UK, we can’t comment whether it works, but the reviews are positive, so it is an option to avoid tolls. This also means you can have it in your hand luggage and ready to go when you pick up your car.

Comparing UK Options To Pay Florida Tolls

Ranking UK Visitor Toll Options

We are ranking the toll options based on cost and ease of use.

1: Visitor Toll Pass

This is the best option for most UK visitors to the Orlando area, it does not cost anything to get the pass, you can pick it up MCO when you land at the same time as your hire car, and the set-up is easy to do at home in the UK before you travel. You’ll have it set-up in minutes, and collection is easy too. Take a look at our full guide to using the visitor toll pass:

A UK Guide To Visitor Toll Pass in Orlando

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The only downside of this option is that it is exclusive to MCO, for now. This means that if you fly into a different Florida airport it is not an option for you unless you are for example flying into Miami and getting the Brightline up into MCO and then picking your hire car up.

2: Sun Pass

This option is best for UK visitors who are not flying into MCO, or who visit Florida regularly and want the peace of mind that they can fly into any Orlando area airport and have their tolls covered instantly.

Tolls Driving From Orlando Airport

Orlando International (MCO) is surrounded by toll roads. Whether you've landed in Terminal A, B, or C, you barely have time to adjust your mirrors before you are under your first scanner. This means that you’ll be paying the car rental admin fees for your travel days and the toll costs if you don’t have a pass.

Here is approximately what the tolls will cost you driving from Orlando Airport in 2026 on the following routes:

These routes are often the easiest to drive in our experience, offering fairly straight and easy to navigate roads to your destination, which is important when you’re driving after an 8 hour transatlantic flight and in a foreign country, possibly for the first time.

Your 3 Best Options for Paying Tolls (Ranked)

1. Visitor Toll PassTM (The "Gold Standard")

Best for: Most Brits flying into MCO.

This is a free temporary hangtag. You reserve it on their app, pick it up from a vending machine at the airport (Level 1 in Terminals A/B, or Level 4 in Terminal C), and hang it on your mirror.

Cost: Free. You only pay the tolls at the lowest local rate.

Benefit: No admin fees. No daily charges. You just drop it in a box at the airport before you fly home.

2. SunPass (The "Regular's Choice")

Best for: People who visit Florida often or fly into Sanford/Tampa.

You can buy a SunPass Mini (sticker) for about $5 at Publix, Walgreens, or CVS. You stick it to the windscreen and preload it with money.

Note: This works across the whole of Florida and several other states.

3. Rental Car Toll Programmes (The "Expensive Way")

Best for: People who don't mind paying for convenience.

Most hire car companies (Hertz, Avis, Alamo) have their own system. They charge you a convenience fee of roughly $5.00-$12.00 for every day you use a toll.

Warning: Decline the "Flat Rate" or "All-Inclusive" offer at the desk. It's almost always a rip-off for tourists.

What do tolls actually cost overall?

Tolls in Orlando are not large amounts, but small sums add up, especially if you are looking to keep spending under control. This is also an extra cost on top of your fuel bill, which will be less than in the UK, but still an additional cost to hiring a car.

Here are a couple of examples of the toll costs you can expect to pay when driving around Orlando:

Local Expressways (417, 429, 408): Usually $0.50 to $1.50 per section.

The Beachline (to Cocoa Beach): Around $4.00-$6.00 end to end.

The Florida Turnpike (to Miami): Can run between $15 and $25 depending on how far you go.

Final Word & Smart Tips

Sort tolls before you leave the airport: Download the Visitor Toll Pass app while you're waiting for your luggage.

Pick one system: Don't use a SunPass and a Visitor Toll Pass at the same time, or you'll be charged twice.

Close the "Shield": If your hire car has a built-in toll box behind the mirror, make sure it is slid shut so it doesn't conflict with your own pass.

Tolls aren't fun, but they are manageable. Get a pass, drive straight through