TPA → Budget Car Pickup

SkyConnect → Rental Car Center → South Core elevators → Level 3 Budget pickup
Terminal → SkyConnect Rental Car Center

1. Baggage claim → SkyConnect → Rental Car Center

You are at baggage claim
Baggage Claim Elevator to Level 4 Follow signs to SkyConnect Board SkyConnect Economy Parking Rental Car Center

2. Rental Car Center → Budget

You enter on Level 4, then Level 3 for Budget.
Level 4 - Rental Counters South Core Elevator to Level 3 From Terminals SkyConnect Rental Center Payless Budget AVIS Budget pickup Level 3

Steps

  1. Baggage claim: Take elevators or escalators up to Level 4 (the SkyConnect platform level), following overhead signs as needed.
  2. SkyConnect platform: SkyConnect is TPA’s free train between the terminal and the Rental Car Center. Follow overhead signs to the SkyConnect station, then board toward the Rental Car Center.
  3. Enter the RCC: Train doors open into the rental counter building. You are in the main rental counter hall on Level 4.
  4. Budget Counter: Locate the Budget counter in the Level 4 hall, situated between Payless and Avis. Complete your paperwork and pick up your keys here.
  5. South Core Elevators: Head toward the South Core elevator bank (located past Avis). Take the elevator to Level 3.
  6. Budget Pickup: On Level 3, follow overhead signs to the Budget vehicle lot.
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About this page

This guide covers the route from baggage claim at Tampa International Airport (TPA) to the Level 4 SkyConnect platform, the SkyConnect trip to the Rental Car Center, and the path to the Budget counter and Level 3 vehicle pickup. The embedded video shows the same walk in real time.