1. Baggage claim → SkyConnect → Rental Car Center
You are at baggage claim
2. Rental Car Center → Hertz
You enter on Level 4, then Level 2 for Hertz.
Steps
- Baggage claim: Take elevators or escalators up to Level 4 (the SkyConnect platform level), following overhead signs as needed.
- 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.
- Enter the RCC: Train doors open into the rental counter building. You are in the main rental counter hall on Level 4.
- Hertz Counter: Locate the Hertz counter in the Level 4 hall, situated between Fox and Thrifty. Complete your paperwork and pick up your keys here.
- North Core Elevators: Head toward the North Core elevator bank (located past Fox). Take the elevator to Level 2.
- Hertz Pickup: On Level 2, follow overhead signs to the Hertz vehicle lot.
Video
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 Hertz counter and Level 2 vehicle pickup. The embedded video shows the same walk in real time.