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Randy on 5/16/2013 10:28:27 AM:
I am riding from Cumberland, MD to DC and would like to use a rental car for return trip. Has anyone rode their bike using the Mount Vernon trail to the car rental location at Reagan Int Airport? I would like to know if the rental location is safely or conveniently accessed by bicycle from the the Mt Vernon trail. Thanks for any info.

 
Jeff Thompson from Souderton on 10/26/2013 3:11:29 PM:
I would like to know this also. If you have any info could you shoot me an e-mail?

 
Paul from Pittsburgh on 10/27/2013 2:52:15 PM:
Jeff, I just did this on my trip this month, although I rented a car and returned to Pittsburgh. Most rental car agencies only do one way rentals to major airport locations, but since I live near the Pittsburgh airport, this was convenient for me. I used Dollar, they had a location that was a few blocks off site of Reagan International. I stayed at a hotel in Arlington which was an easy 7 mile ride entirely on the Custis/Mt Vernon Trails until I got near the Dollar location. Then it was just about 3 blocks on roads, pretty easy and safe.

I think your only option to return to Cumberland is Hertz. I checked into this because of the govt shutdown, in case I could not continue past Cumberland, and Hertz was the only option I found that had a location in Cumberland AND did one way rentals. I think their Arlington location is on airport premises. I don't imagine it would be a problem at all to bike there, since the Mt Vernon Trail literally goes right to the airport entrance.