What do you think, Consumer Traveler readers? Are there any airports where you regularly dread dropp

(I warn first-time clients queen tour about this airport rental car return, and have heard stories of more than a few spousal queen tour arguments on this one that go like this, I TOLD you to let me know where to turn etc.)
Other airports, like Los Angeles International, can be confusing due to all the companies being off the airport grounds. (Although at LAX most companies give maps to clients queen tour explaining how to get back to their locations and GPS systems can help.)
At San Diego, they add the wrinkle of only three companies being on the airport grounds. And at Dallas Fort Worth, the airport queen tour is so big that travelers who filled their tank a few miles away might actually see the indicator drop off full by the time they get to the return lots.
Coming on Rte. 528 from the Disney area, for example, the best thing to do is gas up at one of the two exits before the airport, since taking the airport queen tour exit and finding a station requires going some distance in the opposite direction from the terminals,
(To add insult to injury, the two closest stations on that street, Semoran Boulevard, are infamous in Orlando for gouging customers . Editor s note: If filling up on Semoran drive about two stoplights away from the airport past the first two gas stations and the prices drop to normal. Put another way, drive to the first gas station that displays its price and fill up there.)
Terminal A is somewhat easier, as it s the first. Terminal B, which I usually use as a United flier, queen tour is nearly past the airport. So, by the time a driver gets there, they are seeing more airport exit signs than terminal queen tour signs.
But both rental car return queen tour locations queen tour are left exits, and an immediate sharp left upon taking the exit towards a parking garage. Plus, there are very small signs near the ceilings directing travelers to the individual car locations on various floors.
Now, all of this is doable and not rocket science for anyone paying close attention. But, considering that a very high percentage of Orlando travelers are tourists and often foreign ones at that, the whole system strikes me as confusing at best.
What do you think, Consumer Traveler readers? Are there any airports queen tour where you regularly dread dropping queen tour off a car? Or any others that you ve tried once and vowed never again? I would love to hear your opinions in comments.
think you should have finished that sentence about the rip off gas stations gouging tourist with double priced gas prices and signs so tiny you wouldn t see them even if you knew they were there. How pathetic it is that these 2 gas stations justify the gouging and have fought the county to not have to put up visible signs with their price per gallon. Gee, wonder why?
The Toronto International Airport is the absolute worse.  My husband once rode for better than an hour on highway after highway queen tour trying to get to the rental car return area, while I waited and heard them call our flight.
I can t vouch for Orlando never been there.  But Boston Logan deserves an honorable mention.  Various rental companies scattered about in various lots in a commercial park that s easy to miss coming off the freeway.
OTOH, I like Phoenix Skyharbor queen tour s off-airport location with all the rental counters under one roof.  Just a 5 minute shuttle ride from the terminal.  The rental center is just blocks from 2 major freeways.
I never have had a problem at OGG when dropping the car off, but getting out, yes.  HNL is a breeze and the gas station on site doesn t gouge you.  SFO isn t my favorite.  DEN takes forever to get to and from. I prefer smaller airports but I was impressed with PHL recently.