AB Car rental for diving

[cathycalg]

Does anyone have any experience with ABcarrental and their relatively new service offering air/gas/tanks?
I know they have only the one location...but what the heck, you're driving round anyway.
Any info on this outfit? We're going to Bonaire in November and the person we rented our condo from can get us a 20-percent discount on air for unlimited shore diving from AB car rental. The vehicle rates seem pretty much the same.
Thanks!!

 

[dmaziuk]

We rented a truck from them, back when they didn't offer air. Drive stick: they may have automatics but you'll need to book sufficiently far in advance and pay more. They will meet you at the airport and take you to the lot, they'll also drive you to the airport on the way back. The lot is away from the shore, on the way to the big supermarket -- if that's where the air is, it's not the most convenient location, but like you said what the heck. If you plan to dive a lot then Dive Friends may be a better choice: you can swap the tanks without driving into town, but if you can load enough tanks for all your morning dives and then for all your afternoon ones, you shouldn't have a problem.