What it costs to rent an RV in the Florida Keys
Reviewed by Ben Kiser, RV rental operator and fleet consultant.
A week runs about $1,295 to $5,725, with the RV, the campsite, the delivery and the tax all in. Three choices decide where you land: the class, the key, and the park.
- Outdoorsy day rates on October 8, 2026 ran $68 to $1,500. A travel trailer is cheapest, a Class A dearest.
- Delivery is priced by the mile from the mainland, so Key West costs more to reach than Key Largo.
- The rental carries 6% Florida sales tax. The campsite carries 12.5%.
- A security deposit is held on top, and comes back after.
Three weeks in the Keys, priced
Each row is a median RV for its class, the park's own nightly rate, delivery at the median $4.00 a mile, and both taxes. Cleaning, extra mileage and generator hours are the host's own fees and are not in the feed, so they are not here either.
| Week | RV + 6% tax | Delivery | Site, fees + 12.5% tax | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A week in a travel trailer at Pennekamp, delivered to Key LargoTravel trailer median day rate, state park fees, 35 road miles one way at the median per-mile rate. | $816.20 | $140 | $339.20 | $1,295.40 |
| A week in a Class C at Jolly Roger, MarathonClass C median day rate, Jolly Roger's top daily rate, 88 road miles one way at the median per-mile rate. | $1,899.52 | $352 | $1,141.88 | $3,393.40 |
| A peak week in a Class A at Boyd's, Key West, delivery counted both waysClass A median day rate, Boyd's peak holiday rate, 137 road miles each way at the median per-mile rate. | $2,856.70 | $1,096 | $1,771.88 | $5,724.58 |
A median is not a quote, and the RV you book will not be the median. Put your own rate, miles and park into the calculator to price the booking in front of you.
Day rates by class
The median day rate for each class, among RVs whose host can get them to Key Largo. Key West is reached by fewer listings, 43 against 81, and its median day rate is lower at $124. More of what reaches it is trailers.
| Class | Median a day | A week, before tax |
|---|---|---|
| Travel trailer | $110 | $770 |
| Fifth wheel | $160 | $1,120 |
| Camper van | $210 | $1,470 |
| Class B | $243 | $1,701 |
| Class C | $256 | $1,792 |
| Class A | $385 | $2,695 |
Why the RV is not the whole price
Almost no RVs are parked in the Keys. They come down US-1 from Miami and Homestead, and the host charges by the mile to bring one. At the median rate, one way to Key Largo (35 road miles) is $140. One way to Key West (137 miles) is $548, which is 4.4 nights of the median RV that can reach Key West. The miles are from the Princeton rental lots, the nearest mainland pickup. Most hosts keep their RVs further north in Miami, so the real fee is the host's quote.
Outdoorsy does not say whether that fee runs one way or both. If it is both, the Key West figure doubles to $1,096. That single answer is worth more than the difference between most RVs on the list, so get it in writing before you accept.
The campsite is the other half, and it is taxed harder. A peak week at Boyd's in Key West is $1,575 before tax. At 12.5% the tax is $196.88. The same spend on the rental would carry $94.50. Rate sheets in the Keys print the rate without the tax, so add it before you compare parks.
Then the money that is held rather than spent. Every listing that can reach the Keys takes a security deposit, median $1,000, and Outdoorsy applies it to the protection deductible first if something is damaged. The guide to RV rental insurance and Outdoorsy protection explains what the deposit and the deductible cover, and why your own auto policy pays first.
The cheap site is a state park, at $36 a night plus a $7 utility fee and a $6.70 reservation fee. It caps a reservation at 14 nights. See which RVs fit each state park loop, and for longer stays, what a month costs at a private park.
Fixed fees, in full
- Security deposit: median $1,000, range $500 to $3,000. Held, then returned.
- Florida state parks: $36 a night plus tax, $7 a night utility fee, $6.70 nonrefundable reservation fee. Cancelling more than a day out costs $17.75 and the reservation fee.
- Jolly Roger, Marathon: $125 to $145 a day, tax not included.
- Boyd's, Key West: $200 to $225 a day in peak season, tax not included. The rate sheet also lists a $50 charge for double and triple axle trailers, and does not say more about when it applies.
- Setup and take-down for a delivered RV: no host or company on this site publishes a fee for it. The host quotes it with the delivery, so ask for both in one message.
What the sources do not say
- Whether a host's per-mile delivery fee is one way or round trip. Ask the host.
- Whether the s. 212.0606 surcharge of $1 a day applies to a peer-to-peer RV rental. The statute does not mention RVs. Florida DOR can say.
- Whether a county surtax applies to the rental itself, on top of the 6%. Florida DOR again.
Questions people ask about the price
Price the RV you actually want
Book the site first, then pick an RV whose host reaches it. The rate and the delivery fee are on the listing.