# Puerto Rico rental car or nah?

**URL:** <https://community.tourradar.com/t/puerto-rico-rental-car-or-nah/41600>\
**Category:** Trip Planning Tips\
**Created:** [March 25, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://community.tourradar.com/t/puerto-rico-rental-car-or-nah/41600 "2026-03-25T10:32:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![pam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pam](https://community.tourradar.com/u/pam)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://community.tourradar.com/t/puerto-rico-rental-car-or-nah/41600/1 "2026-03-25T10:32:13Z")

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Hello. Staying in the Condado area of San Juan for 5 days.

We want to go to the beach, explore Old San Juan, and do a day trip to El Yunque rainforest.

Do we really need a rental car for the whole week or can we just Uber everywhere and book a shuttle for the rainforest. I’ve heard parking is an absolute nightmare from one of my friends, but they travel quite a while ago and wanted to ask more recent travelers what that is like. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![TravelNotes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.tourradar.com/travelnotes/32/4492_2.png) [@TravelNotes](https://community.tourradar.com/u/TravelNotes)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://community.tourradar.com/t/puerto-rico-rental-car-or-nah/41600/2 "2026-03-25T11:56:23Z")

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> [@Do we need a rental car for San Juan Puerto Rico?](https://community.tourradar.com/t/do-we-need-a-rental-car-for-san-juan-puerto-rico/40524):
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> We are staying in an Airbnb in the Ocean Park/Condado area of San Juan for 5 days. We want to go to Old San Juan a few times and maybe do one day trip to El Yunque rainforest. Should we rent a car for the whole week or just rely on Ubers and book a tour for the rainforest? I’ve heard parking is a nightmare.