[Arubalisa]

In all of our many trips we have never seen coupons for anything Aruba related on the airplane. With that said, in Aruba last month during low season, we had a tough time finding someone with a vehicle for a one day rental. Why chance it? Reserve something in advance.

Royal Car Rental http://www.arubaroyal.com/ has some great discounts right now. 20% on cars and 25% on SUV's. Because Royal and Hertz did not having anything available when we wanted something last minute last month we went with Amigo and they were terrific http://www.amigocar.com/.

If you are on a budget, try renting a car for only 3 days and using it for your "running around" and dining further away from the property. For example, if you are going to the Flying Fishbone which is $48 roundtrip ($24 each way from the Bucuti) a car rental for the day is less expensive.

If a car is costing you $30 a day and you are only going to need it to go to dinner at night because you will be on the beach all day, a roundtrip taxi ride of $16 ($8 each way) from the Bucuti to say Madame Janette, is still cheaper than having a car sitting in the parking lot all day.

We celebrated our wedding anniversary with dinner on the beach at Passions at the Amsterdam Manor and really enjoyed it. Prices were reasonable as well.