Car Hire - Merged Threads

pompeyrich

Even Carjet are jumping on the hidden extras bandwagon, when I printed out my booking, there is a note saying all panel damage is covered but not glass or tyres, tyre damage waiver is available locally for 10 Euros per rental.
If you are using a rental firm with a CDW excess this pre pay insurance might be a better option at £49 for the year it is cheaper than the Avis, and probably the other companys, http://www.insurance4carhire.com

trisha

I shall have to contact Avis by phone as we are arriving in France 1 hour after the office is closed, if they should query me about the AWD code, what organisation is it ?

Or does anyone know any CDP or PC codes for Hertz in France ?

Mr_Warren_2

Avis agencies will not querry you about the discount, a post reply last week confirmed that everything went smoothly. Please tell us how you got on when you come back. Cheers.

jonnibgood

so who is the cheapest for US car cover that includes all necessary insurance bits n pieces?

trisha

We always book the car with Airline network http://carhire.airline-network.co.uk/carhire/index.asp

No nasty surprises when you get there, although they will alwys try and sell you an upgrade, just don't fall for it. we rent a car through them in Las Vegas with Dollar and they do have an airport facility tax which they add on afterwards, but that's Vegas !
There's not many other airports that charge that.

Robert5988

jonnibgood wrote:

so who is the cheapest for US car cover that includes all necessary insurance bits n pieces?

There is not a "one size fits all" answer.

Depends on the type/size of car, how many drivers, Destination etc

A firm that is cheaper one year is not always cheaper the next.

Prices have come down over the past year. Expect to pay upwards from 100 pounds a week for the smallest. About 130 pounds would be an average for 2 drivers in an Intermediate car.

MarkyMarkD

pompeyrich wrote:

Even Carjet are jumping on the hidden extras bandwagon, when I printed out my booking, there is a note saying all panel damage is covered but not glass or tyres, tyre damage waiver is available locally for 10 Euros per rental.
If you are using a rental firm with a CDW excess this pre pay insurance might be a better option at £49 for the year it is cheaper than the Avis, and probably the other companys, http://www.insurance4carhire.com

I don't think it's good value to pay £49 a year to insure an excess of around £500 for 2 weeks - or even longer. But that's just my opinion!

I don't see why you'd pay 10 Euros for tyre waiver insurance either - a puncture repair won't cost you much more than that (probably less in some countries) - and the chances of a complete tyre write-off during a 2 week hire must be very low.

pompeyrich

My thread was an alternative to paying the car hire companys excess waiver quoted below at 108 Euros +VAT per week. £49 a year,as opposed to £80 a week, seems quite good if you are in the market for CDW excess waiver.
As for the tyre excess waiver, maybe you could get a puncture repaired for under the 10 Euro, £7 fee but if you were unlucky enough to severly damage a tyre or 2 hitting a pothole or something then it would be good value to have the cover.
As with all insurance it's a gamble and each person has to weigh up the risk to be covered, against the peace of mind the insurance provides.

trisha

This is a catch 22 situation, I can rent an Avis car using the AWD code and get a good rate, but then I have to pay 12 euros a day to reduce the excess, I didn't ask what it would be reduced to btw, which makes a weeks rental expensive.

Or I can risk going without it and be charged 600 euros if it is stolen and 500 euros if it is damaged, so if, for instance I park in a supermarket car park and someone backs into me or damages it in any way, then it is going to cost me big time.

They really have you over a barrel with this one, do you take it out for peace of mind or be worried about it being damaged or stolen every time you leave it anywhere, as well as someone hitting you on the road ?

Alternatively I can pay the annual insurance of £49 for seven days car hire, that's ok if you are going to rent again during the year, which we are in the USA but we don't need it there, we pay fo the full package before we go.

MarkyMarkD

Pompey

I understand your point. But the premiums involved (£49 per year or EUR108 per week) are all entirely disproportionate to the risk involved.

Nobody insures their own tyres against accidental damage. So why is it suddenly sensible to do so when you are talking about a hire car?

And I wasn't comparing to the rental agencies' CDW charges - I was comparing the cost of the insurance (your £49) to the risk actually being covered.