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Standalone car hire excess for Australian resident

70tozero
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Hello!
I'm meeting my Australian friend in Italy next week and we're looking at hiring a car with my friend doing the driving not me. We wanted to buy standalone car hire excess cover but all of the companies seem UK based and I wasn't sure how she would stand as it will all be in her name. She'd never heard of standalone car hire excess before so maybe it isn't a thing in Australia? we're prepared to pay the excess cover with the car hire company if we need to but ideally it would be great to get the cheaper option!
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
thanks!
I'm meeting my Australian friend in Italy next week and we're looking at hiring a car with my friend doing the driving not me. We wanted to buy standalone car hire excess cover but all of the companies seem UK based and I wasn't sure how she would stand as it will all be in her name. She'd never heard of standalone car hire excess before so maybe it isn't a thing in Australia? we're prepared to pay the excess cover with the car hire company if we need to but ideally it would be great to get the cheaper option!
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
thanks!
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Just did a search for "car hire excess insurance Australia" on Google and found these guys: https://www.carhireexcess.com.au/
Car hire excess insurance definitely exists in Australia.0 -
To follow up on my post above, it looks like car hire excess insurance is often bundled with travel insurance in Australia. Perhaps something for your friend to look into: https://www.comparethemarket.com.au/travel-insurance/excess/1
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Thank you so much! she's looking into what her travel insurance covers0
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