Renting a Car Can Prove More Expensive Than Originally Budgeted For
Most of us need to hire a car at some time or other. Going on holiday, making a business trip or your own vehicle is in for repairs.
We will often book a rental car, more and more people do this on the Internet and arrive at the airport or rental dealer and discover there are extras there that you had not taken into account when you made the booking.
You realise that you need an additional driver so there is often a daily charge for the extra driver/s. You are told that the car comes with a tank full of fuel. You are charged an amount to cover this and when you get into the car discover that there is a sticker saying, “return empty”. If you do this you could most likely find that had you filled the car up it would have cost less than the amount the rental company charged for the fuel.
What about the insurance?
You are told that the insurance cover will not cover you if the car is broken into, a wing mirror broken. You will be responsible for the Excess. At most European, South African, New Zealand and Australian car rental locations, the customer is responsible for the excess this can be the first
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