For a one month booking you have a lot of bargaining power. I booked a car for a month and got the costs cut in half by being in their face and haggling.
Insurance is typically covered under standard work errors & omissions insurance coverage and so they actually expect to you to not buy insurance. Be sure to fill up the car before you return it or then you will feel the true sting of rental costs. Patrick. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2011, at 3:03 AM, Ben Sand <b...@bensand.com> wrote: > I'm planning a one month car hire in January. Any tips on how to cut the > insurance cost? > > Plenty of cars for $20/day but they all seem to come with zero insurance. > > All the companies are quoting rates like this: > First party property: $15/day > 3rd party personal + property: $13/day > First party and passengers personal: $6/day > total: $33/day > > Most have a $1million max payment as well, so here's hoping I don't hit a > Veyron. > > I've been told using a Visa or Mastercard will take care of 3rd party > personal and property, but I've spoken to Bendigo Bank, NAB and HSBC and they > all seemed to think that wasn't the case. > > I've heard if you have car insurance in the states it will cover you while > you're using a rental - any chance I could sign some up while I'm over there > before I drive the car out of the rental lot? > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
