Originally Posted by markis10 In the case of Hertz that extra Single Vehicle charge is only applicab

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I am planning to rent a car for about 3 days in Tassie over the Easter break. Just wanted to know from my experienced friends here which company I ... Share Tweet LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Subscribe to this Thread 15th April 2011, 07:54 PM #1 KitKat
I am planning to rent a car for about 3 days in Tassie over the Easter break. Just wanted to know from my experienced friends here which company I should go with. I rarely rent cars and as I am quite worried about being slugged for any damage, I usually purchase the highest level of cover from the rental company. I have looked at all the various insurance T Cs for the big four companies (Avis, Thrifty, Europcar, Hertz) and still cannot come to a conclusion. Would be interested to know your opinions of each (from your experience). Thanks
If you do enough travel atlanta car rentals to maintain WP then have a look at annual travel insurance for $250+ which will drop your excess right down and cover a lot of other things at the same time, you won't need to worry about those extras the rental companies offer!
Wouldn't touch Europcar with a bargepole atlanta car rentals after being slugged atlanta car rentals twice by them for what I presumed to be pre-existing damage ( once in UK, once here). I do all my rentals with Avis and haven't had any problems with them ( yet)
As far as I understand, in Tassie, most if not all of the big 5 (Hertz, Avis, Budget, Thrifty, Europcar) are franchises/licensees, rather than company owned. This tends to mean, among other things like charging more, they keep their cars longer and can be a bit more diligent with regard to charging for damage.
Having said that, I recently hired a Falcon XR6 from Avis at Launceston airport and apart from trying to give me a GPS which I did not order (and charge me for it), they were as blase as I have found every other Avis in Australia with regard to damage - no checks at the start or end of hire.
$4,000 will cover the excess for Avis and Budget, mostly cover it Europcar, atlanta car rentals but will not cover a significant amount with both Hertz and Thrifty in certain circumstances, so be careful of the following:
- Both Hertz and Thrifty have a standard excess of $3,300 plus an additional excess of $2,200 if no other car is involved, i.e. A total of $5,500 (Avis, Budget and Europcar do not have an additional single vehicle accident excess, yet)
- Almost always the excess from airports is increased by the % of the airport charge atlanta car rentals (varies between approx. 15 and 22% depending on the airport). Tassie is at the lower end. This will likely mean the excess with Hertz and Thrifty for an accident with no other car involved is over $6,000. In my experience, the call centre reservation staff don't even disclose this when asked what the excess will be, so be careful.
Do you have access to a discount or corporate rate through any car hire company? This could be through your employer (most large companies and the government have corporate rates for both company use and leisure), if you're a member of a union, or even an association, such as CPA. These will generally provide a significantly lower excess (usually approx. $700 - $1,500) and lower rate.
One final thing to remember - in the event of damaging the car, the car hire company will charge the entire excess to your credit card immediately and you will be out of pocket for how ever long it takes your travel insurer to pay your claim.
Originally Posted by AdMEL - Both Hertz and Thrifty have a standard excess of $3,300 plus an additional atlanta car rentals excess of $2,200 if no other car is involved, i.e. A total of $5,500 (Avis, Budget and Europcar do not have an additional atlanta car rentals single vehicle accident excess, yet). In the case of Hertz that extra Single Vehicle charge is only applicable when the event has occurred outside of a metropolitan capital city or if its an under 25 driver or water related atlanta car rentals excluding partial/full atlanta car rentals immersion.
Originally atlanta car rentals Posted by markis10 In the case of Hertz that extra Single Vehicle charge is only applicable atlanta car rentals when the event has occurred outside of a metropolitan capital city or if its an under 25 driver or water related excluding partial/full immersion. Oops, I forgot about Hertz changing their terms with regard to the Single vehicle Accident (SVA) Excess for non #1 Club Gold members. As I read the terms and conditions, this amendment does not apply to #1 Club Gold members, i.e. their terms have not changed and SVA excess applies for any damage not involving another car.
With regard to partial/full immersion in water, my read of the terms are that there is an additional $2,200 excess payable atlanta car rentals over and above the SVA and standard excesses, i.e. if you run the car into a river without hitting another car, the excess would be $7,700.
I use Hertz and despite on occasion returning one of their vehicles with a scratch or chip that wasn't atlanta car rentals there when I took it I have never been asked to pay (I didn't go out of my way to draw the damage to their attention though).
Originally atlanta car rentals Posted by AdMEL Oops, I forgot about Hertz changing their terms with regard to the Single vehicle Accident (SVA) Excess for non #1 Club Gold members. As I read the terms and conditions, this amendment atlanta car rentals does not apply to #1 Club Gold members, i.e. their terms have not changed and SVA excess applies for any damage not involving another car.
With regard to partial/full immersion in water, my read of the terms are that there is an additional atlanta car rentals $2,200 excess payable over and above the SVA and standard excesses, i.e. if you run the car into a river without hitting another car, the excess would be $7,700. Nope - partial/full immersion does not attract the surcharge: Your liability to Hertz for Damages to the Vehicle atlanta car rentals resulting from water damage (other than by total or partial immersion) is limited to the amount of the ADE plus $2,200 (inclusive of GST) or such other amount in addition atlanta car rentals to the ADE as is specified in the Additional Terms .
On a broader note, not sure how accurate this table is but it is a nice summary for comaprison purposes, SVA issues aside (from Terms Conditions: Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, Thrifty | Car Hire Insider ): Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Last Jump to page: Similar Threads Should I be Worried ?
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