Rental car [insurance - US]
Jul 1, 2017, 9:13 am
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Rental car [insurance - US]
My son and i are going to California in 2 weeks. We will rent a car for 6 days. What do we need for insurance? Do we need to bring our own? My son's insurance agent told me to purchase insurance from the rental company because if we should have an accident we can just walk away. Is that true?
Jul 1, 2017, 9:50 am
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Jul 1, 2017, 11:41 am
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My son and i are going to California in 2 weeks. We will rent a car for 6 days. What do we need for insurance? Do we need to bring our own? My son's insurance agent told me to purchase insurance from the rental company because if we should have an accident we can just walk away. Is that true?
Will you be charging the rental to a credit-card that provides either primary or secondary rental-car loss/damage coverage?
Regardless of what you decide about taking or declining the rental-car LDW, if you won't be purchasing third-party liability insurance coverage from the rental-car company, you and your son should each bring a copy of your personal insurance declarations page to prove that you have liability coverage applicable to the rental. (Just make sure that your personal insurance covers you when driving rental cars.)
If you rent the car from Avis or Budget and are an AARP member, you would get (minimal) primary liability coverage for free by using the AARP discount code when booking the rental.
Jul 8, 2017, 7:06 pm
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It might help to know where the OP's residence is located and also what credit card will be used.
However, the OP should realize that CA has some special laws about car insurance. It's essential to verify that there is correct insurance. Someone here on FT got in trouble about this recently and had his driver's license revoked.
However, the OP should realize that CA has some special laws about car insurance. It's essential to verify that there is correct insurance. Someone here on FT got in trouble about this recently and had his driver's license revoked.
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It might help to know where the OP's residence is located and also what credit card will be used.
However, the OP should realize that CA has some special laws about car insurance. It's essential to verify that there is correct insurance. Someone here on FT got in trouble about this recently and had his driver's license revoked.
However, the OP should realize that CA has some special laws about car insurance. It's essential to verify that there is correct insurance. Someone here on FT got in trouble about this recently and had his driver's license revoked.
agree, need to know where in the world the OP is, if your from Europe i use insurance4carhire.com, I have an annual policy for US & Canada CDW/SLI and excess for the rest of the world for £109.99 a year. If you travel more than once a year its worth getting your own.