Car Hire

**Gillian-B** · 29-10-2003, 02:35

We cancelled our original car hire for our next trip to Florida, paid a £25 admin fee and still saved a packet by switching to www.uscarhire.co.uk . Dollar have an on-airport location and are very convenient to pick-up from (we've used them for years).

**MTP** · 29-10-2003, 03:04

So do I get a discount John & Sarah???[8D]

Mind you the rates offered are good enough as they are, how about for cash??

**keith-f** · 29-10-2003, 05:56

We've been heaps of times through Dollar, Alamo and Hertz but it's allways the insurance that gives us the Sting. It cost us about £420 for this last trip. I know Car insurance is expensive and I must admit, I don't like this CDW only cover, so if I scratch it or total it, I want to walk away. But, there must be a compromise somewhere. What do most people pay for a two week hire including insurance ? Is there a cheaper way to go about this ?

**florida4sun** · 29-10-2003, 10:44

You need to get car hire with all the insurances included upfront. OV car hire includes CDW, SLI and I believe something else too, aswell as all taxes. You will not find better value.
A word of warning dont ever attempt to cut down on insurance over here. The only exception being medical which MAY be covered on your travel policy.

quote:Originally posted by keith-f

We've been heaps of times through Dollar, Alamo and Hertz but it's allways the insurance that gives us the Sting. It cost us about £420 for this last trip. I know Car insurance is expensive and I must admit, I don't like this CDW only cover, so if I scratch it or total it, I want to walk away. But, there must be a compromise somewhere. What do most people pay for a two week hire including insurance ? Is there a cheaper way to go about this ?

**jenni** · 29-10-2003, 11:33

Thanks for the info but Holiday Autos have quoted us £260 for 13 days hire fully inclusive from airport pickup which does seem competitive.
Jenni

**Nostromo** · 29-10-2003, 14:35

quote:Originally posted by phaedra

Have to agree with MTP on this, Airline Network for our 7 seater Mini Van in November/December were unbeatable (over £80 cheaper)

How much did this 7-seater actually cost you?

**wilfy** · 29-10-2003, 15:03

The other way to do this (re insurance) is to take out American Express premier plus travel insurance. This covers car-hire in the us, with all the cdw,sli etc etc, but not taxes. However i calculated that this is only cost effective if you have car hire for more than 16 days in a year and finding a uk based site that will sell you the car hire without all the other insurances. I only know of one place that will do this , and that is if you take a flight from them aswell.

**Reggie Rule** · 29-10-2003, 19:55

Hi all ,

Just checked airline network for the time I am going, 21-28 nov
and they are quoting £133 all in inclusive ( 2 door compact) ,whereas the company that have booked the flights for me have quoted £125 via holiday autos!
So its just a case of searching out the best deal...

thanks ,

Graham.

**phaedra** · 29-10-2003, 19:59

quote:Originally posted by Nostromo

How much did this 7-seater actually cost you?

Hi,

At the end of the day we're hiring for 18 days so it's even cheaper,

Airline Network Full Gold Package £492

US Car Hire Full Gold Package £616

Giving a saving of £124

Or to look at it another way ........... $204 more to spend!