Car rental is expensive
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If like the many other thousands of people, you are planning on going on holiday this summer then stop and think about how you are going to get around once you are out there. If you are staying in an hotel or villa that is central to everything then it is safe to say you are only likely to need a taxi to and from the airport cause you certainly will not be wanting to walk those cases with you after a day of travelling.
Of course for most people this really is not an option so you are likely to rent a car for the duration of your time away. However there is a major issue with this in 2009 and that is that British travellers could be hit with an excess fee as high as £1,600 when they are actually hiring their car.
Although most car rental prices do tend to include collision damage waiver which will cover you from accidental damage to the car as well as theft protection they do not often make it known that you will be liable for the excess in the same way you would be for your own car. Of course car rental companies will help you out on this but will charge you anything between £500 to £1600 just for this excess which is certainly enough to ruin the holiday for everyone if something bad does happen.
The excess is usually not explained to you until you actually collect your car which by this stage the car company will try to sell you their own form of insurance which is not cheap. This is going to cost you a lot and will in most cases not cover you against everything.
{Sometimes it is best to actually fix this insurance before you go and can actually work out from as little as £2.98 a day}. Gadget insurance can also be useful when going away as it will cover you from all those technological things you like to take with you.
Of course if you are not going away then why not check your home insurance policy. Does it cover you from things like pest invasion? If it isn’t then you are going to need something known as home emergency insurance.