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It is true, to avoid taxes placed upon "tourists," you should rent out of the proximity of airports.
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As far as additional fees, the main one is gas. As a general cheap hotels orlando florida rule, no matter how the rental company is offering to refill your tank (at the end per gallon, full tank advance), it is NEVER going to be cheaper than filling up before you return it.
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1.) IDP: Although not required by law, Enterprise listed in the tiny text that they required an International driving permit. While not difficult to get ($15 and 5 mins at any AAA office), they didn't make it well noted. I'm not sure if there would have been an extra fee / higher rate for not having one.
2.) Insurance: travel schools that teach sabre airline reservations My US auto insurer does not cover rentals outside the US. And none of my credit cards offer free insurance when outside the US. Apparently, no US insurer or credit cheap hotels orlando florida card company does; so if you think yours does you better call them first!
3.) Buying insurance: Since I didn't have insurance I was obviously going to have to pay for it. When I factored this into the price, Enterprise was twice as expensive cheap hotels orlando florida as my ultimate choice. I found numerous rental agencies that included the insurance in their rate and were very reasonable.
4.) In the UK, they run an authorization against your credit card for the full deductible amount ($1500 in my case). Not a fee, but something to be aware of (you may need quite a bit of remaining credit).
A.) When renting in the US, apparently some rental agencies will demand not just proof of insurance, but proof that a rental car is covered! I think this is borderline cheap hotels orlando florida illegal, as you are signing a waiver accepting responsibility for insuring travel schools cheap hotels orlando florida that teach sabre airline reservations the car. UHaul demanded this of me for renting a van, and when I asked how exactly I can show this proof, the manager insisted I call my insurer with him on the phone and have them say its ok. If this ever happens to me again, I'm going to insist we call their cooperate office.
B.) Your insurer will probably cover you in almost cheap hotels orlando florida any vehicle you drive (rental or otherwise) but only when that vehicle is less than a specific cargo capacity. In my case, cargo vans were always covered but small moving trucks were not. Check with your insurance company.
C.) If you're moving some stuff, don't instantly go for a UHaul truck. Cargo vans have a huge interior, and you can rent them from regular cheap hotels orlando florida car companies for quite a bit less than UHaul. cheap hotels orlando florida I can hear you say "But UHaul is $20/day and National travel schools that teach sabre airline reservations is $50/day; travel schools that teach sabre airline reservations how can you say its less than UHaul?" The answer is that UHaul charges a per mile fee on top of that per day fee. National and most other car rentals have unlimited mileage.
D.) If you really need uhaul, do a one-way rental inside your city. They will issue you a mileage budget (i.e. 300 miles) and charge you a flat fee if you stay under it. For me, it was always a lot cheaper than their $1/mile.
E.) I was traveling as part of my work by the time I was 21, so finding someone who would rent to me was important. I always used Enterprise; my memory is that they had the lowest fee for being a young renter. Many rental companies refuse to rent to anyone under 25.
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