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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: MamaB]
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06/05/2021 12:17 PM
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Hertz still offers liability insurance on rentals. below is the statement from their site as well as a link to the full FAQ page. Q. What is the price of 3rd Party Liability Insurance when I rent from Hertz in St. Maarten? A. We are happy to offer all of our customers complimentary 3rd party liability insurance. Hertz FAQ page
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: MamaB]
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06/06/2021 02:56 AM
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Just curious, why not use a local guy??? We use SAX, great service and great rates!!
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: MamaB]
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06/06/2021 07:13 AM
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We’ve rented from a local company for our previous trips to SXM, but we found a really great price at Hertz. It’s $129 total for a weekly rental. Every other quote we’ve seen is at least twice that, so we’re sticking with Hertz for now. We’re not traveling for several months, though.
Last edited by dvesc; 06/06/2021 07:45 AM.
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: Colour1]
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06/06/2021 08:38 AM
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Just curious, why not use a local guy??? We use SAX, great service and great rates!! Pretty sure Hertz SXM is locally owned.
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: Colour1]
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06/06/2021 10:28 AM
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Just curious, why not use a local guy??? We use SAX, great service and great rates!! Hertz SXM is locally owned and opperated.
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: RickandJulie]
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06/06/2021 11:28 AM
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We're in the same boat. We normally rent from Michael at Unity, but got an unbelievable rate ($15.74 per day) from Hertz as part of our ticketing process with Delta. If it wasn't more than 50% off we would have stayed local. Sorry Michael. We're there in February. Just to reiterate all the posts above. You ARE staying local. Hertz USA has absolutely NOTHING to do with Hertz SXM, other than receiving a franchise fee from the LOCAL owners of the Hertz SXM operation. I don't understand why this concept is so difficult to grasp?
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: IslandBoi]
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06/06/2021 04:26 PM
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i’ll add that after using a “local company “ for the past couple of trips, we’re currently reserved with “locally owned” Hertz for our next trip because the rate we’re getting for this trip is waaaay less than anyone else due to a corporate discount code we’re using…i mentioned this when returning our rental last week, and the local company said to contact them and they would consider matching Hertz’s offer…will consider doing so
also, one person’s upgrade is another person’s downgrade…we received an “upgrade” last trip, but for us the larger vehicle was really a downgrade….for the island we much prefer a small hatchback to a larger sedan
Why did you take the "upgrade" if it's not what you wanted?
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: MamaB]
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06/06/2021 04:46 PM
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SXMScubaman's posts from years ago convinced us to try Hertz versus a history of using a local supplier who picked you up at the airport. 16-18 trips later, we still have yet to find someone cheaper than Hertz. I got quotes for three cars this trip for our next family trip from HertzSXM, Kenny's, Exclusive, and Sax, for rental periods of 10, 14, and 29 days. After including liability insurance, taxes, and fees, Hertz was lowest by 18%, 32% and 8% for the three vehicles in total.
Personally, I don't see how anyone can rave about other rental companies' rates if they are including liability insurance, let alone a few companies who persist in quoting low rates and then add obscene "taxes and fees" at the end that are simply "mis-truths". As many have said before here, the only way to quote rental cars is one ALL-IN quote including Liability Insurance.
My assumption when someone raves about getting great rates from one supplier versus Hertz, is that they do not get liability insurance, or they don't ask for it as part of their quote and just assume the post-rental invoice add-ons are what they are.
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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06/07/2021 05:00 PM
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So true but many agencies on island add it on to non knowledgeable tourists as an expensive add on. Which is exactly why I mentioned it here. To state that Hertz includes liability insurance in their quote is misleading, and infers a benefit that doesn't really exist,
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: GaKaye]
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06/07/2021 05:31 PM
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So true but many agencies on island add it on to non knowledgeable tourists as an expensive add on. Which is exactly why I mentioned it here. To state that Hertz includes liability insurance in their quote is misleading, and infers a benefit that doesn't really exist, I beg to differ. It just states it's included with rental so people know they have it and not worrying they don't since many unscrupulous agencies charge extra for it and not informing them it's already there.
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Re: Hertz SXM
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06/07/2021 06:50 PM
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So true but many agencies on island add it on to non knowledgeable tourists as an expensive add on. Which is exactly why I mentioned it here. To state that Hertz includes liability insurance in their quote is misleading, and infers a benefit that doesn't really exist, Not misleading but being informative as opposed to others who charge for something that is, if fact, probably included. SO you have a choice to assume it is included by what you read here or HAVE it included by the statements in the rental agreement ...your choice Any agency that has a choice for ADDED liability insurance should be questioned
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Re: Hertz SXM
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06/07/2021 08:03 PM
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There is nothing for free in this World . Well all have bills to be paid.
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: Kennys]
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06/07/2021 09:06 PM
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There is nothing for free in this World . Well all have bills to be paid. Do you include the liability in your original quote or is it an add on option?
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Re: Hertz SXM
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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06/07/2021 09:22 PM
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Liability is optional period . To enlighten you , I just helped two of my customers to get reimburse for $ $ 11,000.00 each for two of my stolen cars new cars . Go figure and now the local insurance companies e.g Nagico is no longer offer Comprehensive insurance any more . And I didn't charge them the $ 10.00 per day for the collision , before the the cars were stolen. Thirty years working for myself and before that , at Holiday Car Rental at Mullet Bay Resort. Pure facts. Some of you Folks keep talking about money , like we out rip people off . Their credit cards company reimbursed them their money and we never take deposit from people with their credit cards . Please don't scratch their car because lol.
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