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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: Sunfun]
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10/11/2015 07:15 AM
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Tom
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Sunfun said: Get your car on the French side. Liability is included by law and the rental rates are cheaper to boot! I have not heard this before. Is that accurate?
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: Sunfun]
#70711
10/11/2015 01:30 PM
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islandgem
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A few years ago we rented a car on the French side and liability was not included then and the rates were more expensive. Is this something new?
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: soualigacapt]
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10/11/2015 03:50 PM
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: Tom]
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10/11/2015 11:07 PM
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pat
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Don't feel too bad, Tom. We had almost the same experience about twenty years ago. We reserved our car via Hertz International and when we got there they had no cars and only a couple of vans. And I do mean VANS like small bus type vans. No apologies along with no assurance as to how soon they could get us a car. We were very disappointed and made that both our first and last attempt at renting through them. These days we strictly use the local guys with no big name affiliation who provide pretty much the price and services we want and we're very happy with our choice. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: pat]
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10/12/2015 05:14 AM
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Posts: 12,460 île staten
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LINK =============== For Tom & Pat....(sorry, could not resist) <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: Bobcat]
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10/12/2015 07:54 AM
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Bobcat,
Loved it! Lol......and while Jerry got a car, albeit a little one, it SURE beats driving a big old full sized van on SXM, which we did for three days that trip.
And a few years before that, having rented from Budget for years without any problems, we arrived at the Budget location to pick up our car and the gal we always dealt with told us yes, they had our reservation but didn't have any cars for us. What?! The next obvious question being, " when will you have one?" to which she answered she had no idea. No apology or signs of feeling bad. She did ask us where were we staying and she'd call us if she got a car in soon. Really? And when would that be? No clue.
Needless to say, that was our last rental experience from any of the big named but local rental agencies on the island and the cause of our turning to the local guys for the service we want and expect and, thankfully, have gotten ever since making the move.
And apologies to the OP since, as so often is the case here, this thread has taken a slightly different turn than he intended. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: BeachKitten]
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10/12/2015 08:52 AM
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See, in SXM, I much prefer the old, beat up white Corolla!! Last time, they tried to give us an upgrade, which we kept for one day and then took back and said "please give us an old, beat up Corolla!!" <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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10/12/2015 09:09 AM
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That would be me, also, Carol. I really don't want the responsibility of that brand new sparkling and pristine and dare I say - dent-free - new white car and we request the more lovingly used models every trip. Don't want a beater either, not that our agency would ever give us one of those, but I really don't want the responsibility of being the first to add my calling card to the new car either. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Liability Insurance
[Re: BeachKitten]
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10/12/2015 03:49 PM
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Our usual number from the usual suspect is more often than not R14 - don't know if that's by design or fate, but whichever, either way it works for me! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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