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Old January 22nd, 2010, 07:27 AM posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
Peter Webb[_2_]
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Default Car Hire in Australia: need for SLI?


"neverwas" wrote in message
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It sounds like you are contemplating the kind of third party
insurance that I encourage and that I take on my rentals in
Australia. ie in lieu of the CDW from the car hire company.
Joseph Coulter
Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations
www.josephcoulter.com


You probably recommend it because it has very fat margins.

By any reasonable standards, CDW from car hire companies is a complete
rip-off.

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Possibly some misunderstanding here?

I can't speak for Joseph Coulter's intended meaning but what I took him to
mean was that he buys insurance from a company *other than the car hire
company* to cover the excess on damage plus such things as damage to tyres
& windscreen. That's what I am now doing with Questor
(http://www.questor-insurance.co.uk/).

Interestingly their annual policy for the world for 2 drivers (but
excluding SLI) costs GBP 60 (c. AUD 105 or AUD 0.30 per day) for cover up
to USD 80,000 for damage. That seems to me not bad at all - bearing in
mind that then when I used to deal with the car industry 20-odd years ago
they had firm figures to show drivers treat company and hire cars
differently from their own cars.


My argument was CDW from car hire companies was a complete rip-off. Other
sources may be OK. (Indeed, as others have confirmed, some credit card
companies incude it for free, which is a very good deal indeed).



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