roamingthroughbaja - 9-29-2013 at 05:59 AM
Hey American Nomads, we are travelling to Phoenix for a few days and have to rent a car at the airport. Looking on the car rental sites, it seems to
be that the rental agencies charge around $48 US a DAY for insurance alone, not including the rental of the car. Is there a way around that? We
don't have any other American insurance. How much insurance are you actually required to have? I know this isn't really Baja related, but if anybody
has any information we'd be grateful.
On another note, with hardly any international flights out of La Paz now, it's five hours before we even sit on a plane to go anywhere having to fly
out of Cabo. Half hour to get to the bus depot in La Paz, 3 hour drive to Cabo, 1 1/2 hours wait time at the airport.
bajalinda - 9-29-2013 at 06:35 AM
Check the details of your credit card that you use to rent the car - I think sometimes (depending on what they say in the fine print) they will cover
damage on a rental car.
rhintransit - 9-29-2013 at 07:16 AM
car rentals at the airport are very expensive, they add all sorts of weird taxes. best bet...take a shuttle bus to wherever you are staying then have
Enterprise (one of the cheapest I've found in PHX) bring you a car. return to airport if you're leaving from there via shuttle.
Big bonus for the agent you rent from
durrelllrobert - 9-29-2013 at 08:23 AM
If you accept their "optional" insurance you will not get a copy of the policy because it doesn't exist. Each agency "self insures" and is just
betting that you will not do any significant damage to the car. If you do not bring the car back with damage to agent pockets the whole amount and if
it has minor damage like a small dent the agent pays for the repair out of his pocket.If it has major damage and you used a credit card to rent it he
will file a claim with the credit card company and you will never know it since the check will go directly to him.
Just don't accept his insurance because if you charge the full amount of the rental with your AMEX or VISA card you are fully insured and if you do
damage the car you are the one that files the claim.
bajagrouper - 9-29-2013 at 08:28 AM
Maybe I am putting paragraph 1 and 2 together, are you thinking about renting a car in Phoenix AZ for a one way trip to La Paz or Cabo and you will
flying out from there?
roamingthroughbaja - 9-29-2013 at 10:06 AM
No, we're actually flying into Phoenix, renting a car and then driving to a friend's place about 3 hours away in the middle of nowhere. Returning to
Cabo the same way only backwards!
BajaBlanca - 9-29-2013 at 10:26 AM
How many flights out of la paz are there now?
[Edited on 9-29-2013 by BajaBlanca]
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