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puzzled.gif posted on 4-7-2009 at 09:03 AM
rental car insurence


here we go again i ask this every time i go down Renting a car out of cobo 2 wks
last time i didn't get any insurence and was fine on the advice of nomad posts but i was kinda stressed for the 3wks i was there woundering if i would go to jail if i was in an accident. i know i saved a ton of money but my contract has no insurence in big letters on it and it kinda gives me the willies. am i ok doing this...
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[*] posted on 4-7-2009 at 09:24 AM


You are fine as long as you don't have an accident and injure someone. Personally, I would spend the money on insurance. If for nothing else just the peace of mind.
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[*] posted on 4-7-2009 at 10:01 AM


I have traveled this route many times. My extensive research has resulted in the following:

If you use a credit card to rent vehicle, you need to buy the basic liability insurance (which keeps you out of Mexican jail if you have an accident), but do NOT need comprehensive and collision coverage from the rental company IF your credit card is the type that also covers collision/comprehensive (gold/platinum type cards)....The credit card company (Visa) assured me that this coverage is in effect all over the planet except in Ireland and some other podunk country (the name of which eludes me)

Mexican car rental agencies frequently try to insist you buy their Comp/Coll coverage as this is where they make their money....as that coverage is often the same or double the daily rental rate....

When I checked this out in Zihuatanejo two years ago, Hertz was the only company that said they would accept the credit card coverage.....

Call your credit card company and confirm this info BEFORE you travel


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[*] posted on 4-7-2009 at 06:49 PM


Most all Bank Cards provide you with Coverage. If you have the fine print pamplet that came with your card you will find it in there or call them. My Visa card provides $50,000. in auto ins. coverage and I use it when I rent a car. As stated above they will tell you that you have to take out their insurance policy. When I talked with my Visa card holder about that they told me to get a statement from the rental co. stating that on their letter head and I would be reimbursed for the charge.
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