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Don't rent a car here in (northern) Europe, if you can avoid it. Renting a car in the US is painless and pretty risk-free. Renting a car in Europe is differen
by tpmx 7y ago
Don't rent a car here in (northern) Europe, if you can avoid it.
Renting a car in the US is painless and pretty risk-free.
Renting a car in Europe is different. I've read multiple accounts of local aquantancies here arguing with car rental firms about minor scratches that US rental firms just wouldn't care about.
When I return a rented car in the US the overworked guy I return the car to seems to be happy as long as the car is at least mostly intact.
In Europe meanwhile, you should worry about the rental company looking for minute scratches and then charging absurd amounts for these.
I don't rent cars in Europe. (Not sure if this is a Scandinavian, Northern European or European thing.)
- Aeolun 7y agoI guess it’s because all these amounts are paid by insurance? Nobody ever pays the €1000 themselves, so nobody cares?
- angry_octet 7y agoI think it is to force you to pay the full CDW fee, or face the $6000 charge. In North America it is common for people to have the hire car coverage option on their main car. So it becomes a fight between e.g. Hertz and a big insurance firm. I can't pick up a car in Europe in less than an hour, have to check/photograph everything. I have an actual checklist.
- wanderer2323 7y agocan you share the checklist for us who are curious?
- angry_octet 7y agoIt's just like the one the hire car companies use, front/right/rear/left elevation, roof, windscreen, tyres, side mirrors. Inside: seats, control knobs, petrol gauge, odometer, warning lights. Engine bay: water, washer fluid, oil cap. The difference is that it's my checklist and I do it, taking the required time. Photographs of every panel. It is inspired by all the times I've been ripped off or they have tried to rip me off.