Renting of a car when one is out for a vacation is the most recommendable, affordable and adventurous way to travel around so as to be able to explore to a new country. It enables one to sightsee at his or her own pace and see areas of scenic beauty and various attraction sights. It also provides freedom and independence in planning of an itinerary around the necessary destinations. Renting of the car is usually based on 24hrs.
Before renting the car abroad from the car rental services, there are some things that one should keep in mind. These include making plans concerning every bit of the trip while still in your home country. Planning things from the foreign country may confuse someone due to lots of indifferences. These indifferences are like foreign currency conversion rates, unfamiliar rental rules and cultural barriers. Renting from the home country saves in many things like penalties for being late.
After dropping off one should ensure that the billing starts from that time. This is because there are some agencies that charges on 24 hour clock system. This happens even if the renting was done in less than 24hours per day. Internationally there are discounts that are offered on renting of the car. These are like, discount on credit card, discount on AAA, discount on senior citizen and also discount to the frequent flyer. These are the common discounts that are offered to the rental of the cars. If one notices that is qualified in getting the discounts, should insist so as to be offered.
There are things that are to be considered when booking the rental car in advance. These are the size of the luggage and the number of the group that you are going with. In case the size of the luggage is small and also the group is small, the car to be considered should be a small one; otherwise a roomier car should be hired if the size of the luggage and the group of people are big.
It is wise for the renter to pay some extra amount for the rental of the car for the company insurance since the renter could not be very sure about the coverage of the personal insurance. In most of the foreign countries the car rentals includes the insurance for theft and also the collision protection. If the country does not have a theft or the collision insurance in its rental rate then theft protection and also collision damage should be put into consideration However if the rental is charged into the credit card which has the insurance coverage then theft and collision damage should not be considered. (by ; Levi Quinn )
