I have just been talking to Alamo Rentals in the UK, who inform me that I cannot rent a car through the Alamo.com site because I need a valid US drivers licence.
The deals on the Alamo.com website are far better that the Alamo.co.uk site so, is this true, or am I talking to a rather overzealous UK sales rep??
Brit booking a rental car on a US website
We have had this a few times so check back thru the threads to see if this is anywhere near the truth.
The rates on the web are OK and you CAN get them
BUT you will have to add insurance CDW etc and that will take it over the price that you would pay by booking in advance from the UK.
I choose to book with %26#39;Floridacarhire%26#39; or %26#39;yescarhire%26#39;. You get an all in price that includes insurance and the hire and picks up at the airport. They have always been the cheapest and have never let me down. There will be other companies but I think you will find this way cheaper if you are coming from the UK.
Brit booking a rental car on a US website
The insurance element is differant. The US web site is cheaper but will not give you (a Brit) the leval of cover you require. You will be far better off hiring from a UK supplier. And you should be able to hire a car with full cover for about 拢350- 拢380 for 2 weeks.
If things go badly wrong you will have someone to go back to . The last thing you need is to be involved in an accident and have to sell you house and have to take out a 拢20,000 loan to pay off the bill.
Thats what happened to someone i know who was a bus driver who had never had an accedent in his life and was not going to be involved with one in the US.
Although he had been warned by me and others, all of his judgments on this issue turn out to be wrong. He still has a number of years to pay off his loan and has not been able to afford an hoilday since.
Book on www.holidayautos.co.uk and you should end up picking up an Alamo Car at MCO Airport when you arrive. When I booked, a while ago now,with them I got Alamo and the price included all insurances too. It%26#39;s a good UK Broker site.
We have trawled the web for the best deals and we found the best deal is at 1stfororlando.co.uk. Used them last year and found them to be the best deal again this year.
We found it very annoying about the US websites being cheaper as well but not found a way to get theses deals!
Try Airline Network, I found them to be the cheapest. They provide Dollar cars, cheaper than Dollar. I got a 4 door intermediate for 拢270 for 2 weeks with all the necessary insurances. Make sure you book online it%26#39;s 5% cheaper.
Jim
Floridagirl;
You have not been reading the posts that appear above your own.
Is car hire cheaper at Orlando International than it is at Sanford airport, because the rates I%26#39;ve been getting have been about 拢370-拢390 for a 4 door intermediate with ins?
Sorry, I%26#39;m brain dead tonight- these rates I got were for three weeks not two so ignore that last post!
jim 98 and other UK posters: When you talk about ';all the necessary insurances'; and ';all insurances'; exactly what type insurance, and how much of it, are you talking about? CDW, supplemental liability, both, or something else? Just curious.
QQ2; British people are in general used to buying what is called ';A Fully Chomprensive Insurance'; back home. This coves all the costs which might be incured in an accident ie; all the dammage/ repair/replacment to vehicles, street furniture, injuries to third parties, Injuries and compensation to persons , Health care and emergancy services including fire police and ambulance. recovery services, a curtursy car to use while yours and the othe drivers car is being repaird, legal expences, fire , theift,and some others.
When Brits Hire a car at home it comes with all this included in the price of the hire.
When Brits Hire in the US they only get a small limited third party cover. When Us Citizans they often drive the car on their own personal vehical insurance. This option is not availabale to Brits. We have to buy at least the CWD, which only covers dammage done to the car which they have hired. Brits have to buy health insurance to cover them when out of the country and in the US. But this only covers themselves and not anyone they may injure. Unless they buy a ';Fully inclusive'; they will have to pay for all the rest of the costs/dammage and health care costs, compensation etc, they do to others out of their own pocket.
The health care costs alone could Bankrupt a fairly well off family if they were involved in a serious accident, and were deemed to be at fault. Court cost in the US could also be staggering as we wouldn not be able to apply for legal aid to fight any decision that they thought was unjustified.
Brits need to be aware that there is no such thing as human error in the States , someone is always at fault and has to be sued for the last cent.
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