If you rent cars more than once or twice a year, a car rental insurance credit card benefit can save you serious money at the counter. Most premium travel credit cards in the United States include some form of rental car collision damage waiver, and plenty of everyday cards do too. The catch is that…
A car rental price comparison done right can save you $150 or more on a one-week booking. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive quote for the exact same car, at the same airport, on the same dates is often 30–40% — and that gap has nothing to do with the car itself. It…
The rental car insurance best price is almost never the one printed on the counter paperwork. Travelers who walk up at the airport and accept whatever coverage the agent offers routinely pay $25 to $45 a day for protection they could get for $8 to $12 a day — or nothing at all — by…
Standing at the rental counter with a contract pushed toward you and three boxes to initial is a bad place to make an insurance decision. The agent will tell you a collision damage waiver costs $12 to $30 a day, and for a week-long trip that quietly becomes $84 to $210. Before you hand over…
