Car Hire Excess
When hiring a car abroad did you know that if you have a claim or damage your hire car you may have to pay a very high excess even though you thought that you were fully covered!
Save money on buying insurance to protect the excess on a car rental agreement with an annual AXA Car Hire Excess insurance policy.
We offer up to €5,000 cover if you have to pay the rental company a car hire excess.
You can buy this peace of mind for a whole year for as little as €56.08, depending on your age and where you are going to visit, so you'll probably save money even on the first trip!
What car hire excess can protect you from
Imagine the following situation. You picked up your hire car at the airport. The person at the desk tells you that even though you bought cover for damage to your hire car (in car rental language, they would call it Collision Damage Waiver or CDW cover), you'll still have to pay an amount called an excess if the car is damaged, whether it is your fault or not.
The excess tends to be somewhere between €750 and €1500, but they tell you that you can avoid paying that if you pay them an additional €7 to €10 for each day you are hiring the car.
This is where you have to make a decision between these two options, if you haven't got car hire excess cover from AXA:
- risk having to pay the excess if the car is even slightly damaged
or
- go risk-free by paying at least €100 extra for your two week rental
This is where we can help with our cover explained above.
So before you travel, why not save time and money and buy car hire excess cover from AXA.