Looked these guys up on the interweb and asked them a couple of questions re 1st class insurance. Very fast and efficient reply. . Good prices for a new small car for a month - 700bht inc 1st class insurance and theft waver. I am tempted but I have never heard of them, so with the reputation of some cheapo hire operations I am wary. Any experience with these people?

Thanks

I meant 700Bht/day if car hired for a month.

I use Thaivisa's link http://carrentals.thaivisa.com/ when I want to rent a car. Not expensive and real insurance.

Suspiciously low prices, no t&c's on their website, and only a mobile phone number provided. I suppose it depends on how much effort you want to put into your due diligence. I'd just go to avis/budget/hertz and be done with it.

@Mousehound

First of all, no intention to self-promote...but in response to the questions asked...

I'm the manager of Econ Car Rent.

We are only four months old company and have had only nearly 20 customers so far, so, most probably many haven't heard of us yet.

We strive to provide rental cars at the lowest price possible in Chiang Mai.

Our latest low season rental rates as below:

- * Daily rate: 800 Baht/day

- * Weekly rate: 700 Baht/day

- * Monthly rate: 18,000 Baht/mo.

* Prices are all inclusive of Tax and Comprehensive Rental Car Insurance.
* We also provide free drop-off and pick-up service within 12 km of downtown Chiang Mai.

To verify that our vehicles are properly insured, we could provide you the contact number of our insurance company and you may call them and provide them the rental car license plate number and they will look it up for you.

As for theft waiver, if the rental vehicle was stolen along with the keys in it, then our insurance company wouldn't cover it.

@taotoo

I can understand your suspicion because there are many companies whom although declared that their vehicles are covered by 1st Class Insurance, what they didn't specify is that it's a 1st Class Personal Car Insurance and not a 1st Class Rental Car Insurance.

Furthermore, we are not a cheapo operation

We owned the following businesses in Chiang Mai:

House CM Limited Partnership
Property Sales & Rentals Management

Buddy Connection Co., Ltd.
Asset Management Company

Buddy Construction Co., Ltd.
Develop & Build Company

Buddy Guesthouse & Coffee Garden
Lodging & Dining

Buddy Journey Co., Ltd.
Tour & Travel Services

Econ Car Rent Co., Ltd.
Car Rental Company

Settoon Jewelry
Custom Made Pearl & Stone Jewelry

Top Dog
Pet Food & Hotel

Head Office: House CM Limited Partnership

410/3 Chiang Mai Land Village, Chang Klan Road,

T. Chang Klan, A. Muang,

Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand.

Branch: Buddy Journey Co., Ltd.

410/2 Chiang Mai Land Village, Chang Klan Road,

T. Chang Klan, A. Muang,

Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand.

Branch: Buddy Guesthouse

77/1 Kamphaeng Din Road,

T. Chang Klan, A. Muang,

Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand.

Branch: Settoon Jewelry

189/22 Chang Klan Road,

T. Chang Klan, A. Muang,

Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand.