rental cars

[romeijoe]

Im sure this has been on many times in the past -- but cant seem to find a thread for it  --  do any of you guys have an idea a to car rental im flying in next week never rented b4 and only have my local drivers ,icense !  Q do you need and international to rent a car ?

 

[manfredtillmann]

no, most rental car business will except your overseas licence provided it is in arabic writing and features a picture of you.

[Shot]

There is a RENT-A-CAR button on the top of this page.

[romeijoe]

1 minute ago, manfredtillmann said:

no, most rental car business will except your overseas licence provided it is in arabic writing and features a picture of you.

sounds a bit strange aribic? not english?

 

[manfredtillmann]

sorry, that was thoughtless of me.

most western languages use 'arabic' letters for spelling. as do the english and germans and french.

unlike russians and uzbekistans, who use cyrillic letters etc.

if you are from western europe chances are your d/l will be ok.

 

[tifino]

 

 

'rental' subjects are such ripe ones - for any chance someone will have a 'lend' of you  

 

but aside from all that, you can get 3 months grace for using just your Local License (almost) anywhere on Earth.

 

If you get pulled up for Checks by the (ie Traffic) Police, it's your Licence that is requested primarily;

but if an accident is involved, Insurance companies may come asking for the IDP

 

ummm on 2nd thoughts, I think manfred's answers serious one after all...

... but the English letters are more so 'Latin', aren't they? and it's the numerals that have arabic origin

 

 

Edited August 23, 2016 by tifino

[romeijoe]

1 minute ago, tifino said:

 

 

'rental' subjects are such ripe ones - for any chance someone will have a 'lend' of you  

 

but aside from all that, you can get 3 months grace for using just your Local License (almost) anywhere on Earth.

 

If you get pulled up for Checks by the (ie Traffic) Police, it's your Licence that is requested primarily;

but if an accident is involved, Insurance companies may come asking for the IDP

 

 

yer ive had a couple of bingles in the past and your right insurance will come, all good so far but ive never rented?  always had a car  but the wife has had a smash and need to rent a bit  so its my understanding i can use my aussy lisence ,   i would imagine if i roll up at the airport and rent then it would be more cost than in town yer?

 

[tifino]

2 minutes ago, romeijoe said:

yer ive had a couple of bingles in the past and your right insurance will come, all good so far but ive never rented?  always had a car  but the wife has had a smash and need to rent a bit  so its my understanding i can use my aussy lisence ,   i would imagine if i roll up at the airport and rent then it would be more cost than in town yer?

 

 

you'll be revealing your accident history, and most concern is anything 'your fault' for less than 5 years ago

 

has wife checked if she hrself can rent local, in her name.

I gather she's both Thai+Living in LOS. It'd be cheaper for her than you, who I'd assume is on Tourist Visa

 

You'd also have to reveal wife's accident history too, if she's going to be driving the rental too.

This might complicate doing things on the spot at the airport? She'd have to be alongside you...

[manfredtillmann]

9 minutes ago, tifino said:

 

 

'rental' subjects are such ripe ones - for any chance someone will have a 'lend' of you  

 

but aside from all that, you can get 3 months grace for using just your Local License (almost) anywhere on Earth.

 

If you get pulled up for Checks by the (ie Traffic) Police, it's your Licence that is requested primarily;

but if an accident is involved, Insurance companies may come asking for the IDP

 

ummm on 2nd thoughts, I think manfred's answers serious one after all...

... but the English letters are more so 'Latin', aren't they? and it's the numerals that have arabic origin

 

 

you are probably right. i got taught what i wrote. a long time ago. may be i do't remember correctly.

in the end, or 'at the end of the day', as australians would say, if western - euros can read it, she'll be good.

getting back to your post, if the car hire company accepts your hire contract on the basis of you having a 'farang' licence than it is their problem to deal with their insurance if you prang. your liability is limited to the amount you sign for in your rental agreement.

[romeijoe]

16 minutes ago, tifino said:

 

 

'rental' subjects are such ripe ones - for any chance someone will have a 'lend' of you  

 

but aside from all that, you can get 3 months grace for using just your Local License (almost) anywhere on Earth.

 

If you get pulled up for Checks by the (ie Traffic) Police, it's your Licence that is requested primarily;

but if an accident is involved, Insurance companies may come asking for the IDP

 

 

yer ive had a couple of bingles in the past and your right insurance will come, all good so far but ive never rented?  always had a car  but the wife has had a smash and need to rent a bit  so its my understanding i can use my aussy lisence ,   i would imagine if i roll up at the airport and rent then it would be more cost than in town yer?

Insert other media im going to sleep on this one lol

 

[HampiK]

23 minutes ago, manfredtillmann said:

sorry, that was thoughtless of me.

most western languages use 'arabic' letters for spelling. as do the english and germans and french.

unlike russians and uzbekistans, who use cyrillic letters etc.

if you are from western europe chances are your d/l will be ok.

 

 

I always was thinking that most europe countries only use arabic numbers not letters!

[tifino]

7 minutes ago, manfredtillmann said:

you are probably right. i got taught what i wrote. a long time ago. may be i do't remember correctly.

in the end, or 'at the end of the day', as australians would say, if western - euros can read it, she'll be good.

getting back to your post, if the car hire company accepts your hire contract on the basis of you having a 'farang' licence than it is their problem to deal with their insurance if you prang. your liability is limited to the amount you sign for in your rental agreement.

 

that can become nasty...

If you prang their car, it is you that will be dealing with the Insurance Co.  

The rental dudes will be gladly passing correspondence on to you, much the same way as if you compile traffic offences

- you have to deal with it personally, because you are given the opportunity (responsibility), within set time constraints, to pay up.

If you play it back into the rental Co's hands, you will be hit up for much higher fees, and you won;t even get the chance to see all the details that lead up to the final cost.

This also happens if there are traffic infringements - pay them yourelf directly to the Authorities

 

Insurance will cover the damages, but also think carefully to pay the other premiums, that also cover the Excess

 

If you decide to Cover the Excess, prior to picking up the car, by paying it befrehand, the Exe=cess Cover will be highr than what your tavel Insurance can cover automatically

I'm coming from the angle, of what I have encountered my, by organising travel, rentals, and their insurance, prior to travel

I subsequently had a Rental Accident.

My Travel Insurance (i.e. with Covermore), covered the costs of any Excess expected, and my Policy did that ok.

The Rental Co. had the repairs done, and my Travel Insurance reImbursed me my Excess...

 

anyhow back to OP...

Pre-organising Travel Rentals is all too late by now for OP, but it is still worth OP going through his travel Insurance paperwork (and fineprint), to see if Rental Excess is covered. In my case it was a world-wide travel policy, covering all Rentals (except Russia - obvoiusly)

[manfredtillmann]

@ tifino

"that can become nasty...

If you prang their car, it is you that will be dealing with the Insurance Co.  

The rental dudes will be gladly passing correspondence on to you, much the same way as if you compile traffic offences

- you have to deal with it personally, because you are given the opportunity (responsibility), within set time constraints, to pay up."

 

no, i don't think so.

you enter into a contractual agreement with the car hire company and your liability is limited as to the terms of your contract with them.

there is no contractual connection between you and your hire cars insurer.

[Jiu-Jitsu]

5 hours ago, romeijoe said:

yer ive had a couple of bingles in the past and your right insurance will come, all good so far but ive never rented?  always had a car  but the wife has had a smash and need to rent a bit  so its my understanding i can use my aussy lisence ,   i would imagine if i roll up at the airport and rent then it would be more cost than in town yer?

 

 

Typical airport rate: http://nokair.com/content/en/journey-planning/nok-car.aspx

[romeijoe]

6 hours ago, Jiu-Jitsu said:

 

Typical airport rate: http://nokair.com/content/en/journey-planning/nok-car.aspx

  thanks for that was helpful 

 

[romeijoe]

1 hour ago, romeijoe said:

  thanks for that was helpful 

 

i see they ask for nokair pass is this really needed or can anyone rent them?

 

[dabhand]

11 hours ago, romeijoe said:

i see they ask for nokair pass is this really needed or can anyone rent them?

 

 

Just have a look at the Promotions tab. There are a number of different options, e.g. Pay Now = Pay Less, which don't have such restrictions. Prices may vary, but probably not by much.

[tifino]

23 hours ago, manfredtillmann said:

@ tifino

"that can become nasty...

If you prang their car, it is you that will be dealing with the Insurance Co.  

The rental dudes will be gladly passing correspondence on to you, much the same way as if you compile traffic offences

- you have to deal with it personally, because you are given the opportunity (responsibility), within set time constraints, to pay up."

 

no, i don't think so.

you enter into a contractual agreement with the car hire company and your liability is limited as to the terms of your contract with them.

there is no contractual connection between you and your hire cars insurer.

 

it hovers around whether you take on the Offered Insurance Cover the Renters make available.

Under 'their' Cover, and if it is repair under the Insurance Limitations (i.e the repair cost is higher than the Excess figure), then all you will be up for is the Excess. This is why the Renters Excess cost can be Paid up front before you drive, and if you don't have a prang, the Premium paid is not refundable.

 

If you Prang, and the cost of Repairs is Under the Excess you've pre-Paid, you have to watch your back, that they don't perform the Repairs - Outside of the Insurance i.e. not as a Claim against their Insurer. In this particular case, you will receive a Bill for the Actual Repair Costs.

 

This has all Happened to me, and I was recompensed - eventually - from my Travel Insurance worldwide policy, which I already knew that the automativ Excess Cover was a higher figure than the actual repair cost

 

so the up end of all this , is that you have to hope the Damage Repaired costs are higher (more) than the Excess - to kick the Insurance Policy into action

[manfredtillmann]

alternately, you take out the 'cdw' (collision damage waiver), for a few bucks more, it is a universal car hire inclusion, and you deliver your rental back IN ANY STATE and just walk away from it.

your liability is limited to nothing and if your hire company withholds your credit card deposit, just ring your bank and cancel it.

any problems, let your travel insurance deal with it. been hiring cars for 35+ years, never had a problem.

[tifino]

 

we used Europcar in LOS the last time we were there. Their equivalent of your CDW was the offering of an Excess prepaid.

The Prepaid figure, though I never found out what it actually was, was apparently pretty high (about AU$800), than what we were prepared to risk encountering blindly upon Arrival.

But we went along with relying on our Travel Insurance covering the Excess (approx AU$900 covered) 

 

so, it really comes down to who you deal with, and whether to believe what info is relayed back from the Insurer, to your Travel Agent, at the time of booking

 

 

I still have the headaches of 12 months ago, of what we were put through...

[Jiu-Jitsu]

12 hours ago, romeijoe said:

i see they ask for nokair pass is this really needed or can anyone rent them?

 

 

There are a few different desks at the airport. I just noticed this one as I liked the price for the SUV.