Does travel insurance cover car hire cdw excess.

Does travel insurance cover car hire cdw excess.

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souper

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Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Taking out standard travel insurance for Europe/Ireland do they generally cover the excess that hire companies charge if you end up with a scratch ect where they gouge you for the approx £1000 pre authorization on your credit card.
I've also found this site from the Guardian newspaper reducemyexcess.co.uk that covers purely hire car excess there may be many others, but wouldn't most standard travel insurance also cover this situation. I have a distrust of car hire companies after reading many reviews. Have a car booked with Avis via BA.com


souper

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Sunday 22nd July 2018
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Good to know, it's the Avis company that puts me off, it looks like Avis are who BA use as their rental partner, have hired many cars before around the world without problem just the negative feedback Avis generates makes me wary, and The Leapers' Italy £4k card block enforces that.

Edited by souper on Sunday 22 July 22:46

souper

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Monday 23rd July 2018
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All sorted now, thanks for info, going forward I now know what to do regarding hiring cars. thumbup