Advice needed - property damage from flying gazebo
Discussion
Figured someone here will have direct experience of this from Le Mans of years past with regard to a violent gust of wind sending a gazebo flying into someone's hired camper-van.
Firstly, whats the liability and how would you go about resolving a claim on you for damage?
We had a pop-up gazebo, double pinned on each corner literally get lifted up and then crash down into the next pitch while we were out getting some supplies on Friday morning. We returned to find the mangled gazebo which had broken a pole on next doors tent but worse, impact damage across the bonnet of a hired german camper. The folks from the camper were fantastic but obviously they are on the hook for a bill somewhere.
We exchanged details but trying to work out what the next steps are...
Thoughts on a postcard
Other than that, was a good, if not fairly quiet LM24 this year.
Cheers
David
Firstly, whats the liability and how would you go about resolving a claim on you for damage?
We had a pop-up gazebo, double pinned on each corner literally get lifted up and then crash down into the next pitch while we were out getting some supplies on Friday morning. We returned to find the mangled gazebo which had broken a pole on next doors tent but worse, impact damage across the bonnet of a hired german camper. The folks from the camper were fantastic but obviously they are on the hook for a bill somewhere.
We exchanged details but trying to work out what the next steps are...
Thoughts on a postcard
Other than that, was a good, if not fairly quiet LM24 this year.
Cheers
David
I guess for me it comes down to a couple of things...
1) Yes i obviously offered to cover the repair/replacement or excess, which on paper it looks like it was 1500euros.
2) I did everything in my control to ensure that the gazebo was as secure as I could reasonably expect it to be being double pegged on each foot etc.
If i was renting a camper and going to park it in a campsite with thousands of others, I would also have probably paid to ensure that in the event of any accidental damage, that any excess would be minimised - I rent a lot of cars globally and I had a separate policy until very recently which ensured that I never got slapped with crazy hire car company bills in the event of damage incurred.
I was just looking for practical advice from those who have been in a similar position. At the time, I was more concerned that people were not hurt from it rather than metal and paint which is easily fixed with £.
1) Yes i obviously offered to cover the repair/replacement or excess, which on paper it looks like it was 1500euros.
2) I did everything in my control to ensure that the gazebo was as secure as I could reasonably expect it to be being double pegged on each foot etc.
If i was renting a camper and going to park it in a campsite with thousands of others, I would also have probably paid to ensure that in the event of any accidental damage, that any excess would be minimised - I rent a lot of cars globally and I had a separate policy until very recently which ensured that I never got slapped with crazy hire car company bills in the event of damage incurred.
I was just looking for practical advice from those who have been in a similar position. At the time, I was more concerned that people were not hurt from it rather than metal and paint which is easily fixed with £.
ukcobra said:
The right thing to do is to offer to cover the cost of repair. Given the sun and rain at Le Mans, Shelters of all kinds are going to be on the campsites.
Dent Repair can be surprisingly cheap to carry out, if the dent can be pushed back out with the expert use of the right tools.
And yes Car Clubs have been asked for £5M liability, I am part of the Mustang Club Committee and we had to increase our liability insurance coverage at the request of a few venues.
The group I travel with, had not even pegged the Marquee down, which did cause me some concern as my Motorhome was right next to it.
Did this happen on MB ? I thought I saw the note on the Range Rover....
Ah no, this was on Bleu Nord...but plenty of them appeared to have been flattened or twisted as a result of the wind on Friday morning.Dent Repair can be surprisingly cheap to carry out, if the dent can be pushed back out with the expert use of the right tools.
And yes Car Clubs have been asked for £5M liability, I am part of the Mustang Club Committee and we had to increase our liability insurance coverage at the request of a few venues.
The group I travel with, had not even pegged the Marquee down, which did cause me some concern as my Motorhome was right next to it.
Did this happen on MB ? I thought I saw the note on the Range Rover....
Yes as an admin of a car club, we too have seen liability costs rise too.
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