[Idyllchat] Auto Insurance

Wed Jun 20 11:34:36 EDT 2007

I just checked with American Express and they don't cover car rental
insurance in the following countries:
Australia, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Jamaica and New Zealand.

So, apparently, there is going to be an insurance cost involved in renting a
car in Italy. Having been to Italy, I can understand them not wanting to
insure cars there, but I'm curious about Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica,
and Ireland.

Anyway, I hope you find something that works for you.

          - Jay

On 6/20/07, barbara_watts at campbellsoup.com <barbara_watts at campbellsoup.com>
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> I spoke to the Untours office recently regarding the use of American
> Express for our upcoming trip to Tuscany in September.  I was told by a
> member of the Untours staff that since they do not accept American Express
> the car rental agency would not accept it either.  Please let me know if
> your experience is different since this would help us defray some
> insurance
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> I never buy the Rental Companies insurance. I rent using my American
> Express card. American Express covers the CDW. I had a rental car counter
> person try to tell me they don't, so I called American Express. They said
> they absolutely do. If you are unsure, you can always call American
> Express
> and ask them if they cover the CDW in whatever country you are traveling
> to. They covered the insurance in Scotland last fall.
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> When I have traveled on business with a corporate AmEx, we were instructed
> not to take the extra insurance. AmEx covered it and we would not be
> reimbursed for that money if we did take it.
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> Since you have to use a credit card to rent a car, I always use AmEx and I
> never buy extra insurance.
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>     - Jay
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> On 6/20/07, Lyn Slazyk <movemonitor1 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   Hi Patricia,
>   We've just returned from a month+ trip to Rome, Sicily, Sardinia. Had a
>   car in Sicily and Sardinia and also depended on the Travel Insured
>   coverage as we have many times in the past. We found driving in Sicily a
>   bit more trying than most places and had a few "almost" scrapes during
>   rush hours in cities and towns especially on the round abouts. However
>   they always missed us, or we them, sometimes by the width of the paint
> on
>   the car it seemed. But I still agree with Bob about not having redundant
>   coverage.
>   Lyn Slazyk
>   Dallas
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>   Robert A Meyer < hmrm34 at verizon.net> wrote:
>   Patricia,
>   We will have a car on our Idyll Untour in France in July and we are
> going
>   to depend on the coverage provided by Travel Insured.  We are not going
>   to buy the CDW sold by the car rental company --
>   don't like redundant insurance.   The risk is having to pay "out of
>   pocket" for any damages and then get all the paper work together to file
>   a claim with Travel Insured.
>   I have never had to use the CDW included with Travel Insured.
>   Bob Meyer
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