Car rental abroad: understanding insurance coverage
If you rent a car, motorbike, scooter, moped, caravan, or mobile home abroad, you'll need to take out insurance with the rental company - but your Home Contents Insurance can also help.
Travel Insurance does not cover when you rent a car, motorcycle, moped, scooter, caravan, or mobile home for a holiday abroad. Neither do your IDA Car, Motorcycle, or Moped Insurance. Instead, you must take out insurance with the rental company.Check the rental contract of the car or vehicle
Please remember to buy third-party liability and comprehensive coverage when renting a car or other vehicle abroad. In addition, insurance from the rental company should include roadside assistance if you get stuck on the way and paintwork or glass damage. The rental contract must contain information about the insurance you have purchased for the rental of the vehicle. Please read it carefully and pay particular attention to the excess. Remember to keep a copy of the insurance policy with you in case you need it on the way.Extended Travel Insurance covers the excess
If you damage a rented car, motorbike, moped, or mobile home, the rental company's insurance will cover the vehicle. However, the insurance often has an excess that you can reimburse if you have Travel Insurance purchased AFTER 1.6.2022 with the Extended or Super versions or purchased BEFORE 1.6 2022 with the Extended Travel Insurance option.The damage must be considered a comprehensive accident to get compensation. In other words: Remember Travel and Home Contents Insurance
Your Home Contents Insurance covers you if you have items stolen from the cargo compartment, such as clothing and care products. However, it does not protect gold, jewellery, silver, money, and cash. Home contents insurance only covers if there is clear evidence of a break-in. Read more about Home InsuranceYour Travel Insurance covers you if you need repatriation, medical treatment, or hospitalisation following an accident.Read more about Travel InsuranceYour Accident Insurance covers you if you get a permanent disability after an accident.Read more about Accident InsuranceGood advice when renting a car or another means of transport on holiday
Check the rental contract of the car or vehicle
Please remember to buy third-party liability and comprehensive coverage when renting a car or other vehicle abroad. In addition, insurance from the rental company should include roadside assistance if you get stuck on the way and paintwork or glass damage. The rental contract must contain information about the insurance you have purchased for the rental of the vehicle. Please read it carefully and pay particular attention to the excess. Remember to keep a copy of the insurance policy with you in case you need it on the way.Extended Travel Insurance covers the excess
If you damage a rented car, motorbike, moped, or mobile home, the rental company's insurance will cover the vehicle. However, the insurance often has an excess that you can reimburse if you have Travel Insurance purchased AFTER 1.6.2022 with the Extended or Super versions or purchased BEFORE 1.6 2022 with the Extended Travel Insurance option.The damage must be considered a comprehensive accident to get compensation. In other words: - If the vehicle suffers major or minor damaging blows from a collision.
- Parking damage.
- Road accident.
- Fire or theft/burglary.
- Buy third-party liability and comprehensive coverage for the vehicle.
- Rent the vehicle through an authorised rental company.
- You or your partner are on the rental contract.
- You or your partner are the drivers of the vehicle.
- You have the right to drive the vehicle in the country where you rented the car and those you pass through. For example, if you rent a car in one country and head to another country, you should always make sure that you are allowed to drive the car in both countries.
Remember Travel and Home Contents Insurance
Your Home Contents Insurance covers you if you have items stolen from the cargo compartment, such as clothing and care products. However, it does not protect gold, jewellery, silver, money, and cash. Home contents insurance only covers if there is clear evidence of a break-in. Read more about Home InsuranceYour Travel Insurance covers you if you need repatriation, medical treatment, or hospitalisation following an accident.Read more about Travel InsuranceYour Accident Insurance covers you if you get a permanent disability after an accident.Read more about Accident InsuranceGood advice when renting a car or another means of transport on holiday
- Choose a rental company you trust. It could be a company recommended by your travel agent or a major international rental company, such as AVIS, Hertz, or Europcar.
- Check your car, motorcycle, moped, or motorhome when you get it, and take photos of any visual damage. In this way, you won't be liable for previous damage.
- If possible, return the vehicle when the rental company is open. It's the right moment to clarify doubts or get some answers to your questions.
- Remember to take photos of any damage you've done and make sure you have paperwork and receipts to prove it.
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