Car Hire

This has been going on for a few years now, I take out my own insurance for abroad, it's the same as the 85 you paid, but you do have to put a deposit of 1000 euros from a credit card, this is refunded when you take the car back and there's no new scratches, be though when you pick the car up. If they did keep the money you can reclaim it back from your English insurance, I use questor and it works exactly like the do you spain one but is half the price, it's also better to get full to full petrol if you can as your ripped of with that too

Ann

Been there and done that(over past 12yrs) and always same, the hire charge is so competetive, they have to get extra money somehow. I am in Spain at moment and only paid £86 for a whole month of carhire(full to full too)I always refuse extra insurance as I have" icarhire" excess insurance and having made a claim some years ago I couldnt recommend them any higher.They were brilliant, had my costs refunded within 2wks and so easy to deal with.The cost- £39 yr and if I put my hubby on my rental as a named driver he's covered too, so am I if I,m a passenger in any hire care. I use Autoeurope to hire my car through as I prefer them to doyouspain, but I constantly review the prices and cancel/rebook if it goes cheaper.

Hi please please everybody...... don't get ripped off with car hire insurance, this is what to do.....

You take out hire car insurance for Spain in the UK.......

Costs no more than £40 for a year. You just tell the company in Spain you have your own insurance and don't want there's under any circumstances ..don't be bullied! 

I hire a car for no more than £130 for 2 weeks and that's it apart from fuel......

Savvy up you people don't get ripped off😎

Hi just read your comment on getting insurance in the uk for Spanish car hire, would you mind telling me what insurance company you use please, it sounds rills t and will save a lot of money

Hi just google car hire insurance in Spain and you will get a comparison site come up with various companies who do it, £40 should be tops.......simples😎

Lorraine, 

I replied earlier (somewhat lengthy), telling you I insure with "icarhire" excess insurance which is the best company I have found for their cover conditions and they paid me out quick too.

Thank you all for your replies, great tip and will save a packet over the year.

Agree with all those here. I've bought my own for many years now and just insured with insurance 4 hire cars, which is underwritten by big companies.  Surely it can't be long before the frighteners of huge excess are regulated. I took Enterprise in the UK to task on behalf of a foreign visitor, who hadn't listened. 

I've found this topic very interesting and useful. I made my 1st of many visits to Spain in February and needed to hire a car . I was advised by a friend in the UK to purchase excess insurance (£39.99 per year) and he warned me about the bullying tactics I will encounter by the car hire companies to purchase their extra insurance. I arranged car hire with goldcar and was pressured into purchasing additional insurance because they confused me and convinced me that I hadn't  got adequate insurance. My inexperience cost me an additional 76€ for 3 day car hire. So thanks for the advice and I take comfort knowing that I won't be using goldcar again and they will lose out long term from my many visits in the near future ☺