Hi
I will be renting a car during the Easter break from Canberra for the 17th of April (afternoon pick up) and returning the car to Canberra on the 28th of April (in the morning).
I will be driving the car down to Melbourne so am looking for unlimited km's.
I have looked on the Vroom Vroom website and so far my cheapest options is going to set be back $378 for a Hyundai i20.
I know once i add on the insurance to reduce excess this is going to cost me a fortune!
I've heard of a few people who take out domestic insurance to cover this but am not sure how it works.
Can someone please explain how it works and what it would cover.
I am a bit paranoid so when i do rent a car i usually buy the insurance that drops excess to $0.
I would like the same cover but i don't want to pay the ridiculous amount that rental companies charge.
In the end just the insurance will end up costing me almost the same price as the rental, there has to be a cheaper option.
Thanks in advance
Travel insurance usually includes hire car excess, its pretty much the only reason to have such insurance for a domestic trip, imo. Some platinum credit cards cover this free too (although some only overseas, and usually there is a claim excess, and you have to pay with the card).
Also, over that time you probably don't need unlimited kms if you are paying extra. So if the default is 200 or 250kms a day you will probably have plenty.
I seem to recall some car insurance policies also covered rental excess, but you would need to check the PDS, it may have just been for after-an-accident.