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travel tips

Which Credit Cards Have The Best Rental Car Insurance?

One of the tricks that seasoned travelers know is to always deny the insurance when renting a car. Why? Because the credit card that they are using already comes with insurance that they are familiar with, and because you are required to deny coverage from the rental car company in order to take advantage of your credit card's insurance. But how do you pick a credit card that has good rental insurance? More »

1:24 PM on Thu Aug 7 2008
By Meg Marco
13,226 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: On a business trip, I used my Amex to rent at Hertz. I received a complimentary upgrade because I was more »

When Animals Attack

Help, A Colony Of Ants Attacked My Enterprise Rental Car And Ruined My Vacation!

Steven was enjoying his drive down the California coast in his Enterprise rental car when he noticed a few ants marching across his dashboard. Before long, he "saw a large ant colony coming out of the inside of the car door." More »

5:30 PM on Sat Aug 2 2008
By Carey
16,983 views, 53 comments

Latest by junglee069: i rented at enterprise from dfw and drove down to houston. when leaving from houston - was only there for more »

enterprise

9 Confessions From A Former Enterprise Rental Salesman

A former manager in the Enterprise fleet sales division has a guilty conscience to unload at your feet. 9 tips, 5 pages of insider info about how the car rental game really works. Car rental insurance is a scam, but you can flip the script and use if to your advantage. Prices are liquid, and depending on the day of the week and how you butter your agent in certain ways, you can get a good deal. Despite the commercial with the brown-paper-wrapped car, Enterprise employees hate picking you up and dropping you off. More »

10:36 AM on Tue Mar 13 2007
By Ben Popken
38,906 views, 72 comments

Latest by n/a: I just wanna throw this out there at those people whose biggest complaint is the gas "policy": There's no such more »

avis

AVIS Gives Free iTunes With Rentals

Get free iTunes downloads every time you rent directly from AVIS. 1-4 days = 5 tracks, 5+ days = 10 tracks. More Than Points tells us how it's done: More »

9:31 AM on Fri Dec 1 2006
By Ben Popken
464 views, 2 comments

complaints

Failing Enterprise: Rent-A-Car Corral

Renting cars is a monumental pain in the rear. (We have our own saga that we will probably be discussing in the near future.) We don't have a particular preference for rental agencies, as they all seem bound by a byzantine set of regulations and limitations that are designed to extract every dollar while at the same time limiting your ability to actually rent a vehicle. More »

8:37 AM on Tue Jan 3 2006
By consumerist.com
1,540 views, 4 comments

Latest by Rick: Even if you don't rent cars that much, it helps to sign-up with thier frequent renter programs. I regularly more »