“Found this site when searching on choice.com.au. A great alternative to paying inflated insurance costs direct with the company. Wish I’d known about this service earlier! Will use again.”
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Latest Product Reviews
5 out of 5, reviewed on Jan 27, 2016,
“Have just booked Tripcover insurance for the first time and hope it won’t be necessary to make a claim! I’ve been disgusted with all of the car rental companies prices for insurance – basically doubling (or more) the daily rental car rate – what a rip off! If all goes well, will continue to use this service.”
Car Rental Excess Insurance Made…..Too Easy!
Latest Product Review by Bernie on Tripcover – Car Rental Excess Insurance
“Having been offered ‘Total Protection’ by the hire company I decided to look around for a company that wouldn’t double my hire costs. I found Tripcover via my own car insurer and was very pleasantly surprised at the reasonable cost and options and the simplicity of creating the cover I wanted. Hopefully I won’t actually NEED it but I’ll be back on site after my hire period to complete my review”.
This is awesome…Economical solution for rental Excess
Latest post from a customer on Product Review for car rental excess insurance
“I have been using this since I have been in Australia since 2014 and trust me but this is an amazing service. This not only helps to reduce the Excess but the policy provides more coverage than the one usually provided by the rental companies…..Also, this is an great economical option considering the cost at which the service is provided with an additional personal theft cover & relocation cover.By gods grace I have not yet required to log a claim however, I am pretty confident that this would be hassle free considering this is being managed by a reputed company like “Allianz”
Great policy, great features and amazing economical cost….”
Car Rental Giant’s ‘Collision Damage Monopoly’ Under Pressure from Insurance Backed Startups
Global insurance companies in Australia have the major car rental giants in their sights as they continue to make inroads into the car rental insurance monopoly or Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) as it is called in the industry.
Companies like Allianz Global Assistance, AXA, Chubb and QBE are partnering with next generation startups that allow consumers to conveniently insure their rental cars at a fraction of the cost of the rental companies……more>
Another Kangaroo Review….
5 out of 5, reviewed on Nov 02, 2015
http://www.productreview.com.au/r/tripcover/830125.html
“Though we only went to Darwin for 11-days, I thought not to take a chance of taking extra insurance that is reasonable and affordable. I must admit I had apprehension in taking insurance. Often I heard dodgy stories but after searching online review, Tripcover appeared on the toplist and opted to take insurance through them. We hired a car through Thrifty but unfortunately our car was hit by kanga roo on our way to Katherine Gorge and damaged and split the front skirt. Upon our return, I rang Tripcover and reported the incident. Immediately they sent me the Claim # and all the requirements. I submitted all the official and necessary documents to expedite my claim. Within 5-working days, I was refunded all the expense I incurred. Tripcover has kept to its standard of honesty and integrity….I’ll definitely make another transaction again with them in our future trip and would highly recommend. Thanks to all Tripcover staff as each of those I talked to, were very helpful…”
A Typical Greedy Car Rental Company
Check this out and see why finding an alternative to the car rental companies’ insurance is a necessity. If you have ever rented a car in Australia or New Zealand you will notice the sinking feeling you get while at the rental desk.
We have been in the car rental industry for over 15 years and the one thing that we found that the customer hated is dealing with the insurance.
Below are the rates of a typical greedy car rental company for their CDW
(Collision Damage Waiver – they are not allowed to refer to it as insurance)
- They leave you with $6000 liability
- For $38 a day they reduce your liability to $1100
- For $49 a day they will reduce your liability to $550
That can be more than the rental itself!
Alternatively Tripcover’s rates start from $9.30 per day with a $300 excess and
reduces down to $5.61 over a 15 day rental.
Another Good Reason to Take Out a Tripcover Policy
ProductReview Quote:
“I rented a car in late June to drive to southern Victoria with my family. On our way to Melbourne, we hit a kangaroo at a very slow speed.It damaged a fog light and broke the bumper. The result was a big repair bill. Thankfully, I bought Tripcover insurance for the trip. After I got the invoice from the car rental company, I filled in the claim form and attached the invoice, rental contract and damage report to the insurance company. They asked for the detailed invoice and within about 10 days, i got my reimbursement less a small amount. I would use Tripcover again.” Alf
And don’t for get that AAA members can now use their 16 digit membership card number to get a 5% discount with Tripcover.
AAA Members Get 5% Discount
Now all AAA Australian members can use their 16 digit membership number to secure a 5% discount. Along with using your PayPal account you can save 7% on your next car rental excess insurance policy with Tripcover and Allianz Global Assistance
Do your research to avoid car rental shocks
Rental cars are costly. If the upfront hire fees aren’t enough, there are lots of other charges that can double the cost. That can be anything from increased insurance costs to reduce excesses, to hiring a child seat.
If you know how the system works, however, it’s possible to minimise costs.
If you’re booking a hire car, the first thing to do is to use comparison engines that list more than one rental car company……more>