It won't take much effort to find car rental disaster stories. Just a few online searches and you will see them. In fact, research will show that some rental companies have a worse reputation than others. Online searches will bring up stories of people charged for insurance they didn't want or charged for damage they didn't cause, of cars not be serviced when they are due and even a bumper falling a car as it was being driven down the road.


While it is impossible to avoid a bad experience completely, taking a few precautions will keep the chance of having your very own car rental horror story to a minimum.





First Objective: Successfully book your car hire


This should be easy, but instead for many it is a confusing search of prices, car types and fine print. These steps should help ease the confusion.





Book well in advance


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