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Originally Posted by jmvdesign
Noob question. I've never rented a car in the states before and I'm over 25. The rental car company obviously needs my driver license and credit card info but do I also need to show them my ICBC insurance papers to rent and insure their car?
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If you have the ICBC roadside plus, it covers everything car related while you are traveling. I believe I paid ~$70 for a year when I renewed my insurance.
The usual procedure is (experience from Avis and Enterprise):
1. Book your car through their website or you can priceline/hotwire it, anything will do since you are over 25.
2. Arrive at the counter, show them the reservation code. They will ask for DL and CC.
3. They will bring you to the car, if not they will give you the keys + fob.
4. They will ask you to sign rental papers and see if you need insurance from them.
5. Accept/decline insurance offer (car damage, people damage, personal belongings theft). If you don't want your ICBC rate to be affected, then just go for the car damage (in LA, it's only $9 a day from Enterprise. You can practically crash the car and not have to pay anything. That doesn't mean you can damage other people's cars.)
6. They will return the papers to you with an "estimate cost". Expect the final cost to be +/- $20 that amount.
7. Way you go
Step 3 and 4 can be interchangeable.
Tips:
Bring your own GPS, or you can pay $10 a day for it.
Don't accept the gas fill up offer, unless you are lazy. It's something like $3 a gallon when the average pump price is 3.10-3.40 depending where you are.
Fill up before you return the car, or else they will rape you with $4.50 gallon gas cost.
Have fun!