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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're Foreign Service too.  We've used Enterprise, but usually for 2 months or more rentals.  We've also gotten pretty cheap rates using the government discount at Budget - there's a personal travel rate and a business travel rate depending on what orders your on.  The business travel rate usually includes automatic liability insurance for something like $5.00 a day which can add up, but if you don't have US insurance, sometimes it's cheaper.  If you do have US insurance for cars, then the personal travel rate should be cheaper.  I've seen at least $200 or more cheaper per week using the government discount.  Just need a government ID for the personal one.  Order for the business one.[/quote]

Another Foreign Service family here.  Do you have US-based insurance that covers rentals in the US?  We insure through Clements and the policy doesn't cover insurance for rentals, though they will reimburse some amount of insurance fees paid to rental companies in the US.  Credit card covers one of the two types of insurance, but we still end up paying for the other.  Would love to get a policy that fully covers US rentals, since we rent a car for extended periods every summer.

To the OP:  I have sometimes found that a month rental is actually cheaper than three weeks.  If possible, it helps to play around with your dates and definitely shop around to different companies.  Watch out for all of the extra fees though (e.g., insurance, second driver, etc...).[/quote]

OP here, and for $25 per YEAR we have a "touring policy" through USAA which covers us on any car driven in the US which we don't own (i.e.: rentals or borrowed cars). We love this policy and use it whenever we are home for the summer (or visits).

Thanks everyone for the advice. After I posted this I realised I really needed it for 4 weeks so looking into monthly rentals now.

Out of curiosity, where are you other FS families posted? We're in Panama now and moving to New Delhi in August![/quote]

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