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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just reserved our rental car through EZ-rent-a-car.  We will pick up and return at the San Jose airport.  Only $13 a day with the taxes and fees!  But, it looks like I will have to put down an $8000 (!!!) deposit if I waive their additional insurance coverage (waiving one type requires a $3000 deposit and waiving the other requires a $5000 deposit).  We encountered a similar policy when we rented a car in Portugal two years ago.  We had to put down a $4000 deposit over there.  You get it back when you turn the car back in, but still... it makes you a little nervous!

The policy also states that you must bring a letter from your credit card company showing that they provide liability insurance for rental cars.  Our credit card company said to call about 2 months prior to travel, and they will send me the letter.

So, anyway, you can get a great deal with EZ if you are comfortable putting down the deposit![/quote]

Credit cards do not cover liability -- even if you have the expanded "premium" coverage.  They cover the rental car only (CDW).  Your personal policy may cover liability but it doesn't sound like they accept that in CR.  If you want to avoid paying the CDW in Costa Rica you need to take proof from your credit card company but you will NOT have liability coverage from them.[/quote]

But the small print shows that liability coverage doesn't do much... there is a $3000 deductible and they only cover 40% of costs beyond that.  So it doesn't seem worth it to me.  I would rather just spend $13 per day instead of $60 per day, especially given that extra $$ gets me next to nothing in the case of an accident.  All those extra insurance options are the same as in the U.S... just extra money-makers for the rental car companies.[/quote]

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