Ok. Last minute panic.
We booked our gite in Normandy for June 4-11, paid the deposit BACK IN OCTOBER 2018, and it's all paid for at this point. We're leaving in 5 days for Paris, then on to the gite. The contract is in French, so of course I didn't peruse the fine print well enough, and I only just literally stumbled on the fact that the gite requires the renters (us) to provide personal liability insurance for the rental. So if we accidentally burn the place down trying to make crepes, they're covered.
Um..What?
I was up all night researching this and yes, it appears to be common, but since we have already purchased extra car rental insurance AND travel medical insurance, we literally only need some sort of personal liability coverage for the rental for a week.
So far all of my searches for purchasing this insurance are coming up blank. One company requires you to buy the insurance within 10 days of booking the rental (too late for that now). Our homeowners' insurance in the U.S. doesn't cover French cottage rental liability. insuremytrip.com doesn't offer any rental coverage for our situation (not sure why, but the quote says 'sorry, nothing available'). AIG puts you on hold for an eternity, so I'm waiting on that.
Has anyone purchased this? If so, where?
Starting to panic a little. The last thing I want is to show up at a rental and have them say "Ce n'est pas possible sans les assurances, byeee".