We just arranged to rent a car for 8 days from Dan Dooley for next month. During the course of the conversation I asked the agent if there was any way to bring our deductible down to $0. She replied that by Irish law the lowest we could go would be $100E deductible, and yet I know I have recently seen several other posters on here and other forums indicate that they had a $0 deductible policy. Which is true?
Posted by
Pensacola
9110 posts
0.
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9371 posts
You can get 0 with the Super CDW policy. I would check around with other companies and see if you can find a better deal on price, too. Dan Dooley tends to be high.
Posted by
Edinburgh, Scotland
8 posts
I don't think Irish law says anything of the sort. That sounds like the Irish gift for the gab.
Posted by
Tempe, AZ, USA
1266 posts
Deb - We rented a car in Dublin with Hertz and the additional charge for zero deductible was 8.95. The only items not covered were loss of the car key, tires and putting the wrong type of petrol in the car.
Posted by
OP
Fort Collins, CO, USA
11 posts
Thanks for the advice everyone! Dan Dooley did give us the most competitive rate (compact automatic w/Super CDW, includes theft, tires, and all glass), but darn that Gift of Gab if I had only known that their info about $0 deductible was not true when I booked with them, I might have booked elsewhere. I guess we will live and learn for our next trip to Ireland.