Rental Cars, ARGGGHHHH!
So... I do my typical quick websearch and find a nice low cost car rental option, and found an applicable airline frq flier discount code that can apply on top of the discount rental rate. See that subtotal there in the image below? US$67.22 for a week of rental car after a $20 airline discount (and a compact at that, not a itty bitty ecomomy car
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I'm with you on finding this insanely frustrating. I rented a car about once a week for two years and ended up just winging it on insurance. In retrospect, I think this was idiotic, but in practice, I'm pretty sure I'd do the same if I were doing that still, and on the rare occasions that I rent a car, I probably will. I do have a credit card that's supposed to cover some of this, which makes me feel not completely irresponsible...
These days, though, I've been using zipcar, which includes insurance for its drivers. It's more expensive per day than renting, but it's also a nifty business model, so I feel good about it, in general. In practice, now that I've quit the job that required me to have a vehicle once a week, I'm not going to be hassling with any of this - yay!
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