Single Trip cover is exactly what it sounds like. It’s car hire excess cover that will only last the length of your trip. This can be anything from just 1 day, right up to 180 days.
Unlike annual cover this won’t automatically renew each year, it’s one-off, as-you-need-it, flexible cover.
Single trip cover for car hire excess is generally suited to people who are only likely to hire a car once or twice a year for short periods, generally up to a few weeks at a time. If you think you may be hiring a car for longer periods throughout the year then consider annual cover.
You can calculate how much the policies will cost before you purchase by getting a quote (LINK), that way you know exactly which policy type is the most cost effective for you.
1. AT THE CAR HIRE DESK, YOU ARE OFFERED EXCESS WAIVER YOU SAY: “THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!”
2. THEY PRE-AUTHORISE YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR THE VALUE OF THE EXCESS
3. COLLECT YOUR CAR NOTING ALL EXISTING DAMAGE ON THE FORM AND TAKE PICTURES OF ANY DAMAGE.
4. ENJOY YOUR TRIP KNOWING YOU’VE PAID A GREAT PRICE TO COVER YOUR EXCESS.
5. RETURN THE CAR CHECKING IT OVER WITH THE REP WHO WILL THEN CONFIRM IF THERE IS ANY EXCESS TO PAY.
6. IF THERE IS NEW DAMAGE YOU PAY UP TO YOUR EXCESS AND GET A RECEIPT.
7. LEAVE THE DESK HAPPY KNOWING THAT YOUR ReduceMyExcess WILL REIMBURSE THE EXCESS CHARGE.
8. COMPLETE OUR CLAIMS FORM AND SUBMIT
Single trip cover includes everything that our annual cover includes, meaning you’re not missing out any potential benefits by choosing this option.
Whilst there are some geographical limits, you can travel to an enormous amount of countries and still be covered by our policy. So if you’re jetting off to Spain, or road-tripping across the USA you can still select these options when you get a single trip quote with us.
If you think that you might benefit more from annual cover than single trip, then head to our annual cover page to see if that’s the case. We cover everything you could possibly want to know about it including how much more money it could save you in the long run.
Check out our guide all about annual cover to learn more.
If you have a thirst for knowledge and are looking for more answers then head to our FAQs page for all the answers.
Equally you could reach out to our fantastic customer service team by using our contact us form.
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Reviewed Anonymous 3rd December 2021
Very simple site to use
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Very easy to arrange
Reviewed Anonymous 29th November 2021
Everything was easy to book.
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Quick and easy to arrange insurance
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Website worked fine.
Reviewed Anonymous 19th November 2021
So far so good and hopefully I won't ever need to claim to establish how good they really are.
Reviewed by James Nulty 17th November 2021
Easy to use website. Didn’t need to use the insurance (thank goodness) so am unable to comment on ease of claim.
Reviewed Anonymous 16th November 2021
Simple to setup online.
Easy to use website.
Reviewed by Hubert Connolly 15th November 2021
Easy and quick to arrange my excess insurance. Low cost. I never claimed so am unable to comment in this respect.
Reviewed by Patrick McCaughey 15th November 2021
Purchasing experience straight forward! Unfortunately I had to make a claim, and this was handled efficiently and courteously by the team at ReduceMyExcess. I can recommend this company.
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