After ordering a hired car for your vacation in a foreign country, probably using a reputable car rental company from its internet site, you should arrive at your destination with your folder of carefully checked documents and be fully knowledgeable of the car rental payments you will face before, during, and after your vacation. You should also be prepared with questions regarding
- the discrepancy between the estimated quotes on the internet and the real prices for car rental
- compulsory insurances and extra hidden costs
Car Rental Damage Reports
Once you have dealt with the paperwork in the airport or car rental offices and maybe even received a "free" upgrade of car category , you will be escorted to your vehicle. The clerk will have an empty damage report – you should have your digital camera with the time and date switched on.
A swift examination of the car will be made by the clerk because he has recently checked the car when it was returned by the previous customers. The clerk will have a form on which he will mark down all the scratches and damages noticeable on the car before you drive it away. This form becomes a signed declaration by you that you agree that the only damages that are present on the car are marked and listed on that documentation.