Renting a car has become a common practice in the current scenario that every next person going abroad for holidays with the family prefers to rent a car for enjoying tension-free holidays. At the first instance, the process of booking a car sounds quite simple and transparent, which of course it, yet there are lots of people who do not how to book a car on rent for the holidays. Keeping this concern of such visitors, below are some tips which should be kept in concern while renting the car.

Booking in Advance: It is seen that most of the people plan to rent the car after landing the airport. Doing this can be tedious and moreover, you will not be even able to access the condition of the car rented properly. There are even chances that you won’t find a car for rent if you are travelling during the peak tourist season. It is seen that in the desire of coming out quickly from the airport the visitors agree with the terms and conditions of car renting agency without reading them thoroughly and at the time of returning the car they are asked to pay extra charges for the various expenses. To avoid such problems you should try to book the car at least fifteen to twenty days before your arrival.

Don’t Stick on One Agency: Nowadays, everything is available on the internet and therefore searching for the car rental service in Paxos is not an exception to it. Before, booking the car from the first car renting agency you visited in the beginning, it is recommended to check and compare the prices and terms and conditions of five to six agencies to ensure you are paying the fair prices.

Don’t Get Confused: While contacting the car rental agency, you will be asked to buy the “comprehensive insurance policy”. The most interesting thing to know is that the car renting agency will explain its feasibility in such a way that you will be compelled to buy it. The most common benefit of buying this insurance is the collision damage waiver. Although, this protects you against any damage to your rented car either due to your mistake or a crash with another car. It doesn’t cover damage to the wheels, mirror, bodywork, etc. You can refuse for this insurance if you have already purchased the car rental insurance before your arrival. The collision damage waiver covers all the damages that are mentioned in car rental insurance policy, and therefore you need not have to pay the extra money, for the things which you have paid earlier.

Carry Your Own GPS System: Although nowadays the GPS system is being offered in all the upcoming cars, the cars given on rent are not equipped with this facility, and therefore the agencies charge an extra amount on a daily basis for this facility. This could put an extra burden on your pocket. To avoid this, it is better to carry your personal GPS system to avoid any confusion. If you don’t want to buy the system, then start using the one installed in your smartphone.

Check the Fuel Policy: One of the common conditions imposed by all the car rental agencies if refilling the fuel up to the level from which the car was given to you. There are some agencies which will offer you the facility of returning the car with an empty full tank. If that is the situation then try to return the car accordingly, because if you return the car with the half-tank filled than the agency will not return the prices of the remaining fuel.

These are some simple tips which the people renting the car for the first time should keep in concern to protect themself from the hidden charges charged by the car rental agencies.