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===Buying Insurance from the Rental Car Company===
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#Make sure you are licensed. Not all countries accept US driver’s licenses. If you don’t make a reservation ahead of time, you don’t want to find out that you’re ineligible to rent a car altogether because you don’t have an International Driving Permit.<ref> http://www.dmv.org/international-driver-permits.php</ref>[[Image:Get Car Insurance While Traveling Abroad Step 1 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Make sure you are licensed. Not all countries accept US driver’s licenses. If you don’t make a reservation ahead of time, you don’t want to find out that you’re ineligible to rent a car altogether because you don’t have an International Driving Permit.<ref> http://www.dmv.org/international-driver-permits.php</ref>[[Image:Get Car Insurance While Traveling Abroad Step 1 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#* International Driving Permits (IDP) are not too difficult to obtain. You’ll need to fill out an application through the American Automobile Association or the National Auto Club, have a valid US license, two passport pictures, and $20. The AAA application can be found at http://bit.ly/1rCo0Xt
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#* International Driving Permits (IDP) are not too difficult to obtain. You’ll need to fill out an application through the American Automobile Association or the National Auto Club, have a valid US license, two passport pictures, and $20. The AAA application can be found at http://bit.ly/1rCo0Xt.
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#* You should check with the US Embassy or Consulate at http://bit.ly/OcmWbw in the country you’ll be visiting to see if you’ll need an IDP.
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#* You should check with the US Embassy or Consulate at http://bit.ly/OcmWbw in the country you’ll be visiting to see if you’ll need an IDP.
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#Understand what you’re buying. Liability coverage for damages to anything outside of the car (damage you or the car inflicts) is usually included in the price of the rental. When you purchase the equivalent of collision “insurance” from the rental car company, it’s actually a Collision Damage Waiver, or CDW.<ref> https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/misc/index.jsp?targetPage=OutboundIntroduction.jsp#Insurance</ref>[[Image:Get Car Insurance While Traveling Abroad Step 2 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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#Understand what you’re buying. Liability coverage for damages to anything outside of the car (damage you or the car inflicts) is usually included in the price of the rental. When you purchase the equivalent of collision “insurance” from the rental car company, it’s actually a Collision Damage Waiver, or CDW.<ref> https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/misc/index.jsp?targetPage=OutboundIntroduction.jsp#Insurance</ref>[[Image:Get Car Insurance While Traveling Abroad Step 2 Version 2.jpg|center]]
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