Things to note when renting a self-drive car
Self-drive car rental services are becoming a new trend. To facilitate payment and avoid unwanted costs, please follow these principles.
Sign a strict car rental contract
According to the owner of a self-drive car rental business, to have a tight contract and avoid loopholes that cause you to have to pay compensation, you need to pay attention to the following factors: Car model, rental price, additional costs, insurance terms and compensation when the car has an accident.
Users need to arrange a certain amount of time to get familiar with the vehicle, carefully check the vehicle's condition, features, tire quality, coolant condition, windshield washer fluid...
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| Users need to arrange a certain amount of time to get familiar with the vehicle and carefully check the vehicle's condition. |
You can discuss directly with the rental facility owner the points to note about the car if you are assigned a car model that is too old or not popular. Then take detailed photos of the exterior and interior when receiving the car to save for use when necessary.
Fill up with gas before returning the car
For rental units, before delivering the car to you, they will fill it with a certain amount of gas. Therefore, when returning the car, you only need to fill it with the same amount of fuel as when you received it. You should not fill the tank with gas because after returning the car, you will no longer use it.
In case you are too busy or have personal reasons to not have time to fill up the gas, when returning the car, you can ask the person receiving the car to fill up the gas again and return the amount of gas equivalent to the amount of gas filled. In addition, you need to balance the travel time and the amount of gas you use to fill up appropriately.
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Before returning the car, you should clean the car or take it to a service center to have it washed. |
Clean car
After several days of continuous use, the car is prone to dust and dirt or food and drink stains in the interior. Before returning the car, you should clean the car or take it to a service center to have it washed.
Normally, if you leave your car dirty, the service business will charge an additional car wash fee or you can ask the rental company to charge a car wash fee if you don't have time to clean or wash the car.
Return the car on time
You should pay attention to the time and return the car on time because if you are late, you will have to pay an additional fee according to the pre-agreed time. Sometimes unexpected events will make you late, but try to schedule a return on time so as not to affect your wallet.
When returning the car, you should pay off the rental fee and get back your deposit, collateral, and any additional costs to avoid having to go back and forth multiple times.
