{"id":1819,"date":"2009-07-06T09:32:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T17:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.TripInsuranceStore.com\/blog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2009-07-06T09:32:57","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T17:32:57","slug":"how-does-a-rental-car-collision-damage-waiver-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/how-does-a-rental-car-collision-damage-waiver-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does A Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"right\"><a title=\"Subscribe to my Wall Street Journal Recommended Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/wCXYr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe<\/a><\/div>\n<p>A Collision Damage Waiver covers damage to your rental car and &#8220;Loss of Use&#8221; coverage for cars (not trucks, not passenger vans, not exotic vehicles, not off road vehicles). You&#8217;re covered on a per calendar day, not per person basis.<\/p>\n<p>Most Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver plans cover repair of the rental car&#8217;s physical damage and Daily &#8220;Loss of Use&#8221; charges while the vehicle&#8217;s being repaired. A Collision Damage Waiver is not Liability nor Medical coverage &#8211; it does not cover damage to property or injuries:<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re driving and hit a deer, your car will be damaged, but the deer won&#8217;t sue you. A Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver will pay for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The rental car&#8217;s damage and<br \/>\n2. Daily &#8220;Loss of Use&#8221; charges while the car&#8217;s being repaired<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re driving and hit a Police Car (uh-oh), your car will be damaged, the Police Car will be damaged and, at best the Police Officer will just have minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver will not pay for the property damage, personal injury nor liability. Either:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Your own Auto Insurance will cover property damage &#038; liability, or<br \/>\n2. Get property damage and liability coverage from the rental car agency.<\/p>\n<p>Go here to get more information:<br \/>\n<a title=\"See the Rental Car CDW details\" href=\"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/rental-car-insurance-collision-damage-waiver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/rental-car-insurance-collision-damage-waiver<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe A Collision Damage Waiver covers damage to your rental car and &#8220;Loss of Use&#8221; coverage for cars (not trucks, not passenger vans, not exotic vehicles, not off road vehicles). You&#8217;re covered on a per calendar day, not per person basis. Most Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver plans cover repair of the rental car&#8217;s physical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-travel-insurance-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripinsurancestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}