. One major benefit of your card that you could be overlooking is car rental coverage.
There are two types of rental car insurance, primary and secondary. Primary insurance is the one you want. It means you don’t need to file a claim with your personal car insurance, while secondary does. With secondary coverage, you may be subject to a deductible payment and monthly premium increase.for up to 30 consecutive days when you book your rental car with your card. The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card offers primary rental car coverage.
A car with unlimited mileage is a must for long trips. Dollar, Avis, Budget, Enterprise and Hertz all offer unlimited mileage, but you need to double-check that your specific car rental comes with the offer or you may be spending $0.10 to $0.25 for every additional mile over the allowed limit.If you’re looking to rent an RV you have two main options: Cruise America and Outdoorsy.Cruise America has 130 rental locations throughout the U.S. and Canada and provides a typical rental experience.
Outdoorsy is a peer-to-peer platform, so RV and van owners put up their vehicles for rent on the site. This means there are hundreds of different styles to choose from, possible RV delivery and options for one-way rentals, but it also comes with the downsides of other peer-to-peer platforms