Samana Airport is one of the most famous international airports in the Dominican Republic. It is modern airport and opened for flights in 2006. Most of the tourists landing on Samana Airport prefer to hire a car to get around the city during their vacations.
Renting a car from Samana Airport is unquestionably a right decision to make. In the meantime, you must be aware of some of the scams of this industry that could ruin your trip.
Things you must be aware
- Insurance - Most of these car renting companies are receiving payment from credit cards. At the time of renting car, they will encourage to buy the insurance for the car available over the counter. However, you must be aware of one thing that most of the times your credit card is covering your insurance by default. Therefore, spending more money on extra insurance will not be a wise thing to do.
- Pre-Booking - Apparently, booking your car by using the internet or through the phone is the clever decision to make. To be frank, most of the times, this decision goes well. However, some of the time, you might catch up in a situation where you already booked car is not available. It is because of some of the companies, especially working at the Samana Airport or any other airport may give your booked car to another customer because he is willing to pay more. It happens especially if you get a car on some discount from the internet. However, to deal with this kind of situation, you must cancel the agreement and ask them to pay your advance money.
- Check your car - Checking your car is very important before finalizing it to hire. Take a test drive to check the general condition and carefully examine the interior and exterior of the car for any damage. If you just blindly hired a car without checking it, you might get charged for any damage that is not done by you. Therefore, you must be careful in this regards.
- Check the fuel - Most of the car companies fill their car fuel tanks before renting your cars. Therefore, checking your fuel gauge before taking car will be a good thing. If it is low, let the car company agent know. Sometimes, it happens that you take a car with low fuel, but on returning they will ask you to come with filled tank or they are going to charge you for the fuel price.
By following some of the basic rules, you can avoid from many mishaps and can save a lot of your money at the same time.
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