Car insurance upgrade - worth it?

[marialouise]

that's interesting, as we found a cheaper quote elsewhere and asked virgin to match or drop their price and they said no they cant. so we cancelled their car hire and are picking something else

[Gezzs]

For clarity, we've got a basic car for 21 days in Sept 2018, included in the holiday deal. I've now paid £374 for 'fully inclusive' insurance. If I removed the car, it reduced the balance by £110, so the net cost is £484. in comparison, the same car with insurance booked on alamo website for Sept 2017 (2018 not available yet) is £525.96. I'm assuming the price will increase for next year, so I added 5% as a guesstimate. Even if the Alamo price does not increase, it still works out £40 less for us with VH.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by marialouise

that's interesting, as we found a cheaper quote elsewhere and asked virgin to match or drop their price and they said no they cant. so we cancelled their car hire and are picking something else

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same here we checked travel supermarket and can get the same car for £400 for two weeks same car with virgin was £640

[marialouise]

Originally Posted by Gezzs

For clarity, we've got a basic car for 21 days in Sept 2018, included in the holiday deal. I've now paid £374 for 'fully inclusive' insurance. If I removed the car, it reduced the balance by £110, so the net cost is £484. in comparison, the same car with insurance booked on alamo website for Sept 2017 (2018 not available yet) is £525.96. I'm assuming the price will increase for next year, so I added 5% as a guesstimate. Even if the Alamo price does not increase, it still works out £40 less for us with VH.

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yeah thats good.

virgin wanted us to pay £390 for the fully inclusive and ours is just 2 weeks this november!

have seen quotes from 300 - 350 elsewhere depending on car.

[Guest]

we had upgraded with virgin to a suv but when i worked out price including insurance it was a fortune so checked travelsupermarket and can get same car with alamo for £400 so it is a no brainer