Taking off Travel blog

The scene: It’s 10:30PM and your standing at the desk of a rental car desk at the San Francisco airport. Your plane landed 45 minutes ago luggage intact at SFO, a surprisingly stress-free experience. Now MUST be the time to hope in the rental car and check into the hotel to enjoy trendy drinks. For some reason you’re still standing at this flippin’ car rental desk! Secretly, you long for your SUV safely ensconced at Midway Airport parking back in Chicago.

Behind said desk, some 19 year old former babysitter is still the practicing the same art of mediocrity for the rental company’s 4 wheeled babies. Your San Francisco reservations were placed online weeks ago for modest vehicle at a great price. A well practiced sales pitch to up-charge your daily fee seems like a bit much tonight. But, do you actually need the insurance to safely traverse the great interstate beyond SFO? Is rental car insurance designed to protect, separate you from your hard earned cash, or both? Read more »