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New Zealand rental car guides

The headline price is the easy part. These guides compare what nine New Zealand operators publish about excess, bonds, road restrictions and the damage their cover still leaves you paying for.

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Rental car insurance excess in New ZealandWhat nine operators charge as standard excess, what their reduction tiers cost, and which two publish no figure at all.What a rental car actually costsA week of zero-excess cover runs $175 to $322+ depending on the operator, and four publish no price at all.The damage your cover doesn't pay forWhat each operator publishes as excluded even at zero excess: windscreens, tyres, underbody, water and lost keys.Roads not covered by rental car insuranceWhich operators name Skippers Canyon, Ball Hut Road, Ninety Mile Beach and Te Paki Stream, and what happens if you drive one.Gravel roads and your rental coverFour operators permit gravel with conditions, two prohibit it and void your cover, and three publish nothing at all.Ski field roads and snow chainsWhich operators let you drive an alpine access road, who requires chains, and whose cover you void by fitting them wrong.Bonds and card holdsThe hold on your card runs from $200 to $3,500, and some operators won't accept a debit card at all.