Following happened to me for the third time within a period of 2 years with this fraudulent Company;
If you search online for a Car Rental in the DR with Orbitz or others, National Car Rental almost always
presents the "best offer". When you try to pick up the Car at their Station they want handover the Car without demanding an additional Payment for a third Party Insurance. This additional Payment increases their total Price by about 25% !, what makes them one of the most expensive Company's in the End. Just stay away from National Car Rental !!!

I use to rent and found it better just to own my own vehicle. Since car values do not go down in DR, you will end up with a gain when you sell it and compare what you saved from renting...
If you want to rent, use only the rent a car places in front of Santiago el cibao airport. They will pick you up at any airport and most of these places are real businesses that will not rip you off...

Sorry but never rent anything or pre pay any car before testing it... Also, never leave your passport as security deposit... leave cash

xwill7...did you smoke something ?
I tried to rent a car for friends that are coming for a long weekend.
Buying a Car ? Did you even read my thread ?

I just PM you who you should call...

You did not say that in your thread. Also, even with the insurance, a car accident in a rental car in DR can cost you a big deductable. Even more if you are renting an Infiniti or BMW

i will be renting a car this year while in the country and although my credit card covers collision and theft i assume i will have to get the liability with the rental outfit. does anyone know if they offer the casa del conductor at most agencies and if i need this? thanks for the national alert and sorry for hi-jacking the thread, ben

Some guys coming from a gallera crashed a BMW X5 that I had rented a few years back... Its very tricky to get you credit card to pay.
I had $10,000USD in damage
First you have to decline the rental car insurance, make sure it states that in the contract and you let the OWNER of the rental car place know what you want to do and that you have coverage via your credit card
second
You have to pay for the full rental with your credit card if you want them to pay
Third:
If you crash, make sure to get the police report and take a ton of pictures. The credit card company will need pics, the body shop bill, police report, rental contract... Some rental car places make you pay and then the credit card company pays you. I had the rental car place wait and they paid him. It takes like a month to get paid

thank you xwill. it is exactly as i have read and will have the proof of ccard insurance before arriving. did you still need to purchase liability(i don't think my card covers this) and i assume that since you didn't spend the night in jail that the horror stories of being locked up without casadeconductor until the accident is sorted out are untrue? i do not wish to pay for something i don't need but don't mind if it covers my a$$.. thx again

No jail... The other guy was the one that was buzzed... Call the rent a car owner right away if you crash. He will sort everything out... When they crashed me he brought another bmw and a flatbed tow truck... I continued onto my Anthony Santos party and he took the jeep and sad, see you tomorrow at the police station to file the report.lol

But these guys that I use to rent from are very responsible, not like other rent a car places. I think that there is some liability insurance that the rent a car place adds but make sure someone that knows fills out the paper work.

Also, if you scratch the paint or a pasola side swipes you... just drive it off road and return it very muddy. I have gotten away with a few scratches

Patricia, exactly the same thing happened to me a few month ago. It seems to be their policy.
Will never use them again and advice everybody to do the same.