Technically we could not report the car stolen if a renter gave the keys to that person now driving it. And again, the customer is fully responsible - unauthorized drivers are considered a serious matter.
Basically, people need to fully understand their own auto insurance policy, be clear at the time of rental who will drive (spouse generally drives for free as do colleagues on business, but that may be contingent upon an established corporate account with said business and reserved under that business’s rate code. Additionally if on a business rate code your business may not cover damages sustained if you’re traveling off duty, say if you’re at a nightclub - check there too), and be sure to get a signature for damage both before and after returning the car. It’s just not wise to leave an unattended car after hours at an off-airport location.
Stomper I have to ask you about Enterprise’s (and maybe everybody else’s too, I don’t know) crazy policy of rolling over the rate on a weekly rental into the next week, or as many weeks as the renter cares to keep it.
Know what I mean? I would always watch for the specials and was usually renting a mid-sized car for $150 to $200 for the week.
But if I wanted to keep the car I could keep it two weeks or four without the rate going up (indeed I could keep it up to ten days and have the cost prorated, based on the original 7-day charge).
One time I was in Bozeman when I was trying to work on a home in the area. My wife was near Pullman, Wash., and my family business was in North Dakota. I had lots of running to do and was driving my gas-burning pickup so I checked Enterprise online.
They had an economy car rate going for $49 a week.
I went and rented a car, drove from Bozeman back to N. Dakota, then to Bozeman, then several times to the property I was working on, then ran out to Idaho to get some extra tools and stuff, then back to Montana of course, went up into the mountains fly-fishing a time or two, ended up running back out to Idaho again to do something for my wife, and in time drove the car out to the Enterprise office at the Bozeman airport.
I had kept the car five weeks and put on 5,000 miles. My cost was something a bit shy of $300, which I paid for a couple times over in the gas savings, let alone vehicle wear and tear.
Sheesh. I’m still a little embarrassed about that one. My cousin in Bozeman who is a world traveler and a world-class cheapskate still teases me about that deal. Says, “I don’t know why they still let you in the door of that place!”
lol...