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[QUOTE=Mr Gogo;1413877]says its all perfect,[/QUOTE]Anthony Bourdain says Rincon Beach is picture perfect, in his travel channel episode about the DR. In this other travel channel video, rincon beach is said to be perfect and one of the top ten beaches in the world,"Dominican Republic Escape" (at 2:42) [url]http://www.travelchannel.com/video/dominican-republic-escape-11062[/url]. Rincon might not be the best beach on the island and islands around the island.
[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1415206]Anthony Bourdain says Rincon Beach is picture perfect, in his travel channel episode about the DR. In this other travel channel video, rincon beach is said to be perfect and one of the top ten beaches in the world,"Dominican Republic Escape" (at 2:42)
[url]http://www.travelchannel.com/video/dominican-republic-escape-11062[/url]
Rincon might not be the best beach on the island and islands around the island.[/QUOTE]Access to this beach is by bike or 4wd, or by boat from Las Galeras. It is worth the effort to get there. I have heard there are big plans to develop it with AI resorts, better get there soon to enjoy it.
[QUOTE=Mr Gogo;1413877]Shame on me for trying to advise the flock of King Jao. Reminds me of Jim Jones leading his flock to the promised land, and we all know how that turned out. I've rented cars over 20 times in the DR and problems do happen. But since King Jao says its all perfect, no needrfor me to say more.[/QUOTE]My novia and I have a small car rental business in the DR. It does not matter wether you use the international companies or a side street rent-a-car, the same bullshit can happen.
[QUOTE=Llttf;1415276]Access to this beach is by bike or 4wd, or by boat from Las Galeras. It is worth the effort to get there. I have heard there are big plans to develop it with AI resorts, better get there soon to enjoy it.[/QUOTE]I drove a tiny Chevy Spark there. The road is OK, not the best in spots, no traffic, all green around, some homes a small village, maybe one small hotel ten minutes before the beach. When I drove, no need for a jeepeta or 4 wheel drive. I have lots of photos showing the road. There are other beaches in samana, very nice and secluded. From Samana Life: "Playa Madame, isolated and almost no access."; [url]http://samanalife.com/playamadame/[/url]
Photo of the white Chevy Spark I drove to Playa Rincon, Samana, Dominican Republic.
[QUOTE=Jaosousa;1415284]I drove a tiny Chevy Spark there. The road is OK, not the best in spots, no traffic, all green around, some homes a small village, maybe one small hotel ten minutes before the beach. When I drove, no need for a jeepeta or 4 wheel drive. I have lots of photos showing the road. There are other beaches in samana, very nice and secluded.[/QUOTE]This is one of the problems we have with our car rental business; people taking the cars on roads that are not suitable and damaging the steering and suspension. Of course I have not been there for 5 years, they may have improved the road by now. Sometimes old information is not always accurate, my apologies.
[quote=llttf;1415288]this is one of the problems we have with our car rental business; people taking the cars on roads that are not suitable and damaging the steering and suspension. of course i have not been there for 5 years, they may have improved the road by now. sometimes old information is not always accurate, my apologies.[/quote]ice in cold countries causes asphalt to crack and break creating sometimes big potholes that are struck by vehicles. cars can take a beating in any country. i would imagine hitting a good size pothole at 50mph might cause more damage then driving over a rough road at 10-20mph. i drove slow to playa rincon, even let the chica practice her driving on that road. i was in no rush, i don't think there was any damage done to that chevy spark from driving on that road that day. driving at night in the dr i have hit some potholes at a good speed, never had a tire blow out from that.
photos i took of the the side road to playa rincon (off the main road which is good). also photo of the new samana-santo domingo highway.
We have had cars returned with bent rims from hitting potholes and missing manhole covers. Sometimes the damage is not obvious when the car is returned.
Was your novia legally allowed to drive your rental car. Our rental agreements specify that only the named renter can drive the vehicle or the insurance is void. Some rental agencies may have different wording in their agreements.
[QUOTE=Llttf; 1415293]We have had cars returned with bent rims from hitting potholes and missing manhole covers. Sometimes the damage is not obvious when the car is returned.
Was your novia legally allowed to drive your rental car. Our rental agreements specify that only the named renter can drive the vehicle or the insurance is void. Some rental agencies may have different wording in their agreements.[/QUOTE]Of course she was not on the contract, I broke the rules.
[QUOTE=Llttf; 1415293]We have had cars returned with bent rims from hitting potholes and missing manhole covers. Sometimes the damage is not obvious when the car is returned.
Was your novia legally allowed to drive your rental car. Our rental agreements specify that only the named renter can drive the vehicle or the insurance is void. Some rental agencies may have different wording in their agreements.[/QUOTE]How to avoid any and all damage to a rental car, I don't think there is a way. Rental car companies don't seem to be going out of business, so they are probably making a profit, even when some damage occurs to their rental cars. You have people in the United States who were and are against the government stimulus package which included funds for improving infrastructure (including roads and highways), a newly paved road or highway usually causes less wear and tear on the vehicles that use those roads.
[url]http://dominicandream.org/2013/04/02/wimbash-cabarete-2013.html[/url]
Any info on this? Thinking I'll head to Cabarete for the free May 11th show. It'll be my precursor before the Pedro Clisante madness.
[QUOTE=Llttf; 1415293]We have had cars returned with bent rims from hitting potholes and missing manhole covers. Sometimes the damage is not obvious when the car is returned.
Was your novia legally allowed to drive your rental car. Our rental agreements specify that only the named renter can drive the vehicle or the insurance is void. Some rental agencies may have different wording in their agreements.[/QUOTE]I am no accountant, but I would guess rental car companies get a certain depreciation (depreciation means the car has suffered over the course of time) for the their vehicles, which they can claim.
[QUOTE=Jaosousa;1415342]I am no accountant, but I would guess rental car companies get a certain depreciation (depreciation means the car has suffered over the course of time) for the their vehicles, which they can claim.[/QUOTE]Not that sophisticated there. I was an accountant in one of my previous lives and it amazes me how they operate businesses in the DR.
Usually you pay for the repairs from the rental and hope there is enough leftover to make the payments on the car. At 1000 pesos per day for a Honda CRV there is not usually much profit at the end of the month.
[QUOTE=Llttf; 1415352]Not that sophisticated there. I was an accountant in one of my previous lives and it amazes me how they operate businesses in the DR.
Usually you pay for the repairs from the rental and hope there is enough leftover to make the payments on the car. At 1000 pesos per day for a Honda CRV there is not usually much profit at the end of the month.[/QUOTE]
A new Honda CRV for 1000 pesos per day (about $25US), I don't know which company you are referring to.
The car rental companies also make money from selling the additional insurance. I always pay for the 3rd party liability insurance (mandatory when I decline the more expensive LDW/CDL insurance, part of which is covered for free by mastercard) and I pay for the glass/tire insurance. I have never had to make use of the 3rd Party Liability Insurance. Glass/Tire insurance I have used at least three times to replace at least 4 tires. Buying 4 replacement tires with my own money probably would have cost me over $100US. National/Alamo the tire/glass insurance is about $3.75US per day. Mastercard provides some coverage, they might not provide coverage for large expensive SUVs. Check with Mastercard or other credit card company before renting certain SUVs.
To rent a nissan murano SUV at Alamo/National the rate is almost $1,000US per week (government gets part of that). 52 weeks in a year. If the car is rented out for those 52 weeks, that is close to $52,000US for that company. Of the course the car is not rented out every week. Also the rental companies may sell the cars after a few years.
[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1415358]Not sure where you are getting your prices from. To rent a nissan murano SUV at Alamo / National the rate is almost $1000US per week (government gets part of that).52 weeks in year. If the car is rented out for those 52 weeks, that is close to $52, 000US for that company. Of the course the car is not rented out every week. Also the rental companies may sell the cars after a few years.
A new Honda CRV for 1000 pesos per day (about $25US) , I don't know which company you are referring to.
The car rental companies also make money from selling the additional insurance. I always pay for the 3rd party liability insurance (mandatory when I decline the more expensive LDW / CDL insurance, part of which is covered for free by mastercard) and I pay for the glass / tire insurance. I have never had to make use of the 3rd Party Liability Insurance. Glass / Tire insurance I have used at least three times to replace at least 4 tires. Buying 4 replacement tires with my own money probably would have cost me over $100US. National / Alamo the tire / glass insurance is about $3. 75US per day. Mastercard provides some coverage, they might not provide coverage for large expensive SUVs. Check with Mastercard or other credit card company before renting certain SUVs.[/QUOTE]We rent ours for 1000 pesos per day, sometimes less for longer periods. Had a friend a while ago rented a CRV from another company for a month, paid 650 pesos per day. These are not new vehicles, not important as long as they are reliable.
[QUOTE=Llttf;1415364]We rent ours for 1000 pesos per day, sometimes less for longer periods. Had a friend a while ago rented a CRV from another company for a month, paid 650 pesos per day. These are not new vehicles, not important as long as they are reliable.[/QUOTE]Maybe you should post an advertisement on the ISG.
If a monger accidentally strikes a motoconcho guy while driving one of your vehicles and the motoconcho guy sustains injuries, what happens to the driver of your vehicle? Does he get locked up as occurred to DW (aka HB)?