Car Hire Excess Insurance

Cedar Tree offers comprehensive car hire excess insurance, backed by our award-winning customer service team and loyalty club.

Comprehensive Cover

Up to £10,000 excess reimbursed if your hire vehicle is damaged

Up to £500 per claim for mis-fuelling and car key cover

Up to £500 to recover your vehicle if you breakdown

Includes tyres, windshield and undercarriage

Trusted Brand

Over 10 million insured

Over 5,000 Trustpilot reviews

Rewarding Loyalty

Unique loyalty club scheme

Loyal customers always pay less

Direct Benefits

Defaqto 5-star rating (expert rated)

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Compare our cover

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£17.47*

Standard price

£13.98*

Best loyalty price**

Avis logo

£201.42

Europcar logo

£180.53

Sixt logo

£245.93

What's included

Cedar Tree

Avis

Europcar

Sixt

Max days (per trip)

8 days

8 days

8 days

8 days

Excess/Deposit reimbursement

Misfuelling

Tyre, Windscreen & Undercarriage

Personal Possessions

Lock Out

Breakdown Recovery

Optional

* Our car hire excess insurance comparison is updated regularly. This table was last updated on the 13th June 2024 and based on quotes obtained directly from each competitor's website for a rental at Alicante airport from 13th June to 20th June 2024 for a mid-sized hatchback (e.g. Seat Leon) ** Based on the maximum 20% loyalty discount available to Cedar Tree club members, in most cases Cedar Tree club loyalty discount will vary between 15% and 20%, see club benefits for more information.

How are we so much cheaper?

While our cover is generally more comprehensive than that of a car hire company, our cover requires you to pay the excess if you damage your rental car and reclaim it from us. Car hire company cover, while significantly more expensive, offers more convenience as if you damage your rental car there is no excess to pay.

For example, if your excess with the car rental company was €750, and you damaged your rental vehicle, you would pay the rental company €750, and they would pay the remaining cost of the claim. You would then claim back the €750 you paid, from Cedar Tree. If you had alternatively taken the car rental company cover your excess would have been reduced to €0 saving you the hassle of paying and reclaiming.

£10,000

Excess Cover

Unlimited trips for a year covering up to £10,000 of excess across the policy duration.

62 Days

Trip Duration

Worldwide cover for up to 62 days per rental.

2

Main Drivers

Cover up to two main drivers who can independently travel and hire a car.

7

Named Drivers

Named drivers can drive any hire car rented by a main driver and receive full coverage.

It's more than just car hire excess insurance

Exclusive member benefits for policy holders

We don't believe in "new customer offers".

For us, it's all about rewarding loyalty.

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Reviews

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Ricky McNamara - March 10, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

Really pleased, quick and simple

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Trusted Customer - March 10, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Very good and easy to do

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Claire Brooks - March 10, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Mikhala was excellent. Very helpful, went thorough everything with me and was very informative. Would definitely recommend. And will be using this company again for my travel insurance

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Helen Green - March 9, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Easyto use.

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Philip Mallison - March 8, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

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Victoria Crutchley - March 7, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Excellent Customer Service from Roozbeh at Cedar Tree Insurance today. I needed advice, guidance and support adding pre-existing conditions to my policy. Incredibly helpful and professional throughout.

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Frances Rowland - March 7, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Fantastic, helpful, polite, efficient and kind. Anca did everything she could to help me and even phoned me back without me asking.

Professional, amenable and efficient. StarStarStarStarStar
Trusted Customer - March 7, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

Very professional and pleasant. Quickly sorted out my query.

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Trusted Customer - March 7, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Good value for money

Excellent service, very polite and informative young man StarStarStarStarStar
Trusted Customer - March 6, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Excellent

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Trusted Customer - March 6, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

Good clear information. Easy to access policy.

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Romi Bagga - March 5, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

They offered a good deal at a fair price

Trustworthy and helpful StarStarStarStarStar
Alison Neethling - March 5, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

Really helpful, clear information, and not a hard sell. Precisely why we use Cedar Tree Insurance year after year

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Sarah Compton - March 5, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Had to claim a couple of years ago when in tenerife. Paid put very quickly great service so using them again and had a query about declaring hrt. Very helpful indeed. Great company

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Trusted Customer - March 4, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

He was amazingly friendly and helped me through the process

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Trusted Customer - March 4, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

It was all good

Easy and great StarStarStarStarStar
Lee Garner - March 4, 2025 - Single Trip Travel Insurance

Very easy site to you, great offers and you even get more offers after you sign up money off savings and more!

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Jeremy Bruce Wallace - March 4, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

Adrian was brilliant, extremley knowledgable and helpful. A very pleasant chap.

Excellent , polite service StarStarStarStarStar
Robert Pedge - March 4, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

Needed to upgrade and add an extra destination, simple, helpful and easy to recognise

Excellent service StarStarStarStarStar
Trusted Customer - March 4, 2025 - Annual Multi-Trip Travel Insurance

very helpful and informative. Nicky was very friendly

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