You didn’t you were very factual and helpful!
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I think I’m pretty much sold on keeping the hire car, though we are planning on using Uber for a couple of specific trips where it will make our lives easier, e.g. arrival day when we want to get into MK quickly, so will Uber to Contemporary.
As for the price of the hire car – I have fiddled about with options and looked at other providers but at this point, there’s not a huge saving to be made and the package we have – though expensive – feels like a good one, so I’m keeping it.
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Good for you!! So I am sure that people will dispute this all sorts of ways - however - I HIGHLY suggest that you GET the insurance that the company offers. YES it is expensive - but if something happens - you have NO liability at all. From your other posts I gather that you will be visiting the US from overseas - you may be default HAVE to get the insurance as your home insurance would probably not cover any US based incidents
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the hotels rule is 3 hour max for non guests.
Have you tried Auto-Europe for the car? They allow you to modify or cancel for up to 48hours before and if the price drops you just tell them to recalculate it and they send you a refund for the difference. You can choose alamo with them and use the usual trick to still go strait to the lot and get your car.
I have a link which will discount the rate but I doubt it will let me post it in here?
http://lyrismail.globalmediaserver.com/t/2642895/39916912/684031/20/
I always prefer a hire car, we have a 3yr old boy and a 6month old baby who we will be going with in Nov though so much more practical, I also have a SUV booked with Alamo and only recently realised we are there for Thanksgiving and Black Friday 
Andy
Well, you’ve just saved me nearly £200 
I looked at Auto-Europe and they had a much better price for the economy car, which is what I really wanted, but which was even more than an SUV a month ago when I booked.
I then went via Alamo direct (as I wanted to be sure I’d qualify for skip-the-counter) and the rate was similar. So I cancelled my expensive SUV and satnav, and switched to the economy car.
Kerching!
(And thank you!)
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Good to hear, and so you know you can still use Skip the Lines you just have to change the URL it passes you to, I did that in March when I was last in Orlando and I will be doing the same when I am over in November 
Have a great time mate
Andy
I agree - I think you can forgo a lot of the ad ons. I do however stick my by suggestion for getting (or ensuring that your CC covers) Liability / PD / Comprehensive.
I was actually just in an accident - and although I was covered and the guy that hit me (at fault) was covered - because the other guy didn’t do what he was supposed to do - I was almost out $1000 for my deductible.
I HATE paying for things that I don’t need (or get suckered into it) but I do think this is worth it.
I don’t know how it works for healthcare coming to the US - but I always get healthcare coverage when going abroad - for a family of 4 it is usually $50 - 75 for a week or two depending where you are going. With all the craziness that has been happening lately - it is one less thing I worry about.