: : Murphy's Law : :
Friday, December 24, 2004
So our accomodation plans fell through for Prague. With some help from Dearest Maria, and two days of madly booking, emailing and reserving, I got it sorted. Now another issue.
Turns out that the hire car we have rented cannot enter the Czech Republic - it ain't insured there. I only found this out because a colleague at work suggested I may need a letter from the rental company to travel there. I found this unusual, so I sent a mail and today (xmas eve no less, what a great present) received the following reply:
MR HOFMAN,
SORRY FOR THE LATE ANSWER, WE'RE VERY BUSY THOSE DAYS.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE INTO CZECH. REPUBLIC, WITH OR
WITHOUT A STATEMENT. EUROPCARS CARS ARE NOT INSURED IN THOSE COUNTRIES.
BEST WISHES ALSO TO YOU
REGARDS
(Car rental company name removed)
How much does this suck. Now I have until the 30th to try and make another booking, during the busiest holiday period of the year, without the great discount rates I get from work! Incidently, this has prompted me to really read the rental agreement before (Jen before you say anything, I know details focus and all, but come on - who really reads these things) and it seems that you are not allowed to drive the cars to Italy either. I am guessing the last 3 trips I was not covered with insurance when I was there so I should at least be thankful that those trips were incident free!
Well expect a positive or extremly jaded update about the car rental excersie next week - until then, have a great xmas!
12/24/2004 10:28:00 AM :: 
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hope you get the car issue solved, and have a great NYE in Prague!
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all the best for 2005 and see you soon, Sarah
sarita, at 10:59 AM
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I am jealous!!! New Year's Eve in Praha is ultimate! I hope that the accomodation all went well! Let me know how it turned out! Love, Maria
By Maria, at 5:15 PM
