Just arrived in San Jose late last night from Canada. I’ve been following the rental car saga on this and other feeds for sometime and was prepared for what went down apart from one minor issue. When booking with Fox (Europecar) through Expedia, I was offered a $400 collision and liability policy through AIG. I purchased this thinking it would offset any further costs, I could not have been more wrong. Do not bother with this and as witnessed with numerous other renters in the office, or with letters from your credit card providers. The rental company will want to place a $30000 hold on your credit card if you do not purchase insurance from them. I understand what’s going on here and would suggest that there should be more transparency on Expedia and other sites. Don’t lay out money on anything that is offered by these sites. Another piece of advice is to be ready to call your credit card provider when they lock your card due to suspicious activity with all the charges. That’s it. I’m off to Uvita now and ready to enjoy this awesome country.