Car rental Nice extra insurance?

Just came across this at Tripadvisor – “Nice Forum: Car Rental – Extra Insurance” A visitor from the USA ” Car Rental – Extra Insurance Aug 16, 2010, 11:13 PM Renting a car in Nice for 1-1/2 days. Is it highly adviseable to take out extra insurance? Our credit card covers car rental insurance so we usually don’t take out the extra but maybe in Europe, we should.

Car hire extras listed in Holiday Spending Budget Blues article

A day after the UK’s emergency budget by the new coalition Conservative Liberal Democrat Government was announced on the 22nd June, Britain’s Daily Telegraph ran this article “Holiday spending: How to beat the Budget blues”. Well we are in late June, many people just about to go off on holiday and The Daily Telegraph’s article had a list of various ways in which you enjoy your holiday for less cost: Travel at the end of the summer – Swap houses – Cater for yourself – Take your own tent – Save money at the airport – Minimise airline luggage charges – Take the slow road – Avoid the cameras – Fill up on the right side – Eat at lunchtime – Pay with a credit card and ” Beware of car hire extras -The biggest expense you are likely to face at your arrival airport is the extras slapped on to your car hire bill ? extras for additional insurance, child safety seats, a second driver, and so on, that you might not have realised you were going to have to pay