Sint Maarten car rental help, please!

[margbem]

We have booked a cruise, round trip Sint Maarten for next February. Before we board we are staying on the French side for a week for a bit of warmth and to escape our British winter!

 

We have a villa booked and are looking for car rental. It seems very confusing insurance wise. The car rental companies seem to expect us to have insurance cover with our credit card, something that appears to be common in the USA but isn’t here. 
 

Can anyone recommend a car rental company they have used where they can actually purchase CDW as an add on? The other insurance, liability, is always offered as an add on but after reading a Sint Maarten forum it appears that this is a con as all cars there have to have liability insurance anyway so we would be paying for something that the car already has.

 

Help!

[PORT ROYAL]

On 7/15/2022 at 9:01 PM, margbem said:

 

We have booked a cruise, round trip Sint Maarten for next February. Before we board we are staying on the French side for a week for a bit of warmth and to escape our British winter!

 

We have a villa booked and are looking for car rental. It seems very confusing insurance wise. The car rental companies seem to expect us to have insurance cover with our credit card, something that appears to be common in the USA but isn’t here. 
 

Can anyone recommend a car rental company they have used where they can actually purchase CDW as an add on? The other insurance, liability, is always offered as an add on but after reading a Sint Maarten forum it appears that this is a con as all cars there have to have liability insurance anyway so we would be paying for something that the car already has.

 

Help!

For peace of mind, contact Enterprise and Sixt in UK for booking etc., as both have brand offices on SM with drops offs close to cruise terminal.