Insurance on hire vehicles

There are travel insurance products from the vehicle clubs like RACV that cover hire vehicle excess. Heaps cheaper than what the rental companise offer.

And then there was the story that had everyone talking when I was on the GRR.

Apparently a European couple rolled their rented Hilux camper on the Mitchell Falls track and the woman was frantic to hitch a ride back to the nearest phone at Drysdale to cancel her credit card before the hire company found out about the rollover.

The story as told was that there was a clause in the insurance that excluded a one vehicle rollover. I don't know whether the hilux camper was supposed to be on that very DIRT road .

Although the incident was supposed to have happened on the same day we were there and is not eligible for a Snopes entry , I wonder if any companies exclude rollovers or whether the couple were concerned about the Excess.

Maybe the lady from Drysdale can confirm or deny , as they would have probably had to recover the Hilux. This was 3 years ago August.
Regards Philip A

Have a look at 1cover travel insurance to cover the excess and other stuff. I have used them several times and worked out cheaper.

Graeme