The information contained on this site was obtained by Insurance4carhire staff calling each car rental company's airport location at the international airport in the capital city of each country.

This survey was conducted in September 2009, and the costs based on the hire of a compact size car for one week.

In some instances the counter staff were unsure of the excess charges. In these cases, the car rental company's main reservation office in London was called in order to establish the costs.