Self drive in Kyushu

[calvin222]

Any one has experience with car rentals in Kyushu? Thinking of driving from Fukuoka to Nagasaki to Kumamoto to Kagoshima and back to Fukuoka.

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Tocoo! Travel -- Discount Hotels and Car Rental in Japan.

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Is English GPS really needed? Heard can use phone numbers on top of mapcodes to find locations.

Planning to get the best insurance coverage but seems to be just one type. There will always be excess and deductibles. Is this good enough?

Anyone has experience with the car rental companies? Orix vs Budget vs Nissan, Toyota...

 

[evilerniex]

Any one has experience with car rentals in Kyushu? Thinking of driving from Fukuoka to Nagasaki to Kumamoto to Kagoshima and back to Fukuoka.

Checking out

Tocoo! Travel -- Discount Hotels and Car Rental in Japan.

and



Is English GPS really needed? Heard can use phone numbers on top of mapcodes to find locations.

Planning to get the best insurance coverage but seems to be just one type. There will always be excess and deductibles. Is this good enough?

Anyone has experience with the car rental companies? Orix vs Budget vs Nissan, Toyota...

yup, i have driven in kyushu and i used tocoo as well. i have used tocoo for all my driving trips.. so far so good.

english GPS is usually not available, but it is still quite easy to operate if u know a bit of chinese words. or get them to demo to u how to enter mapcode or tel no.

i got no preference for rental coy, i just take the cheapest one

 

[kifo]

Drove in Kyushu - rented from Kumamoto for 3 days to get around Mt Aso, Kurokawa and Takachiho.

Rented from Eki rental - operated by the JR company. Yes the insurance is pretty standard, not much choices there. I suggest you can look for better travel insurance here that covers driving accidents.

One thing about eki rental is that it charges by hours. It turned out to be cheaper for me to use them because of my rental period.

 

[calvin222]

Booked through Tocoo! in the end. Wondering if it is worth it to buy the Additional support coverage by Tocoo. It seems to cover the NOC and Deductible components as well. The Japanese car rental companies only have a standard plan option at most. No option to buy anything that is totally covered with no out of pocket additional penalty in the event an accident.