I brought my driver's license and the free international driving permit translation certificate from Zuzuche, but I didn't get the German sworn translation certificate. As a result, the German car rental company required me to take full insurance or I wouldn't be able to rent the car. I was in a hurry and didn't have time to argue, so I ended up paying over 200 euros for insurance for 6 days while the car rental itself was just over 150 euros! Last time I used rentacars.com in Germany and paid directly on the website, then went to sign the contract and got the keys without anyone asking about the sworn translation certificate or insurance.

They forced me to pay an extra 300 Euros for insurance, claiming it was mandatory to guarantee with a personal VISA chip card. I contacted the after-sales service of the rental platform immediately, but to no avail, so I had to pay.

The queue at the car rental place was manageable.

Poor service

Excellent. Car received as expected. We went skiing, needed to be towed in a place out of snow – Buchbinder support was excellent.