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I want to join a group of families going for a one day desert trip. It's a family event and the off-roading involved will be quite basic.

Is there any rent a car firm which serve such customers?

will the insurance cover such off road use of the vehicle?

Could, any of the off road enthusiasts here in the forum, please advise me on this?

Now interstingly a friend of mine tried to do this recently, and bizarrely enough, the companies he contacted to hire an off-road vehicle from, would not insure them for use 'off-road'! Appreantly they're for school runs and general use!

Chocoholic wrote:Now interstingly a friend of mine tried to do this recently, and bizarrely enough, the companies he contacted to hire an off-road vehicle from, would not insure them for use 'off-road'! Appreantly they're for school runs and general use!

That's funny and sad

Thanks for the reply.

Try Budget rent a car. They have a huge fleet of land cruisers out fitted with Roll cages and Steel Bumpers which they lease out Safari Companies They will also lease out to private individuals aswell.

Just make sure you pay the extra for CDW. They will how ever charge you a Dhs 1000 extra if you totally manage to burn out the clutch.

P.S : They are all manual transmission

desertdudeshj wrote:Try Budget rent a car. They have a huge fleet of land cruisers out fitted with Roll cages and Steel Bumpers which they lease out Safari Companies They will also lease out to private individuals aswell.

Just make sure you pay the extra for CDW. They will how ever charge you a Dhs 1000 extra if you totally manage to burn out the clutch.

P.S : They are all manual transmission

Thanks

I approached some firms including Budget and as mentioned by choc they were all willing to let me have an "off roader" but no insurance.

I decided to borrow my friend's Pathfinder. Pathfinder doesn't have low range gearing.

Thats strange, budget has a huge fleet of land cruisers they rent out to safari companies ! And I know many who've rented out those.

Maybe some new policy.