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Does anybody know how long you have to renew a rental agreement from a car rental place after it expires??? I am out of town and my agreement has expired.. I have to wait until I get back in town before I can renew it.. It was due on the 23rd of this month.. So I am 8 days late.. I have called and told them but they call me everyday about it..If somebody knows please let me know…

Contractually, your agreement is expired. This means that the rental company can choose to press charges, or they can choose to charge you "prevailing rates", outside of your rental agreement.

Practically, the rental company would be happy if you kept paying the charges for another 3 years. They’re making money. They just want to know that they can continue collecting money from you, and that the car still exists. If it it due for maintenance, they probably want to take car of that as well. A simple phone call should clear up the misunderstanding.

The bigger issue is insurance. Your personal insurance policy does not cover you for renting a car beyond 30 days. You need to turn the car in and rent another one in order for it to be consider a different rental.

If you are paying the Rental Car Companies, daily insurance rates, then you are okay. You are getting ripped off. But, you are okay.

My recommendation is to driver the car VERY SLOWLY back to the rental car company and ask for another car.