On holiday with your lease car? Please read this checklist!

Posted on 26-05-2015 at 9:50 by Dizono – 57 Comments”

The summer is almost here and so travel the Dutch flock to abroad to find a piece of nature, culture, and/or sun to catch. In the vakantiefiles are also a lot of lease cars, many of which are poorly insured in case of breakdown. This checklist will help you to avoid nasty surprises.

Nice and slumped on your campingstoeltje read a book, occasionally a dip in the pool, as all the hassle behind you in the Netherlands. For many people a holiday is just nothing on your head. That, however, can change significantly when you have an accident or breakdown with your leased car and you discover that not all affairs are in order. Now you can bad luck or accidents, unfortunately, never be totally excluded, if it occurs, it continues to be annoying. This checklist will get you also in such a case the most out of your holiday.

1. In most European countries from the beginning of last year are no longer required to have a green card with you at all. By a lot of companies will therefore not automatically a green card sent for internal insured vehicles. The green card is still required in Bosnia, belarus, Israel, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine. This question, for example, through My LeasePlan.

2. The car in the name of the leasing company, then you have a buitenlandverklaring (Alliance Internationale de Tourisme) and may also have an authorization form is required. This can be in most cases free of charge applications to your leasing company, if you do not have it. With this statement you show that you of the leasing company this car can drive. If you are unsure whether an authorization is necessary, please contact the embassy or consulate of the relevant country. For Morocco and Turkey, special rules apply.

3. Take a close look at how you’re covered for a replacement vehicle or overnight in case of breakdown or damage. So, for example, at LeasePlan on your tank – or complete on what assistance you are entitled. This is divided into various modules.

4. You are not enough assured, then close itself an insurance policy for bad luck – and ongevallenhulp.

5. Take your credit card with you, you will in many cases be necessary in the importing of replacement transport.

6. Check or your car may need maintenance, and leave this for the holiday run. So you reduce the chance of bad luck.

7. Make sure you for the countries you during your trip looks the right stuff in the car. Think of safety jackets, spare tire, lampenset, alcoholtesters, etc. Also note that fuel-emission sticker if you have German cities, in want and with tolvignetten of various countries.

8. Tank is not preferred biofuel (E10) in Germany/France, according to the ANWB. Not all cars were as good against the addition of 10 percent bio-ethanol. Check in advance whether your Euro/Superplus 98 may fill up, when there is no normal Euro 95 is available.

9. Take extra food and drinks with you and take into consideration unforeseen circumstances. You will rarely breakdown within walking distance of a supermarket.

10. In Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland it is not permitted for devices with alert for speed cameras to use. Turn this feature off in these countries. Fines for this violation can be very high. Pay attention to your speed, also flitsboetes fall today on the mat.

11. Check whether you in addition to the alarm system from your leasing company (put the number in your phone!) other authorities must warn. In France, you must, for example, in case of breakdown along the highway also call 112 or the emergency telephone pole, on the Italian toll roads, you must first let afslepen by the road.

12. Go with bad luck behind the guardrail, and let the passengers do this, wear all the vests and use your warning triangle.

13. Make sure you have a European damage-forumulier in the car, this can be requested by your leasing company.

Line a holiday car!

If you bought a car with a low tax liability, but it is actually not spacious or practical enough to get to go on vacation? With LeasePlan, you can through the AutoExtraPlan 28 days per year have a larger car. Depending on the monthly amount you can, for example, with a Renault Megane Estate, Opel Zafira or Opel Insignia go on vacation. For more details, check THERE.