In the UK it's becoming increasingly common to purchase 'Excess' cover (how we refer to the 'Deductable') due to high charges for reducing (or eliminating) the Excess with the rental company itself. You can buy Annual policies to cover whenever you rent a vehicle over a year, or do it for a specific rental.
Sounds stupid, but actually it normally works out cheaper than paying the extra charges with rental companies to reduce or remove the excess/deductible. I did it for my Morocco trip a few weeks ago and the excess cover was about £20 for two drivers for a week, I thought that was pretty reasonable given the 20,000DHM Excess on the Pajero.
Dave
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