Experience with AQ Belize Car Rental

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Now that I've been to Belize and gone through the car rental process in person I wanted to report on my experience. After considerable earlier research and inquiry on this forum and elsewhere I did end up using AQ Belize Car Rentals.  The main attraction was that they provide a $1 million liability insurance cover per accident that comes along with the car rental base rate.  Their closest competitor offers only $20,000 cover.  This was the critical factor in our choice to use AQ.  We were told when we actually arrived and were chatting with the staff that this is one of the ways they try to differentiate themselves from the "other guys" since this is a very competitive market. We were very pleased with our rental, had no problems with the car whatsoever although it is certainly true that their cars are not shiny new and do show their age a bit. This is actually preferable for us, as long as the dents etc are well documented at pick-up of the rental.  AQ was very conscientious in this regard.  We would certainly rent from them again.

carolsX1158HA · Accepted Answer

Did you stay on all paved roads. They make very clear that this is a requirement and the place I'm staying is 2 miles outside Santa Elena on a dirt road. I don't want an extra fee for mainly staying on paved.

Tekadog · Answer

Sorry to be so slow replying. It’s been a year since we were in Belize and rented from AQ, so our memory is perhaps suspect. But we don’t remember being limited to paved roads. In fact we considered driving ourselves to Caracol but ended up going on a small group tour instead (thankfully so, as the last half of the road was unpaved and awful in a rainy spell). So I’m not sure if their policy has changed. If your only potential dirt road driving is to the place you stay, I’d at least ask them for clarification, maybe they would make an exception.

Corsica2806 · Answer

Hi there- thanks for sharing about your car rental experience. Useful :)

could i please ask - when you went to Caracol with a small group, who did you use and would you recommend them? how big was your group? i really want to do it in a small group :)

Tekadog · Answer

We used MayaWalks based in San Ignacio. Our guide/driver was Giselle. We were very im

Tekadog · Answer

Oops I hit send too quickly. We were very impressed with MayaWalks. There were just 3 of us in the group, although it can be larger. The weather was a bit wet, perhaps that’s why. But definitely worth it to go with a guide.

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