Let’s face it at one point or another, whether that be earlier or later in life, you face some insane difficulty. Whether it be moving, financial insecurity, working, or what have you it can get hard. But one thing I’ve learned is you should always look into your future, always plan ahead! You never know when your car could break down, you could get in an accident, or even something could go wrong in your home. Point is you always what your butt to be covered! When I was a sophomore in college Josh and I were in a car accident which resulted in totaling my car, we were in New York when we wrecked and we were coming there from Ohio. We were about 5 hours into our trip, we still had about 3+hours to go, in the middle of a snow storm, at 5 am. Now with that said it was horrible, but luckily Josh’s friend was following us and we had a ride to take us the rest of the way in our trip. But due to all the things we had in our car when the tow truck came(which my AAA only covered 5 miles of towing, my monthly payment of nothingness!) we had to leave a bunch of my things in there and come back for them on the way back to Ohio. So not only did I end up having to pay $30 for towing the extra 2 miles, but we weren’t able to get a rental car. NOW for those of you who have never or never think you’ll be in the predicament , there are many factors into getting a stupid freakin rental car. First off! If you are under the age of pretty much 25 you can pretty much kiss the chance of getting a reasonably priced rental car good-bye! It doesn’t matter if you’ve never been at fault in an accident , or an points on your license, or even received a ticket, you’re going to pay out the ass for a rental car. Also if you do not have a credit card in YOUR name with a high enough credit score they will refuse you. Which is beyond ridiculous. Now this was about a year ago, while doing a bit of research for this blog post I just found that the rental company we were talking to about a car and refused us a rental car because we didn’t have a credit card, was in fact going against the law. In the state of New York a rental car company cannot refuse someone of renting a car due to not having a credit card, being 18 or older, race, origin, religion, etc... Let me get to the whole point of this post, because we want to be more proactive about our vehicles and the security we have with them we invested in MCA, or Motor Club of America. This company a) has WAY better benefits than AAA, b) the rates for it are WAY cheaper than AAA, and c) they are way more responsive and helpful than AAA. We decided to invest in ourselves and our cars because of all the traveling we do. I highly suggest you check MCA out ! For example, with AAA and the cheapest package they offer 5 miles of towing(not very helpful, towing is expensive), and on the flip side MCA’s cheapest package gives you 100 MILE OF TOWING! What ?! 100 miles ?!?! They are a great company who is very helpful and very responsive, offering better benefits for a low rate! I will provide you guys with a link to Josh’s MCA page, where you can read up more on benefits, check out different packages, the most expensive being about $20.00 a month, and you guys can sign up and help yourself battle the unexpected areas of your future! Help keep yourself safe guys!
