Vacation planning rarely includes a backup plan for a car crash. Yet travelers face a decision almost every trip that carries more legal weight than most people realize: rent a car, or hop into a self-driving vehicle like Waymo.
Both options come with real trade-offs. A rental car puts you behind the wheel on unfamiliar roads, often in an unfamiliar vehicle.
A self-driving ride removes the wheel from your hands entirely, but it introduces a different kind of complexity if something goes wrong. Understanding the difference matters before you book anything, not after you are sitting in an emergency room far from home. [Read more…] about Injured on Vacation? A Traveler’s Guide to Rental Car and Resort Accident Claims