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Maybe they don't have faith in your choice of car or diligence with keeping it presentable.
Or maybe someone is doing a nepotism.
lol, it's a Christmas party for work. no clients will see my 2 year old car.
I just find it odd they would add complexity to the 7 hour drive with having to pickup/dropoff, potential upselling, car not available, magical damage the rental company might claim post dropoff.
vs me just driving my own car which I've done the last 5 years.
I can't find and valid reason for it. I doubt it's even cheaper. oh well..
Did they also pick the car rental company for, assuming there is more than one option in your area? Increasingly sounds like nepotism or similar ...
yeah major city. tons of options. enterprise was their chosen company.
might very well be nepotism, just such an odd decision to take on the risk of renting a car vs having me use my own.
Probably entirely to do with insurance. They can't dictate to you what level of insurance to purchase for your private vehicle, but they can for a rental.
Why it matters for the party vs a routine work trip... If they are providing alcohol, they automatically are assuming some degree of liability for your actions when you leave the party.
What if you have an accident and total your personal vehicle? You could ostensibly sue them.
What if you have an accident and god forbid kill or injure another? They or their family could sue your employer (as well as you ofc).
A rental and associated insurance coverage will provide them with a knowable degree of financial buffer before they would have to pay damages out of pocket. If you drove your personal vehicle, they have an unknown and maybe nonexistent amount of insurance coverage to help with legal fees and damages in the event of something terrible happening. All because they provided you alcohol.
This is probably about risk tolerance and not about pinching pennies.