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Oh! Today I learned, thanks! I didn’t even know that was a thing. Would you need that for renting a car in another country?
by kstrauser 1y ago
Oh! Today I learned, thanks! I didn’t even know that was a thing. Would you need that for renting a car in another country?
- matwood 1y agoOddly enough, no car rental place has ever checked. Supposedly the police care, but I haven't seen much evidence of that either. Given they only cost $25, I keep one with me anyway.
- kstrauser 1y agoFair enough. If you’ve already jumped through the hoops of getting a passport, that’s a trivial extra expense. Use it one time ever and you’d be pretty happy to have spent it.
- matwood 1y agoIt has to be renewed yearly FYI.
- roel_v 1y agoIn Korea last year I was asked. And they did check both the IDP and my original driving license, as they should have.
- decimalenough 1y agoDepends very much on the country. Many countries don't care, some like Japan will absolutely refuse to let you drive a car without one. And it has to be the correct flavor of IDP too, meaning proper 1949 Geneva Convention on proper 1940s cardboard, none of that new-fangled 1969 Vienna Convention nonsense. Oh, your country has signed up to 1969 but not 1949? No car in Japan for you then.