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Driving a rental car

Driving a rental car

Postby Triciagreen » Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:51 pm

Please help ! Conflicting advice . Do I need an international driving license to collect my rental car from firefly alicante airport . I have a U.K. photo card license ?

Many Thanks if anybody can help
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Re: Driving a rental car

Postby neil_hamilton1 » Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:46 am

I do no think my answer is actually helpful seeing that you may get conflicting advice on the forum, but surely the best definitive advice would come from a call direct to Firefly who you are renting from.
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Re: Driving a rental car

Postby Paul58 » Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:12 am

Triciagreen wrote:Please help ! Conflicting advice . Do I need an international driving license to collect my rental car from firefly alicante airport . I have a U.K. photo card license ?

Many Thanks if anybody can help



This may help https://www.gov.uk/guidance/driving-in-the-eu

" You do not need an international driving permit (IDP) to visit and drive in theEU, Switzerland, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
You might need an IDP to drive in some EU countries and Norway if you have:
  • a paper driving licence
  • a licence that was issued in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man

"
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Re: Driving a rental car

Postby jpeg » Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:58 am

IDP is not required in Spain
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Re: Driving a rental car

Postby Redwoodsman » Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:50 pm

Be very careful on this
An IDP may not be a legal requirement to drive a private car
(others are posting to that effect & I am not saying that they are wrong)
BUT
In the T&C’s of our upcoming car rental from Alicante airport
an IDP (if a UK license is held) is specifically mentioned as a requirement -
with a refusal to rent the car without one & possibly losing the hire charge for the whole rental period booked.
(it is possible that the insurance cover for the hire car company itself is involved in this)
I am deliberately stating the worst case - why not check with the hire company?
See the Do-You-Spain website for examples of typical T&C’s
e.g.
Dollar General at Alicante Airport T&C’s
International Driving Licence:
Please note that if you do not have an EU driving licence you will need to bring an international driving licence along with your original licence to rent the car.

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