To my surprise we seem to be erring toward the Sequoia inland idea despite the earlier insistence that the coast was a must!. It confuses me sometimes it has to be said. So much easier planning for a solo trip. I miss those days in many ways!!
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To my surprise we seem to be erring toward the Sequoia inland idea despite the earlier insistence that the coast was a must!. It confuses me sometimes it has to be said. So much easier planning for a solo trip. I miss those days in many ways!!
That is a great tip on spending the time in the car itself. Will try to keep that in mind when planning my own trip soon. I just joined, so finding a lot of great tips here.
Just printing out various documents for this trip as we are getting closer and I note that the car rental company documents (Avis booked through Holiday Autos) require an International Drivers Permit. In all the times I have visited I have never had one of these and it looks a bit of a PITA to get one in all honesty. Am I misunderstanding something, have I missed it previously or is this a a new requirement?
I have never needed one, but we haven't visited for over 4 years. YIKES!! Could it be that it's for non English licences for translation purposes? Best to check with Avis though.
A quick check on the Gov site says you don't need one, but if an old paper licence is all you have you will need photo ID. Not a problem with your passport to hand.
Yes, that is what I always thought but the paperwork does seem to insist upon it. I guess I will have to try and get in touch to make certain as I can do without arriving there to find out it is a company policy for some reason. I did look on the government website but it does make an exception for it possibly being required for insurance reasons so who knows! I guess unless they confirm in writing I'm gonna have to get one to be safe urgh
Well I finally tracked down a place that could do.menone of these ridiculous pieces of paper today. I don't mind the £5.50 I was charged but the visiting multiple places 10 or 12 miles between each was tedious! Third time lucky anyway. At least I can head over knowing full well that it won't be looked at but at least I have that covered just in case.
Reserved timed entry tickets for Rocky Mountain national park yesterday. The site (recreation.gov) was horrible and kept dying. Had to register multiple accounts before I got one to.go through. Is this normal or just bad luck? Bit nervous about booking the Mesa Verde tour tickets in a few weeks. This time iit kept telling me I could only reserve one ticket.per day... is this going to be the same for MVNP? Or is it possible to book two different tours on the single day on there?
Craig,
I just rented a car in Canada. Similar "requirement" but I don't have an international license and no one asked me about it.
Mark
I fully expect it to have been a waste of time and energy but one less thing to worry about. Silly thing is it is basically apiece of paper with a passport photo stapled to it. Complete nonsense!
Oh, yeah. I think they (National Car Rental) did ask for my passport when I arrived. It was a tiny airport and so they didn't have the option of simply choosing a car and going. I had to "check-in" at the desk. I haven't "checked-in" at a National Car agency in more than 20 years. It was sort of a novel experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Mark
I've only been asked for an IDP once, and that was renting a campervan from a small company in Spain, and they only asked for it because their insurance required it.
I actually can't imagine that you'll actually be asked for one, and I suspect the warnings that you need one are more form letter language to cover themselves, especially for customers coming from non-english/european counties.
People tend to forget that all an IDP doesn't actually give you any legal rights - those are governed by treaty - the IDP just translates your home license into multiple different languages. As long as you're still using English over there in England, you really should be fine.