International driving permit

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Jenniferdixon
Jenniferdixon

I have a car rental booking with Avis but I can't find out if avis require an international driving permit. I have a UK driving licence.

The general consensus is that it is not needed but I don't know if avis have their own rules.
The contact form on their website doesn't seem to work and I can only find information on the avis south Africa website.

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boomslang
boomslang

So long as your home-country driving licence is in English, you should be fine. i've driven in about half a dozen countries in the region and never once been asked for an IDP, even in countries like Mozambique where English is not widely spoken.

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tempelton
tempelton

No, it's not needed Namibia only requires that the licence is in english, the car rentals usually care even less about it, I could have rented with my german licence no problem.

The problem could have started at the raod block around WDH when the police officer wanted to see my IDP.

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ambarush
ambarush

I always hire cars and travel around using my Irish driving licence. Never had any problems, either with car hire people or the standard police road checks

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