Forgot to get IDP
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Forgot to get IDP
We are leaving Tuesday afternoon and are renting a car for a week in Belgium starting Friday with a brief trip over the border to The Netherlands. For some reason I forgot to get an IDP. Hertz says I do not need one when I pick up the car. I can go to a local AAA Monday and obtain one, which I think I will do, but what is the Belgium authorities attitude IDP's?
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AFAIK IDPs are not required in either country.
They are required in several countries - especially Italy and apparently now in France. But I have never read they were needed in either Belgium or the Netherlands.
They are required in several countries - especially Italy and apparently now in France. But I have never read they were needed in either Belgium or the Netherlands.
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Spanish police? You have tagged this for just Belgium + Netherlands. If you do come to Spain then you do need one. The car hire office bod will not give a monkey about it. But the Guardia Civil may well do.
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Och Janisj, why didn't i think of that! My maternal grandfather was Scottish. He lived in Australia from when he was a teenager until he died and as a kid I often had trouble understanding him, especially if he had a whiskey or two on board.