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Old 11-Jul-2006, 12:42
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Europe car hire rules
Quick question - if I hire a car in Europe, what are the rules about driving across a border into another country? Am I allowed to do that, do I have to declare to the car rental company at the time so that my insurance is valid etc.?
Off to work in Poland shortly, planning to hire a car to drive to Brno for the GP and was wondering about the legalities of it

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Old 11-Jul-2006, 12:52
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Most of them don`t like you to take cars across some of the eastern block borders.
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Old 11-Jul-2006, 12:54
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I often hire cars in germany & drive into Austria don't think it' a problem.
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Old 11-Jul-2006, 15:51
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I often hire cars in germany & drive into Austria don't think it' a problem.

But they are just Germans living in another country aren't they?

Tell the Hire Co. first, they may not let you take it abroad.
I've tried to hire a van here to go to Mugello and got a few refusals.
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Old 11-Jul-2006, 19:38
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Had a Europcar for the last year in Switzerland (well, had 4 actually), take it over to France and Italy all the time.
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Old 12-Jul-2006, 07:36
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Cheers guys

Spoke to Sixt rentals and they said no problem, seems it's just UK rentals that they don't like taking overseas..

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Old 12-Jul-2006, 08:48
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Depends where you are, where you are going and what you're driving.

I worked in Dresden for 8 months a few years ago and wanted to drive to Prague for a long weekend. Had a mercedes A Class at the time and the rental company would not let me take it to Prague. However they were more than happy for me to take an Astra... Lovely.

Like i said, was about 5 years ago so the rules could have changed seen as we are now one biig happy european family!
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Old 13-Jul-2006, 14:49
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Markymark is spot on depends who, what and where you wanna drive, some company's in France still wont let you take BMWs on their fleet to Itlay.

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Old 13-Jul-2006, 17:18
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Checked with Sixt rentals - exactly as you say - no problem to take standard cars but they won't let me take the more prestige models across borders.

Race tickets booked today, Brno here I come

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