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Gran Alacant Forum => General Discussions => Topic started by: kevinb on April 27, 2015, 07:25.

Title: Important News Re Driving License when Hiring Car
Post by: kevinb on April 27, 2015, 07:25.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3056743/Holiday-car-hire-chaos-paper-driving-licence-axed-Britons-heading-Europe-face-nightmare-unable-pick-hire-car-arrival.html

Confusion is going to reign, having said this I can't remember the last time a car hire company at Alicante airport asked for my paper license.

Title: Re: Important News Re Driving License when Hiring Car
Post by: Tony Gillam on April 27, 2015, 07:38.

For the last umpteen years the only bit I've given them is the paper part.

Title: Re: Important News Re Driving License when Hiring Car
Post by: Spurs on April 27, 2015, 07:43.

Interesting for as long as I can remember I have only taken the card part with me and never had a problem . Even in USA

Title: Re: Important News Re Driving License when Hiring Car
Post by: bertdove on April 27, 2015, 09:30.

If you have a Spanish licence, there's no paper part anyway, and no way of confirming your points history.

Bert

Title: Re: Important News Re Driving License when Hiring Car
Post by: Aficionado on April 27, 2015, 09:31.

Same as Spurs.  None of the companies I have used over the last decade in Spain have ever asked to see the paper part - but I have been asked for it in the UK.

Title: Important News Re Driving License when Hiring Car
Post by: Philndeb on April 27, 2015, 12:25.

I've never shown my counterpart in Spain.


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Title: Re: Important News Re Driving License when Hiring Car
Post by: Corporal Jones on April 27, 2015, 23:50.

Having seen this story on the BBC i think it will go one of 2 ways,  the spanish car hire industry will either disregard it and take no notice as is there usual stance with the law, or they will get all red pen and bureaucratic and it will be a major crisis that they can fix at the counter for a nominal fee.