Originally Posted by
jimlad48
My advice would vary depending on your circumstances. If you are a frequent traveller, who uses hire cars a lot in different countries, then absolutely yes get an IDP (making sure you get the right one for each country as reportedly different versions exist).
Wouldn't say I'm a frequent traveller these days, with a very small person at home, and I mostly don't drive when I'm abroad. The only reason I was considering it was because the trip is the first week in April.
And yes, there are multiple types of IDP: the 1949 (valid for one year) and the 1968 (valid for three years). There seems to be little rhyme nor reason to the general punter as to which is accepted where (France takes the 1968, Spain takes the 1949, for example) so you do have to be wary, but the 1968 is more common in Europe. There's also the 1926, which has a wonderful list of countries: Iraq, Somalia, Brazil and Liechtenstein.