Originally Posted by
TerryK
It is a Hertz Independent Licensee a/k/a not really Hertz but allowed to use Hertz name.

Hertz gets a cut on rate.
A dummy booking shows the following under Restriction and Requirements - Driver's License: ...
If a license issued outside the European Union cannot be read or understood...
This sounds to me like the Hertz rep was using his own interpretation of "highly recommended". Our discussion was fully in english and he would have had no issues reading and understanding my Florida license. I suppose my next step will be writing to Hertz corporate telling them that if I can't count on their Independent Licensees honoring my reservations, then I can take all my future business to Avis, which doesn't leave their customers stranded with a reservation in hand.