Originally Posted by
etch5895
Would it be safe to assume that the big name rental car companies (Hertz, Sixt, Europcar) would already have these on their Switzerland based cars. The last time I rented a car in Zurich, I don't remember even checking to see if I had one, although I wasn't stopped.
Hi,
Yes, cars rented in Switzerland all carry the vignette. This is not the case for cars rented in France. Even a car rented on the French side of GVA airport may not necessarily carry it.
BTW, I was never stopped on the border going from/to Swiss-France-Swiss.
You don't get stopped much at these border crossings indeed. However, if you use the Bardonnex border crossing, located on the highway, to go into Switzerland, they will be checking for the vignette.
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
PS = And then there's always the unmanned crossings, where occasionally the "flying brigade" will show up to check.