Driving in the USA
Mar 17, 23, 1:27 pm
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Driving in the USA
I have 2 questions please. I want to hire a car in Vancouver and drive down the west coast of USA (San Fransisco etc) - is it easy to cross the border in to the US with a Canadian hire car, and do you think the hire car company will allow me to cross the border? Also in the USA am I ok moving across states?
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Mar 17, 23, 2:20 pm
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I have 2 questions please. I want to hire a car in Vancouver and drive down the west coast of USA (San Fransisco etc) - is it easy to cross the border in to the US with a Canadian hire car, and do you think the hire car company will allow me to cross the border? Also in the USA am I ok moving across states?
Thank you
Thank you
Would this be a one-way rental, or would to ultimately return the car to the pick-up location?
Assuming that you are otherwise eligible for admission into the U.S., driving a Canadian-plated vehicle from British Columbia into Washington State should not be a problem at all. And once you are in the U.S., you may freely drive across state lines.
Apr 12, 23, 6:28 am
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We have hired a car a few times now in both USA and Canada. Just need to check the car companies restrictions as to where you can take the car.
When driving in USA we have never been restricted to other states but I'm sure I've seen some companies that do restrict you.
We have just booked car hire for later in the year via Enterprise and they allow you to travel to Canada as well as other states.
Also just so you are aware as an extra tip don't pay for additional driver if any other driver is a spouse or Partner as this is included and they may not tell you and take the money from you. We have also found through experience all cars come with Sat Nav built in regardless if you pay for it or not.
When driving in USA we have never been restricted to other states but I'm sure I've seen some companies that do restrict you.
We have just booked car hire for later in the year via Enterprise and they allow you to travel to Canada as well as other states.
Also just so you are aware as an extra tip don't pay for additional driver if any other driver is a spouse or Partner as this is included and they may not tell you and take the money from you. We have also found through experience all cars come with Sat Nav built in regardless if you pay for it or not.
Apr 12, 23, 1:11 pm
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That varies from state to state, in some states the spouse is an authorized driver by law, in other states the spouse must be specifically listed in the rental contract as an authorized driver and there may be a fee for that.
Apr 12, 23, 8:17 pm
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Thanks for letting me know as I didn't know that, we must have just been lucky with the States we have visited as always been ok so far
