US Car Hire & old style license

[cjs]

I need to rent a car in the US, I still have the old style UK paper drivers licence, has anyone had any issues renting in the US and not having a newer photo ID Licence?

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cjs said:

I need to rent a car in the US, I still have the old style UK paper drivers licence, has anyone had any issues renting in the US and not having a newer photo ID Licence?

My Dad's done this in the US and Canada over the past couple of years and not had a problem. Although I think it got a couple of funny looks (esp as it's falling to pieces!).

It's a valid license, so you should be fine.

What I would say though is you often need photo ID in the states, so it might be worth getting hold of a photo license just to avoid carrying you passport with you*.

• and it's fun watching US people try to work out your date of birth on a type of card they haven't seen before (as they use a different date format, I guess it doesn't jump out at them, and it doesn't say "Date of Birth" on the front)

[v15ben]

Some places will state you must have a photo card but just tell them you have nothing else but the paper version and a passport and they'll accept it.

[anonymous-user]

I've used my old paper licence to hire a number of cars and even a 30' RV without problems. Mine finally fell apart too so I recently spent the £20 and got a photo one.

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unrepentant said:

I've used my old paper licence to hire a number of cars and even a 30' RV without problems. Mine finally fell apart too so I recently spent the £20 and got a photo one.

Similar situation to mine. Getting a photo licence also means I no longer have to show my passport in order to use a credit card.