International Driving Permit

Physical Product · Other travel · 5 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/travel

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Just get it, it costs $20 and takes 15 minutes.
It is a legal requirement. Whether the police will ever ask for it is secondary
Why would you risk not getting your rental car for the $20 it costs to get it? This seems like a waste of energy to even debate.
as others have said it’s cheap and easy to get, so why risk it.

Didn’t have it on me and had to pay for a different rental company at last minute rates.

4 positive (80%) · 0 mixed (0%) · 1 negative (20%)

Trust + time weighted score: +48% · raw score 60%

Just get it, it costs $20 and takes 15 minutes.

positive · u/l***s · r/travel · comment · Jan 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

Didn’t have it on me and had to pay for a different rental company at last minute rates.

negative · u/m****2 · r/travel · comment · Jan 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

It is a legal requirement. Whether the police will ever ask for it is secondary

positive · u/n****t · r/travel · comment · Jan 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

Why would you risk not getting your rental car for the $20 it costs to get it? This seems like a waste of energy to even debate.

positive · u/z****t · r/travel · comment · Jan 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

as others have said it’s cheap and easy to get, so why risk it.

positive · u/s****6 · r/travel · comment · Jan 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗