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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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 Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:36 am Post subject: Rental car: cross Canada to US OK? |
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It's not definite yet, but I'm planning a trip to Can/US in February. I'd like to land in Vancouver, and then drive along the western seaboard down to California, and then visit people in Phoenix.
The bus and train service looks poor. I'd like to rent a car in Vancouver (I'm Canadian) and drive south, but I'm not sure if I can cross the border in a rental car. Is it nothing at all, or are there problems? Any stories or advice?
Thanks, Ken:> |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:56 am Post subject: |
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I think it depends on the rental company. I hired a car in Boston, Mass. and drove it across the border to Fredericton, NB, where I dropped it off at the Fredericton "Airport"  . This, of course, is vice versa to your situation, but I see no reason why the same idea couldn't be applied.
I hired through Hertz. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| Yes it's no problem. However, you do have to tell them up front you plan to cross the border. They make a little note about this in their computer. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
I think it depends on the rental company. I hired a car in Boston, Mass. and drove it across the border to Fredericton, NB, where I dropped it off at the Fredericton "Airport" . This, of course, is vice versa to your situation, but I see no reason why the same idea couldn't be applied.
I hired through Hertz. |
Fredericton has an airport? Don't you mean a landing strip with a couple of hangars? Moncton Airport is the largest airport in NB and it probably isn't larger than the Wonju or Chongju regional airports.
Then again, NB doesn't need large airports. You don't have to elbow people out of the way when walking down the street in an NB city. As a matter of fact, if the population of Seoul was reduced to the same size as NB's, it would feel empty. Another plus about NB is that and the sky is actually the colour it should be, dark blue, not a sickly grey like it is in most places in S-Korea. |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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I was there last year--Yes, Fredericton does have an airport, with a few strips, and a waiting room and luggage and inspections too. They even have the occasional flight abroad leaving from there.
The web pages of these car rental companies won't give me a quote on inter-country travel, but I'm glad to hear it shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise, I'll just go to Blaine, WA, across the border from Vancouver. Has anyone done this trip, by the way? I hope to stop off in the usual traps, Seattle, Eugene, San Francisco.
Ken:> |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| indytrucks wrote: |
I think it depends on the rental company. I hired a car in Boston, Mass. and drove it across the border to Fredericton, NB, where I dropped it off at the Fredericton "Airport" . This, of course, is vice versa to your situation, but I see no reason why the same idea couldn't be applied.
I hired through Hertz. |
Fredericton has an airport? Don't you mean a landing strip with a couple of hangars? Moncton Airport is the largest airport in NB and it probably isn't larger than the Wonju or Chongju regional airports.
Then again, NB doesn't need large airports. You don't have to elbow people out of the way when walking down the street in an NB city. As a matter of fact, if the population of Seoul was reduced to the same size as NB's, it would feel empty. Another plus about NB is that and the sky is actually the colour it should be, dark blue, not a sickly grey like it is in most places in S-Korea. |
Hell, even Charlottetown has an aiport for a city the size of 40,000.. had some international flights this summer with Northwest to Detroit.. |
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