Car Hire If Address Wrong On Licence?

Jonesbo · 29 March 2017 at 5:13PM

Hi,

I have a bit of a problem: I'm going to South Africa in two weeks and have booked car hire with Hertz.

However I've realised my licence still has my old address on it. Normally this wouldn't be a problem as it's free to change, however the online DVLA service can't find me...and doing it the postal route takes three weeks.

So I'm stuck with my current licence with the old address. Is this likely to be a problem? Do they check your address when they take credit card payment and will they quibble over fact it's different to the one on the licence?

Thanks in advance.

richardw · 29 March 2017 at 5:32PM

Take 2 proofs of current address with you, bank statement utility bill etc.

Jonesbo · 29 March 2017 at 7:02PM

Thanks, I plan on doing that. However I'm just worried they might totally refuse hire at the desk, is that likely?

AlexMac · 31 March 2017 at 6:58AM

Dunno about S.A., but when renting with Hertz and Avis (and others) dozens of times in mainland Europe, no desk jockey has ever given my DL more than a cursory glance. They've got your credit card detail which is all that really matters to them! In fact I don't ever recal having to add my address to the online booking?