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Smiles wrote:
Alamo normally does not have a drop off fee but they may have a border fee because you can not leave a US car in Canada and vis versa thats why most do not allow it Check before you get caught Probably worth checking, but returning a rental is not the same as importing a vehicle and selling or abandoning it because ownership does not change hands at any point. It was Alamo's car when you rented it and it's still Alamo's car when you drop it off. Now, turns out that (at least according to National) there's a gotcha. Apparently for some reason known only to the Canadian legislature, a Canadian citizen can't drive across the US-Canada border in a US-registered rental car, but can in a Canadian-registered rental car. Keith Willshaw wrote: "J. Clarke" wrote in message ... Keith Willshaw wrote: "Mark Brader" wrote in message ... J. Clarke: To be perfectly honest, this is one time when it seems to me to make sense to just rent a car in Boston and drive to Quebec. The travel time's about the same as flying and the cost including gas for a one way rental is about the same as the air fare and there's some "picturesque" country in between. I haven't tried it, but it might not be possible to rent one-way from the US to Canada these days. Even if you can there's probably a hefty dropoff fee. Alamo is showing 120.88 total for one day pick up in Boston, drop off in Quebec. No mention of a dropoff fee. This is less than half the air fare. Thats a very good deal. Keith -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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On 2/12/08 7:03 AM, in article , "Jochen Kriegerowski" wrote: "Smiles" schrieb Alamo normally does not have a drop off fee but they may have a border fee because you can not leave a US car in Canada and vis versa thats why most do not allow it Check before you get caught Since when is that? October 6, 2001 I rented a car in Toronto, from Alamo, which had Florida license plates. Jochen from Germany A Canadian Resident can not drive a car in Canada with American licence plates. This is a Customs regulation. It is because automobiles are generally cheaper (until recently) in the US. It is designed to stop Canadians from buying, licencing and insuring cars in the states and then bringing them home and driving them regularly. A resident can bring in a car legally as long as he/she pays duty and taxes at the border. -- Martha Canada |
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MI wrote:
A Canadian Resident can not drive a car in Canada with American licence plates. This is a Customs regulation. It is because automobiles are generally cheaper (until recently) in the US. It is designed to stop Canadians from buying, licencing and insuring cars in the states and then bringing them home and driving them regularly. A resident can bring in a car legally as long as he/she pays duty and taxes at the border. That is contrary to what I was taught about cabotage and commercial vehicles. American trucks are allowed to bring loads into Canada, to take loads out of Canada and to operate point to point as long as they were not carrying a load , but could operate point to point if the driver was Canadian. |
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"Smiles" wrote in message ... Alamo normally does not have a drop off fee but they may have a border fee because you can not leave a US car in Canada and vis versa thats why most do not allow it Check before you get caught They say not, I checked. Keith |
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J. Clarke:
Now, turns out that (at least according to National) there's a gotcha. Apparently for some reason known only to the Canadian legislature, a Canadian citizen can't drive across the US-Canada border in a US-registered rental car ... That's wrong -- as correctly stated elsewhere in the thread, the rule applies to Canadian residents, not citizens. It's a customs issue. Some years ago I was told by a rental company that it actually did not apply if the car was taken into Canada and dropped off at the first convenient point, or something like that. In particular, that it was permissible enter via I-5, drive as far as Vancouver, and return the car promptly there. I make no assertion that this is generally true, or even that it was really legal then. -- Mark Brader | "As a professional, it's my job to take a slightly dim Toronto | view of the ... people who will look at my code next. | If I am wrong... so much the better!" -- Henry Spencer My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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Mark Brader wrote:
J. Clarke: Now, turns out that (at least according to National) there's a gotcha. Apparently for some reason known only to the Canadian legislature, a Canadian citizen can't drive across the US-Canada border in a US-registered rental car ... That's wrong -- as correctly stated elsewhere in the thread, the rule applies to Canadian residents, not citizens. It's a customs issue. It's only "wrong" if it doesn't apply to citizens. Some years ago I was told by a rental company that it actually did not apply if the car was taken into Canada and dropped off at the first convenient point, or something like that. In particular, that it was permissible enter via I-5, drive as far as Vancouver, and return the car promptly there. I make no assertion that this is generally true, or even that it was really legal then. According to both National and Alamo the car gets siezed at the border. -- -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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Mark Brader wrote:
J. Clarke: Now, turns out that (at least according to National) there's a gotcha. Apparently for some reason known only to the Canadian legislature, a Canadian citizen can't drive across the US-Canada border in a US-registered rental car ... That's wrong -- as correctly stated elsewhere in the thread, the rule applies to Canadian residents, not citizens. It's a customs issue. Some years ago I was told by a rental company that it actually did not apply if the car was taken into Canada and dropped off at the first convenient point, or something like that. In particular, that it was permissible enter via I-5, drive as far as Vancouver, and return the car promptly there. I make no assertion that this is generally true, or even that it was really legal then. The last I heard and this was about 7-8 years ago it probably was not strictly legal but customs inspectors may have some discretion. I know of at least one case where a family was returning with a rental because their car was wreaked in the USA and customs made a specific exception. I think the "drop off at the first convenient point" principle applied. -- John Kane, Kingston ON Canada |
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J. Clarke and I (Mark Brader) wrote:
Apparently for some reason known only to the Canadian legislature, a Canadian citizen can't drive across the US-Canada border in a US-registered rental car ... That's wrong -- as correctly stated elsewhere in the thread, the rule applies to Canadian residents, not citizens. It's a customs issue. It's only "wrong" if it doesn't apply to citizens. Right. Immigration cares about citizenship; Customs doesn't. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Whatever you are, be out and out, | not divided or in doubt." -- Brand (Ibsen) |
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