SkiMore wrote:
kaydeejay wrote:
(FWIW, US residents driving a Canadian rental car in Canada are not allowed to cross the border either)
I'm not so sure about that. I just spoke to the enterprise rental car desk in Calgary and they said there is no problem for a US resident to rent a car in Canada and drive across the border to Montana. They do expect that you will be returning the car to Calgary when you are done.
Well that's a different story from a personal experience. Be interesting to hear a Customs and Immigration perspective on that.
While I worked in Canada some visiting Americans wrecked their company car so they rented from Hertz (Canada).
On heading home they were stopped at Buffalo and were told to phone Hertz who must bring a US plated car for them to complete their journey and the Canadian one was returned to the original location at their expense. Cost them a fortune!
The reverse was a direct personal experience when, as a Canadian, I was stopped by Canada Customs driving a US rental car.
Just two real examples - not hearsay.
