Legal or financial barriers to driving a rental car from El Salvador to Honduras?
Since I (apparently) can't fly from SAL to Choluteca, I was planning to drive. But then I had to think some more: Will I be required at the Honduran border or at the rental counter to show an international driving permit (IDP) or pay an extra fee for leaving the country with it? Or buy/show insurance beyond what I normally get from Allianz?
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I have no personal experience, but from this Lonely Planet link from 2017 says that you can cross the border with your rental car, and that you get the permit when you rent it:
Renting a car in Guatemala was fairly easy. I used my American license and had to wait two hours for a car to free up since I didn't make a reservation. I also had to get a special border crossing permit to take the car out of the country (you are allowed to take rental cars to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua). The hardest part was going through the car check with the staff. It took us an hour to count all the scratches, dents, etc - this was no zipcar. The staff was very kind, and in the end I drove out of the renta autos with my cousin in the passenger seat and headed towards Antigua. I paid a total of $408.92 for five days.
However personally I'd take a bus. As you were already planning to fly its not as if you have planned to stop along the way.
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As you have said before, I think there is no problem when crossing with a car rented from Salvador to Honduras. I was seeing some information in this website and apparently if it can be done ..
I hope I've helped I am Salvadorian
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