Comments on: Which rental Car company in Panama will let you drive in Costa Rica or vice versa?

By: egeorge

egeorge — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:22:59 +0000

Hi W Q.
I just called Budget and Thrifty, same answer from both of them: NO, you can not rent a car here and drive it down to Costa Rica (or viceversa). Budget told me there is an agreement among rent-a-car companies between both countries about this.
The safety issue I guess do not matter now but I did travel some years ago in my own car and I had NO problems. In the border did not let you go trough after certain hours (duty hours) in those days.
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By: conde_c_b

conde_c_b — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:32:59 +0000

For your own safety and the safety of other passangers, with you, may I highly recommend that you do take a flight towards Costa Rica and leave the headaches behind. Welcome to Panama.
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By: soar_2307

soar_2307 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:21:59 +0000

If you rent a car from any rental agency, you must ask them if it is permitted to drive the car up to Costa Rica.

Here are just a few names of agencies:

Avis – - – - – > > > > > http://www.avis.com
Dollar – - – - > > > > > http://www.dollar.com
Hertz – - – - -> > > > > http://www.hertz.com
Thrifty – - – - > > > > > http://www.thrifty.com
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By: americanhero_11

americanhero_11 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:07:59 +0000

Not sure if you can, but you could buy a car, drive it across, and sell it later if not damaged excessively.
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By: yellowstone

yellowstone — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:59:59 +0000

This is not a good idea--for the most part Costa Ricans leave their cars in a parking lot at the border when they go to Panama because of the complicated paperwork. Where are you travelling to in Panama? If you are going to Bocas for instance, a car is just an expensive hassle.
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