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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Zoe Wood

Stranded at the airport after Goldcar refused our paper UK driving licences

Goldcar refused to honour a booking and it cost extra to switch to Avis.
Goldcar refused to honour a booking and it cost extra to switch to Avis. Photograph: Islandstock/Alamy

I was recently left stranded at Toulouse airport with my wife in tears after Goldcar refused to honour our prepaid booking because her paper driving licence was “not a valid document”.

We have never had this problem before, and other firms based there, including Hertz, Budget, Alamo and Enterprise, all said they would accept it but had no cars available to hire.

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