> Also, some businesses, such as car rental companies, won't provide services to debit card holders.
This almost ruined our vacation. I didn't have a drivers license and my SO didn't have a credit card. I've never had any issues renting cars here in Norway, both with credit and debit card, despite not being the driver.
But not in the US, no no! Credit card had to be on the same name as the drivers license.
And so we stood there, just having exited the plane, our two week vacation turning to dust in our minds as a car was most definitely needed.
After some desperate attempts by us at finding a solution, the manager came by, having noticed the commotion. After some thinking she asked where we stayed. We had rented a place through Airbnb, which turned out to be the solution. Using the zip code from that place, she could register the debit card, and we finally got a rental.
This almost ruined our vacation. I didn't have a drivers license and my SO didn't have a credit card. I've never had any issues renting cars here in Norway, both with credit and debit card, despite not being the driver.
But not in the US, no no! Credit card had to be on the same name as the drivers license.
And so we stood there, just having exited the plane, our two week vacation turning to dust in our minds as a car was most definitely needed.
After some desperate attempts by us at finding a solution, the manager came by, having noticed the commotion. After some thinking she asked where we stayed. We had rented a place through Airbnb, which turned out to be the solution. Using the zip code from that place, she could register the debit card, and we finally got a rental.