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The people behind the guides
Every International Driving Permit guide on this site is written and reviewed by a named person, checked against the 1949 Geneva and 1968 Vienna Convention texts, national road-traffic authority guidance, and published rental-network policies — and stamped with the date it was last reviewed.
Daniel MercerLead Author & Head of DocumentationDaniel leads the country research behind every International Driving Permit guide on this site. He has spent the past six years documenting cross-border driving requirements — which destinations follow the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, which apply the 1968 Vienna Convention, and what that means in practice at a rental counter or a police checkpoint.Full bio & editorial method 
Sofia LindqvistReviewing Editor, Compliance & AccuracySofia fact-checks and reviews the guides before they publish. Her focus is accuracy under the UN road-traffic conventions: that every page states the correct convention format for its destination, the correct validity (up to 1 year under the 1949 Geneva format, up to 3 years under the 1968 Vienna format), and the correct relationship between an International Driving Permit and the national driving licence it travels with.Full bio & editorial method 
Arjun MehtaResearch Analyst, Asia-PacificArjun owns the Asia-Pacific destinations — the region where International Driving Permit rules are checked hardest and misunderstood most. He documents the markets where roadside enforcement is a daily reality for visitors: Thailand's police checkpoints, Bali's scooter stops, Vietnam's 1968-convention requirement, and Japan's strict 1949-Geneva-only rule that catches travellers with the wrong permit format.Full bio & editorial method