Does Budget require an IDP in Tunisia?
Budget in Tunisia: the policy in plain terms
Requires an IDP when your licence is not in the Roman alphabet. Value rental brand operating in 120+ countries.
Tunisia drives on the right and signs the 1968 Vienna Convention; an IDP is advised to translate non-Arabic licences for desks and police.
In Tunisia specifically, tunisia legally requires foreign drivers to carry an International Driving Permit with their national licence, so Budget will ask for it at the counter. Tunis desks request an IDP for non-Arabic, non-French licences.
Budget runs a global network; at its Tunisia desks, foreign renters are asked for the 1968 Vienna-format International Driving Permit alongside the original licence. Tunisia drives on the right, uses the TND, and sets a minimum driving age of 18, so an IDP is the document that removes any doubt at the counter.
What to bring to the Budget counter in Tunisia
- Your original national driving licence (the IDP never replaces it).
- Your International Driving Permit in the 1968 Vienna format.
- Your passport and a payment card in the main driver's name.
- Local payment for the TND deposit; Tunisia drives on the right with a young-driver surcharge under 25.
Driving rules in Tunisia Budget renters should know
- Drive on the right.
- Toll motorway along the coast.
- Zero alcohol tolerance for driving.
- Carry passport, IDP and home licence.