can my UK guests borrow my Defender?

[hiker]

Hi all - just a quickie - friends from UK arrive this month and want to rent a van to go behind my Def110 - they are both full UK license holders (in their late 50's) - do they need anything extra to tow a 24ft van - such as special tests etc - I think (hope) they are pretty competent as they have a Disco/van in UK?
thanks

[Traveler]

international licences perhaps?
just as well they drive on the left hand side of the road..
i travelled with a german backpacker and she was always pulling out on to the right hand side of the road:eek:

[taff]

they will be allowed to drive anything that they are in the u.k.
i.e. what ever is on their british licence they will be allowed to drive over here for a full 1 year before they will need to get an aussie license

[maggsie]

Check out where you stand with your insurance company with regards to the international licence/non listed driver in your contract.
Regards
Maggsie

[JDNSW]

Legally speaking if they have an international licence they can drive whatever is on that licence - but as said above, check with your insurance company! I seem to recall that only some UK licences allow towing anything except a light trailer, so this may be a problem, particularly as there is no towing licence in Australia for caravans etc.

John

[Reads90]

My brother came over for three weeks a couple of weeks ago and he drove my 90 and disco around as i put him on insurance of both. The insurance company insured him no worries even though he had an ordianry UK lincense

[hiker]

Great thanks all

Insurance company says that valid UK license same as our C and no problem to do all the allowable activities.

many thanks for all input

cheers

[5teve]

one thing to watch out for...

budget insurance increase the excess if the drivers havent held a full AUSTRALIAN licence for 2 years or more. i know because they stung us for it after we first came out. I had been meticulous about the excess and checked with the insurer that we would be on the lower excess as we hadnt had our aussie licence 2 years, and was told 2 or 3 time, yes you have a full uk licence for 2+years your ok. documents came through stating excess was higher as we had not had aussie licence 2+years. needless to say we changed insurer as even though they admitted they were wrong they would not do anything about it.. GIO dont have a problem as im sure others dont...

just something to check for anyway... not that it makes the insurance invalid....

Thanks

Steve