Car rental in Bridgetown, Barbados comes with a genuinely current update: as of 15 October 2025, the long-standing visitor driving permit is no longer required - a valid licence from your home country now suffices, retiring the registration step that older guides still describe. The rest of the picture: rental operators serve the airport, Bridgetown and the hotel coasts with delivery common, drivers must typically be 21 or over, a rental levy now applies island-wide, and Barbados drives on the left in right-hand-drive cars. The island rewards wheels beyond the beach transfer: Bathsheba's Atlantic surf coast, the St Nicholas Abbey plantation house, Hunte's Gardens in the interior and the Animal Flower Cave at the northern tip all sit within an hour of anywhere on this compact island. Book ahead for the December-to-April high season.
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