For North American tours, not necessarily. If you can get to the designated hotel or place of lodging for the first scheduled meeting, then normally there will be someone in the group who can offer a ride to you during our time together. Some people, but not everyone will need vehicles while on these domestic tours. I will facilitate car rental sharing among participants if you need and want this – just ask. You will not need any sort of off-road or 4×4 vehicle on any of my workshops or tours, except on  my Colorado Fall Color tour where at least some folks should have a vehicle with high clearance/off road abilities On international cultural and wildlife tours that require driving, I’ll rent a proper vehicle and I’ll do all the driving or alternatively, depending on the tour, I’ll hire local, professional drivers.