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Originally Posted by fearless Dave
1/ Do I need one?
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For Europe, no. And you also do not need it in large parts of Central & East Asia, IF you stay on the north side of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India & Nepal. The exception to this would be Japan.
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Originally Posted by fearless Dave
2/ what would the cost be for the Carnet?
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About this, you will need to ask from the Automobile Association of your home country. There will be the cost related to the issue of carnet (non refundable), and most likely a bond, and the size of the bond will depend on many things, including which countries you will need the carnet for, and what is the value of your vehicle. You should get the bond back after the trip, provided your vehicle has not been left in any of the carnet countries, and you have taken care, that the vehicle has been stamped in and out of all such countries.
Note, that there is a plan to change this whole system so, that there would be only one world-wide issuer of the carnets. I don´t think there has been any official word on this yet, but the plan has been to change this in 2015, I kind of doubt it would happen so soon, but who knows. It would be a major change, and hopefully for the better, as the current model too much depends of the arbitrariness of the AA, that you need to deal with. (They can demand just about anything they like for the bond, for example).
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