RAC withdraws from issueing Carnets on Dec 31, 2015

[divelandy]

I called the RAC Carnet department today, as i need to extend my carnet for the second time - third Carnet. During the call, the lady i was talking to tole me that: From the 31st December, the RAC in the UK will no longer be issueing carnets!

To renew i would need to go to a EU club to be issued with a carnet

I'm going to see if i can do this now!

[MT350]

This is good news I think.

Because the reason we can't go direct to ADAC is because there is a UK provider.

Fingers crossed...

[Mart456]

I can confirm this is the case we were advised by the FIA a few weeks back of these changes but were not able to confirm this publicly at the time.

[divelandy]

You were quick with your pertition email Martin!

My application for an ADAC carnet is in the post. Hopefully they can expedite as i'll ideally need it in 2 weeks after i've not had response from the RAC for over 3 weeks...

[will-dakar]

Yesssssssssssss!!!!
I almost cried with excitement when I saw and read the news in the Overland Sphere FB page. I am so happy.
I travel at very low costs as I only work 60 days a year and I can now afford to get out if the EU again.
Next up is to get the uk insurance agencies to insure vehicles as standard for Morocco - LIKE ALL OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRYS GET!!!!!

[Mart456]

Originally Posted by divelandy

You were quick with your pertition email Martin!

My application for an ADAC carnet is in the post. Hopefully they can expedite as i'll ideally need it in 2 weeks after i've not had response from the RAC for over 3 weeks...

Great the ADAC are much more reliable :-) , As you can imagine i am quite happy the RAC are stopping... but needed to wait for them to tell someone publicly first before issuing the update!

[kentbiker]

Statement from Rent A Clown here: Carnet de Passage | Application Form | RAC Driving Information | RAC

[Threewheelbonnie]

https://www.adac.de/reise_freizeit/r...cePageId=19976

I just followed from the link to ADAC to the above and finally understood the process. The RAC version was unfathomable and probably written by an insurance lawyer with an accountant standing over him .

Andy

[frenchian]

You got 50% of the insurance back once the carnet had been successfully cleared with the RAC. No other country seems to operate the insurance scheme - I've discussed it with many other travellers, they have all been using deposits or bank guarantees. The upside is that it's up to you to decide how much to declare as the value of the vehicle.....and you get 100% back so long as you don't do anything wrong.
We haven't applied for our next carnet yet, we will shop around as its not just the ADAC that you can go to - there's also the TCS in Switzerland, the Automobile Club in France, the Belgian RAC.....etc. Depending on your situation, one of these will certainly be cheaper than others. I've come to the conclusion that the French system looks most interesting for us.


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[dgbush03]

Originally Posted by frenchian

You got 50% of the insurance back once the carnet had been successfully cleared with the RAC. No other country seems to operate the insurance scheme - I've discussed it with many other travellers, they have all been using deposits or bank guarantees. The upside is that it's up to you to decide how much to declare as the value of the vehicle.....and you get 100% back so long as you don't do anything wrong.
We haven't applied for our next carnet yet, we will shop around as its not just the ADAC that you can go to - there's also the TCS in Switzerland, the Automobile Club in France, the Belgian RAC.....etc. Depending on your situation, one of these will certainly be cheaper than others. I've come to the conclusion that the French system looks most interesting for us.


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Can you provide a link for the French auto club where I can get more information about their Carnet's? I found a their website but it didn't seem to have any info about Carnets

[frenchian]

Try here : https://www.automobile-club.org/tour...ages-en-douane

It's in French, but with Google translate you'll get the gist

Ian

[frenchian]

Just a quick update on the French carnets - it seems from their documentation (I haven't spoken to them directly yet) that they prefer to send a carnet renewal to the local French embassy and you are supposed to go and collect it from there.
Not being French this could become interesting (maybe), and it means you have to be in the capital city (which we normally prefer to avoid).

Ian

[dgbush03]

Thanks for the Link. I speak french so the language isn't a problem just couldn't find the right sight. That probably would be a headache picking it up at the french embassy.

[PaulD]

Australia works on the insurance premium option as I have been doing it that way for the last 7 years.

Cheers
Paul

[bonnie25]

So, is there anyone who has gone down the ADAC route recently? Anyone any idea of the processing time as well?