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Originally Posted by Numer0_6
Hi Euroasiaoverland! thank you for this recap that will surely cool down a lot of anxiety!
I'm still saving and planning for a RTW for 2020 or so and was actually planning to get a Carnet de Passage juste because I really want to go to Iran and maybe Australia... I read all over the internet that there is no way you can enter Iran without a Carnet, and the deposit you have to make for the carnet is even bigger if you want to travel to this specific country (if the carnet is issued in France, at least.) That's pretty much the only country that require a Carnet on the route I'm planning... So I'd be very interested to know more about that! Do you have any first hand experience on this subject ?
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There's a long, arguing thread on the Facebook page 'Overland Sphere', but I can't find a way to direct-link to it, so you'll need to join the page if you have not already done so, and search. The question was titled (rather prophetically) 'Q. US vehicle in Iran?'.
No, I have not done this myself, but I know a guy who has done it, and was in Iran with him and his car, for which he did not have a carnet. You can also search this site yourself and find a few stories of people who have done it. There is / was eve a guy offering to guide you through the process as it's not easy. You end up paying anything from $300 to $600 I think.
It should be said that it's better to have a carnet, makes things at the border much easier and quicker, but it is not necessary.
P.S. If you're not planning to visit Pakistan, I suggest to go (you will need a carnet though), definitely my favourite country.
Good luck,
EO
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EurasiaOverland a memoir of one quarter of a million kilometres by road through all of the Former USSR, Western and Southern Asia.
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