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24 Mar 2017
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I rode from Ireland across Iran and Turnmenistan last year. It would be a true shame to miss out on Iran - world champions of hospitality.
I mulled over the carnet thing for months. My problem was that the bike was never going to come back home to Ireland. Right now it's in Kyrgyzstan. But to recover the carnet bond you need a certificate of location and I couldn't imagine the Kyrgyz authorities assisting me with this.
So I bit the bullet and went with Hossein at overlandtoiran.com. I think I paid a flat fee of €400. The service was efficient and I had no problem. I'm not endorsing the service but simply relating my own personal experience.
Turkmenistan is worth a visit if only to see an unusual and quirky country. But its a reallt lotto to get granted a transit visa - I got it through their London embassy and was lucky. For what its worth don't give overload information on your planned route - better to mention just the entry town and the exit town.
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As I understood it the RAC weren't offering carnets anymore, meaning that ADAC can't make me get one from them? But I could be wrong, I'm new to all this bureaucracy.
On a side-note Declan how long did you get in Iran from Hossein? I've read people say up to 10 days or sometimes less whereas I'm keen for a month.
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As I understood it the RAC weren't offering carnets anymore, meaning that ADAC can't make me get one from them? But I could be wrong, I'm new to all this bureaucracy.
On a side-note Declan how long did you get in Iran from Hossein? I've read people say up to 10 days or sometimes less whereas I'm keen for a month.
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I needed 8 days and thats what I got. I think more time will be more expensive but I get the impression that if you held tough that the price can become favorable. Initially I displayed disinterest and that too reduced the price.
Funnily enough after crossing into Iran and having the carnet processed I felt that even if I turned up with no pre-arranged plans that I'd be taken care of anyway by the customs guys who themselves were so sound.
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As of last October (when I rode to Iran) ADAC were no longer willing to provide a carnet as there IS a uk provider (not RAC). However the uk provider is outrageously expensive (I seem to remember a £600-900 fee!!- not deposit, that was on top, FEE!) and a very long wait of 3 weeks.
So eventually after refusals in France I found the Swiss equivalent, the Touring Club de Suisse, would provide it which they did very efficiently and quickly for a fee of 330CHF (plus a deposit of course, returnable).
And getting into and out of Iran was a breeze, not the case for a friend of mine who used Hossein.
Hope this helps - my bike is uk registered btw.
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Hi Simon,
Just for the sakes of providing fully correct info, please be more precise which Hossein did provide service to your friend?
There are two persons with same name, and very similar websites. One started before the other, the younger one started the business later.
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