bike tour issue:carnet problem
Hi
currently i am planning my 2 years RTW bike tour. I have come across the problem when i bring the bike crossing the border. It may require the temporay duty but may covered by the carnet.
Then, i come across 2 types of carnet. One is the Automation Association (AA) carnet and another is the ATA carnet. I am so confusiing with both of it.
AA carnet application require me to pay cash 100% to 300% of my bike market price in order to get the max carnet deposit. WHile from the ATA carnet website (i not confirm whther am i on hte correct way of understanding), it require on few hundred dollars to get the carnet. Both are so much different. Anybody ca advise me on this matter.
By the way, even most of the country do accept carnet, but how with the country who is not accept carnet as deposit? Such aa AA carnet for China. Do we need to pay/put deposit again for the local government, since we have pay 1 time deposit already to obtain the carnet.
The carnet is only renewable annually, how could us finish the trip in just 1 year? anybody can comment on it?
hope you all can provide me some info on it
thanks in advance
daniel ma
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