Carnet Insurance cost
I'm trying to work out roughly how much it will cost me to get a carnet and indemnity insurance for India, Pakistan etc, countries that require a 500% premium security for my bike worth about £2500.
Looking at my RAC form it would appear that the cost is:
£85.00 (Carnet de Passages en Douane)
£350.00 (RAC refundable deposit)
£1250 (10% of 5x2500 or the bikes value)
This means my premium will be £1685! Thats an enormous portion of my total trip funds! OK so I get £975 back (the RAC deposit and half of £1250) but only when the trips over! Add travel and bike insurance to this it takes the total cost of bloody PAPERWORK for my trip to over £2000! Somebody please tell me I've calculated this wrong as it looks like I'm going as far as Turkey this summer!
Matt
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