I think it will be the most expensive Euro I have ever done, including the four Covid tests.... but in the absence of anything else.... why not?
what do you mean absence of anything ?? Mugello Portimao and multiple Jerez all within few weeks from now/each other
Yep, Mugello, 2 X Jerez, Aragon, Valencia, Cartagena & 2 X Portimao, all in the hopper for rest of 2021......much like they were for the first part of 2021, but we know what happened there.....
From what I sense, NL and FE got used to the quarantine shit and are running events even with lower UK numbers. They are selling spots to EU guys. Which Mugello and Jerez are you at ? I'm doing Mugello with FE in Aug and Jerez with NL in Sep.
1. Book trip with NL 2. Fill in some forms 3. Get double jabbed 4. Load van 5. Drive to Ferry / Tunnel 6. Disembark in France 7. Drive to VdV 8. Unload van, eat drink, be merry. 9. Try not to crash for 2 days. 10. Load van 11. Drive to Le Mans 12. Unload van, eat drink, be merry. 13. Try not to crash for 2 days. 14. Load van 15. Drive to Ferry / Tunnel 16. Disembark in UK 17. Drive home 18. Unload van 19. Get straight on internet and gloat that you made it to a euro 20. Quarantine and tests.
It’s number 2 that held my eyes. it’s not that I don’t know. I’m travelling all the time. Just ordered my day 2 test kit for return to U.K.
It’s the forms people are interested in. Time, cost, ease and whether they can last more than one trip (like an annual license)
Thought I'd add some enlightenment to this thread now that I have the first-hand experience. Last week I trailered my RSV4 and a friend GSXR into France for No Limit's VDV/Le Mans double, and I'm pleased to say it was a fairly painless process. I was fretting beforehand with all the uncertainty with carnets etc and at one point even considered cancelling. This aside the process wasn't that difficult and my recommendation for anyone taking a 'race' or 'fully track' bike is to get a carnet as it could have been a very different story without it. Before I purchased a carnet I did a lot of research and spoke to 4-5 chambers of commerce, including Birmingham who are the registered ACU and No Limits partner. The costs vary massively from chamber to chamber, and eventually, I landed on using www.boomerangcarnets.co.uk. They were very helpful and the cheapest I found at £174.90 plus a security fee of £95 for £65k of bikes/equipment. Given that there was two of us travelling it made the increased cost nearly insignificant compared to the total cost of the trip. Before travelling: Application is all online, you have to register as if you are a business as carnets are really intended for commercial use. Note: It's important that this is done with personal details, as another chap who went purchased the carnet through his business. This caused issues at the port when trying to travel through the passenger terminal rather than commercial (they had to cancel their tickets and buy a commercial ticket). When completing the carnet application you need to itemise everything that you are taking, each item needs a: Description (Detailing what the item looks like, colour, name, manufacturer and serial/identification numbers, so that customs can identify each item when checking) Quantity (Number of the individual items e.g. 13 tyres) Weight (Total weight of the items) Value (Total value of the items listed) Country (Where the items were manufactured) This creates quite a long list, for our trip I had 61 items listed for what I was taking in my trailer. Items in the car were excluded. Boomerang then processed and sorted the carnet with it being sent directly to me the next day via recorded delivery. At the port/chunnel: We travelled by ferry from Newhaven to Dippe, so it was a little less formal but I expect the same principles to apply. The carnet has to be checked and stamped as you go through the UK board control, then rechecked and stamped by the French/foreign board control. Our experience was that they are at first a little surprised and unsure of what to do, but quickly find someone to complete the paperwork. Overall it was a simple process, but you need to be proactive and push it under their noses otherwise they can overlook what is required. It's important to have every stamp otherwise you can find yourself stuck/turned around by one of the board controls as the documentation is incorrect. On entry into France and exit, the French customs went through the full manifesto to check everything was present. As I had 13 tyres stated on the carnet it meant I had to bring back used sets to keep the tyre count correct - If I hadn't done this then it's essentially seen as exporting part of the load and therefore incurs export duties to be paid. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So in summary, would I do it again and is it that costly.... Yes, now that I've done it I'm not concerned about travelling again and the overall cost as mentioned above wasn't too bad in the end. #simples
