A workspace for the most confusing money in overland planning: the carnet and the temporary import permits. It does not tell you what a country requires or what your deposit will be. It structures your own research, then writes the one email that gets you real numbers from the only party who actually knows.
Carnet and TIP rules are route-specific, set by governments, and they change. No static tool can hold them current for every country without quietly going stale or, worse, handing you a confident number that's wrong. So this one holds none of it. You bring the facts you find; it does the arithmetic and the paperwork around them.
The two questions that matter most, which countries truly need a carnet and how large the deposit is, are deliberately left for the issuer to answer in writing. That's not a gap in the tool. That's where the real answer lives, and the tool's job is to get you to it.
Look up a value at J.D. Power Motorcycle Values (formerly NADA) or CycleTrader for an instant figure. These are US retail values, and the issuer assesses value its own way, so treat your number as a declared starting figure, not the final word.
The start date is written into your email spelled out (for example, May 5, 2027) so there's no day/month confusion at the issuer's end.
One row per country you intend to enter with the bike. Pick the country from the list, then fill each field as your own research turns it up: embassy and customs sites first, then current rider reports (Horizons Unlimited, iOverlander, ADVrider, regional Facebook groups). Date every row so you know how fresh it is. The tool never fills these in for you and never guesses a deposit. Leave anything you're unsure of as "Unsure": that's a finding too.
Your work saves automatically in this browser on this device. It won't follow you to another computer or phone, and clearing your browser data erases it, so export a CSV copy to be safe.
Select Generate email and it fills with everything you entered above. It asks the issuer the two things the tool won't pretend to know: which of your countries actually require a carnet, and what the deposit and bond will be for your exact bike and route. Generate it, copy it, fill any blanks, and send.
Fill in your motorcycle, trip, and countries above, then select Generate email.
When the issuer writes back, you'll have two numbers: a refundable cash deposit and a non-refundable bond premium. Choosing between tying up a five-figure deposit for a year and paying a smaller premium is its own decision, and a surprisingly easy one to get wrong. That's a future Field Instrument. Get on the list below and you'll hear when it ships.
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