We choose to buy our car in France so we need to send it in North America.

There two ways to do it by boat:

• container
• Roll on/Roll off (RO/RO)

For the container, I think that you see what it is. For the RO/RO I explain: you let your car at the harbor in France and you get it back in a harbor in North America. It's less expensive but riskier for your personal effects.

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Even if we leave our home sweet home, we don't want to live in a non well fitted out car. We will live in these some of square meters!

We would like to let this to a professional but our purse say differently! Yes, we'll do it!

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For the camping:

• a camping gaz 2 fire
• a fridge Waeco (35L)

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Car insurance:
Except for Canada and the USA, you can buy insrances at the borders. For these two country, we contact 2 american insurer: Travelguard (Texas) and Sathers (Californie). For Travelguard, you have to arrive in the USA, so we choose the second one.

• Wanted documents: pictures of the car, driver license copy and a "carte grise" copy
• Cost: 590$/year + 100$ for the file

Insurance for us:
On this site (in French) you will find several insurer. We choose American Express' Expat+ .

• Cost: 95€/mounth for a couple

One of the very first question people always ask us is about money : "How are you dealing with the money ?", "How much will it cost you ?" 

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