JCC Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 Hi. I'm scheduled to travel to Cuba in a few weeks, and I'm wondering if anyone on this fine board has any experience or knowledge about getting into/out of Cuba with a lot of gear. Thank you! John Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 I was there about 5 years ago and we didn't have any issue - we also had a local fixer we met us at the airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCC Posted March 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 I was there about 5 years ago and we didn't have any issue - we also had a local fixer we met us at the airport. Thanks Jack.Big help.Did you travel usual ENG multi cases lights and etc? Also, I expect your gear felt like it was fairly safe in general? (I.e. Not like shenanigans at baggage or hotels in some countries where things can go missing)?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 I lived there 10 years ago, for all I know it was really difficult back then the whole customs procedure. Maybe it's different now, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 We brought about 12 standard pelican cases with no problems. I felt completely safe and never questioned the safety of my gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCC Posted March 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 We brought about 12 standard pelican cases with no problems. I felt completely safe and never questioned the safety of my gear. I figured. Thanks again!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cameron Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 It's always a good idea to go with a local fixer, if the production can arrange it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHenry Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 If you have access to GearSlutz get in tough with BwanaJim. He does a lot of recording in Cuba. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCC Posted March 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 ... thanks Jack! Will do .Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickveigel Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 I was there last year with quite some equipment and customs cost me lots of time. Immigration took about 3 hours. I could bring everything into the country but the customs officers were clearly unable to cope with a proper procedure. I had brought lists with serial numbers stamped by German customs as proof of value and for reimport into my homecountry Germany. Nobody seemed to know what to do with these lists and nobody spoke any English so they had me waiting until one officer decided to take matters into hand, pointed on some pieces of my equipment which she then wrote into a Cuban customs form with super low values. Thus I officially only imported 3 items totaling to 800 USD. Exporting everything 2 weeks later then was no problem although my Cuban forms obviously didn't correspondent to my equipment, why I was taken to the supervisor. But he seemed familiar with the procedure and they just let me go. Retrospectively I think this could have been handled much more professionally if production would have cared more in advance. And maybe if I would have spoken Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCC Posted April 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Any issues with batteries? I'm thinking I'll bring 6 gold mount batts...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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