i am traveling Nepal through gulf air from New york - London - Bahrain - Nepal.
how is the gulf air's service ???
i am taking 1 laptop, 2 cameras , I phone, Ipod and psp while i am traveling. do u guys think that will they argue and make me pay taxes in Nepal ???
ur help will really be appreciated !!!

Dont fly GULF or Indian carriars.

Try Cathy, SQ, TG, Korean or anything else.
I had a terrible experience especially from Bahrain to KTM.
Electronics, you can take as much if you have any airport contacts. If you don't make sure you dress up like a khata who cant afford a shit, and walk through green channel (as long as the products are not visible).

Also, if they catch you make sure that you have open containers which cannot be resold- you can claim them to be of personal use.

Lastly, you can always slip a dollar or 2 towards the officer on duty and he'd be at your service. - byproducts of democracy.

thanx...
that was really nice of u...for ur advices...
the idea was grt to flip some dollars...i will try that if they argue with me.
i will keep that in mind !!!

ya, hopefully i will not have much trouble flying from golf.
my frend said to travel me from qatar but they were 200 dollars more than gulf.

Regarding electronics, you can take one each of whatever you have listed without paying taxes. The Nepal Customs law states that traveller can bring in 1 each of some electronics goods (I don't remember the list, but the things you've listed fall under it) for personal use without paying any customs. But, to be on the safe side and avoid unneccesary arguments, make the things look like they are not brand new; you can take them without their cases or with opened cases. The other camera you're taking, just tell them that they are for your family members if they ask you; but normally, if you don't have big TV's or largely visible goods, they don't bother asking you unless you show them yourselves or provide them specific details.

I hope you are considering taking the electronics in your hand carry rather than in luggages.

Good Luck and happy journey!

I had a pleasant flight to Nepal. However, Gulf Airlines  is Okay....not too good not too bad.. i will give 7 out of 10.  I dont think you have to worry bout taking laptops and other electronics. i had  2 laptops, few cameras n Ipods....no problem at all.... nobody bothered to check anything...

a ho !!!
weren't the people around to check the stuff....did u carry all the electronics in ur hand carry or ur luggage ???

Take the electronics in your hand carry. Generally, they don't check those. Many a times, if you say you are a student coming from USA, they will let you go free. But it depends on the person out there.

I have  taken Golf  a couple of times. From my experience, the service to/from Europe is really good but to/from Ktm is pretty bad. There are frequent cancellations/delay etc in that route, especially when going to Ktm. However, they do take you to a hotel if you have to stay overnight. Not a bad idea either!!! Good food, good hotel....good rest before you get home. But the officials in most of the airports in the middle east are scary! You will hate to be in a line and wait for a temporary visa.

how much did u pay for ur air ticket?

All valuable things including electronics in your hand luggage please. I had a bad experience with Qatar air in Nepal. My baggage arrive one day later. When I picked up the bag, it was fine with the key lock and number key locked. But when I open it, I lost a pen, couple of original Nikon batteries. Fortunately, I didn't put any valuable items there.

Gulf is good till Bahrain. Gulf service from Bahrain to Kathmandu is worst. I will never travel via Gulf again. Gulf has regular delay in Bahrain as well. There will always be delay in Bahrain and always reason is weather in Kathmandu is bad, when the actual reason is they wait for other passengers from other airlines... and service inside the airplane is bad as well... in flight from Bahrain to Kathmandu, I think Gulf just treat the worst service. I travelled twice and once they were providing Beef food or veg, no other option when they knew most of the passenger is Nepali. Second time, the server was just throwing drink cans to passenger as if we are begging for it... I just can't tolerate anymore with Gulf...

However, most of the travel agents in USA only try to sell Gulf as if there is no other option...

Regarding taxes, you can take one camera without tax and upto 2000 USD. Laptop is not tax free and I heard tax is kind of high for laptop. Regarding Iphone, Ipod and psp, these are new items and don't think in the list of Nepal airport... so I am not sure...

Customs at Arrival (Nepal)
There are two channels for customs clearance. Passengers not having any dutiable items can proceed to the Green Channel. Passengers having gold or gold ornaments not more than 50 gms, and silver or silver ornaments not more than 500 gms, used linen, one camera, one pair of binoculars, one movie/video camera, one radio, one tape recorder, 15 tape cassettes, 10 disc recorders, 1 5 rolls of photo films, 10 rolls of movie camera films, one tricycle, one perambulator, one wristwatch, necessary medicines and ordinary packed food worth not more than NRs 10,000 and fresh fruit worth not more than NRs 1,000 may use Green Channel. If a passenger is in doubt about dutiable or non dutiable items, he/she can proceed to the Red Channel. Passengers should declare foreign currency if they have more than US$ 2,000 or its equivalent in any convertible currency.

how much weight can we take in economy class ??? through gulf air ???

If you are travelling via London, make sure you don't have to change between Airports, (Heathrow to Gatwick), or between terminals in Heathrow itself, especially between T5 and T3 due to T5's chronic delays. Changing between Heathrow to Gatwick is EXPENSIVE if the carriers do not provide free and PUNCTUAL and RELIABLE transport.

Also, I have heard horror stories of ppl transferring / changing flights at a UK airport and with enhanced security checks. ONE HAND CARRY limit and ALL LIQUIDS less than 100 ml in hand carry.

Also, IPhone might not be a very clever thing to take there unless it is already unlocked and tested on other networks.

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Guys, is there a problem carrying two laptops? If I plan to carry two, should I put both in my hand bag or one in my luggage?

Any suggestions or personal experience will be greatly appreciated...
thanks

esp, if u r going to Nepal i don't think that it would be a nice idea to keep electronics stuff in ur luggage.
better carry in ur hand carry...its just my opinion..

Is gulf air really bad? I got little cheaper ticket from golf air (like - $1800 to Chicago-KTM). What is the cheap and best airlines?

Any help will be appreciated.

try peace land travel n tours. I flew with them on 1500.