Its been awhile (2005)since I've had to get a TIP for my RV but back then they had a check-list form that you filled out listing your personal items; on it were things like cameras, TVs, computers, tools, hunting & fishing gear, electrical and electronic items, etc. Since I was full-timing it and running a business out of my coach, I had a LOT more of every catagory than a typical tourists, I took it one step further and made up an inventory of everything I had in the coach. I just stapled my list to the check-list and submitted it. They never bothered to even look in the door.
I figured that, with all my stuff, I might have a problem getting back into the US, so if I could show that I'd brought the stuff in with me I'd be able to get it back out. Total waste of time. No one on either side has ever asked me about the almost complete wood & electrical shop I had stored in the basement compartments; Even though they've opened up some of the compartments and looked right at the stuff!
