<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FlyByMike:
I've never taken my work laptop out of the US, but I want to take it on a leisure trip to Austria. I will have technical documents on it, but nothing like proprietery blueprints or encryption. Will I have any problems or do I need any documentation?</font>
A non-issue largely speaking unless you have what could be considered official secrets or govt./govt.-contract related work on it. Also pornographic or religious or political material on laptops may cause problems in some countries, but rarely is anything said of bringing a laptop, even on a leisure trip, as long as you declare it to customs and intend to take it back with you.
I wouldn't worry much about it. We do have some stupid rules about not exporting some encryption technology, but I don't think that applies to your stuff.
I took my laptops into and out of Vienna a little over a week ago, so if Austria is your destination, don't even make the laptop an issue.
[This message has been edited by GUWonder (edited 02-05-2003).]