Britster

Hi all,

Just found out that my baggage limit for flight to Brisbane from London with Emirates is 20kg! Going out for a year and was planning on taking a bit more than that! Not taking furniture or any big items, would just be one big suitcase that would need shipping - does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap shipping company I could use? Also any idea roughly how much this might cost?

Thanks for any advice in advance!

Britster

confuzzled

is there a reason that you need to take so much stuff? I went to the UK for 2 years and only took a 60 litre back pack. Perhaps you can scale down the packing.

helena39

Bloody hell that would be the weight of my carry on bag Is the OP a man or a woman??? Us ladies need our clothes, shoes and handbags

nicola27

Would also love to know of cheap shipping potions. I have read on here about 20ft containers, but not sure wud need all that space. Going over into rented (hopefully for 2 yrs, hopefully fully furnished). Wud need to take kids some stuff (not enough to fill a 20ft container tho)
Any other options???
Nicola

helena39

Nicola, you can hire half of a 20ft container. You can use tea chests as well.

DrWho

Everyone needs to recognize that shipping items becomes cheaper per kilo/cube the more you take... If you don't have much then people like Excess Baggage are very handy but remember that if you work out the cost per kilo/cube then it will always be more than moving stuff in a 20'/40' box... Where sensible comparisons can be made is if you are thinking of only part of a 20' box, then the people like Excess Baggage come into their own...

nicola27

Useful info.

Thanks
Nicola

Britster

Thnak so much for this!

homewardbound

I used personal porter for my excess baggage - just 1 suitcase.

Diz

Hiya. Try sevenseas.com, they provide packing cases and all packaging materials and deliver door to door. they also quote online instantly. Hopefully we will be using them in the future! Diz x