mh929

Folks, how far in advance of the big departure date do people suggest contacting shipping companies for quotes? 2 months enough?

Cheers

cherry6

I have done it 2 weeks before departure before

WBB

wont hurt to get the ball rolling as early as you can, shop around and play em off against each other.

mh929

Yeah, I agree - but do they only guarantee a quote for a certain amount of time?

WBB

not sure, but as long as you give them your dates of travel etc they should be able to give you a solid quote.

mh929

2 weeks Id be in a major panic if I was that disorganised! Mind you, my wife always says Im over the top with organising things

buglegirl

2 Months is by far enough time (although I did start looking around a long while b4 that). I spent quite some time on the net compariong companies and the one we went with said basically ring and tell us when you want them picked up (only needed 24 hours notice). They are very good if you have slightly less to take. They are www.voovit.com and although intended for students do not make any restrictions if you are not.

mh929

Thanks for that. I intend to get 3 quotes - have yet to decide which 3 to honour with my possible custom

Williem

We've just booked ours for 4/5th February after getting the ball rolling on December 15th.
If all goes to plan we should meet up with our belongings in Brisbane around about 2/9th April.

Willie

shedu

We started comparing companies ages ago but most of them said get back in touch 2-3 months before you plan to go. In December we provisionally booked Pickfords then found a much better deal with PSS so have now booked them. They're coming 16th March.

Hope this helps