Loraine 1

I had a look at Air Canada and the flights were like £1,500 each when with West Jet they are £400. I've requested some quotes from people to move moggies to compare which is cheaper. On Air Canada you can have them in the cabin with you! I bet that would make for some very unhappy passengers he he !

Loraine 1

I've booked an airbnb in Dartmouth for 2 months to give us a little bit of time to get things sorted and figure things out. I did message the airbnb owner to see about an extended rental but not heard back yet. Are you still in Yarmouth?

DandNHill

If they don't say yes you can always try another owner.
No we moved to Ontario three years ago. Three of the kids have left home so no coming back now!

Howefamily

Westjet wasnt an option when we moved as they didnt have that route. Do they fly on that date too? I wasnt sure if they were seasonal, but if they do, then excellent price.
Yeah, can you imagine a cat in the cabin using a litter tray. Marvellous....
Febreeze will be your friend.

scilly

I believe a cat in the cabin has to be in a carrier, and not let out, litter tray, food and water have to be in the carrier .............


although I've been on a plane where a little girl took her rabbit out of its cage, crouched down on the floor and played with it .............. none of the cabin crew could see what she was doing.

Your only problem could be if a passenger declares they are allergic. The cat is not then allowed in the cabin.

jerryhung

Good luck!

I exchanged when the rate was very low, I have to admit I'm still not over it.

But Novocastrian is basically right haha

Sian22040

Wer in the same position and don't know how to feel. Our flights are booked and moving to NS on the 31st. I'm so excited but also really sad as I will miss family and friends and know how much they will miss us and our children. Also very stressed have the shipping company coming Monday and we haven't sorted anything so that's the plan this weekend. We sorted a place to rent that luckily will accept our dogs and the landlord is amazing offered to do what he could to help.
There is just so many emotions right now it's hard to know what I feel so I know exactly where you r coming from but I am looking forward to this new adventure

dave_j

Note that Transferwise will maintain an exchange rate for 24hrs during which you have the option to cancel the trade so if the exchange rate changes in your favour you can cancel and generate a new trade. Won't give you big bucks but does get rid of that.. 'if only I'd waited a few hours' feeling.

izzi81

When we moved out (in 2013) I had booked a holiday rental for us for a month (at a discounted rate - airbnb didn't really exist then!), and a hire car for a week. That gave us a week to buy a vehicle and a month to find somewhere more permanent to rent. Reading that now it sounds a little insane but it all worked out and we found a great vehicle and a great place to rent. It's amazing what you can pull together when there isn't any other choice! It's much easier to look for a long term rental when you're here.

And if it makes you feel any better the exchange rate was even worse when we moved out :-( (I try not to think about it!) There comes a point when it just needs to get done, whatever the rate is....

Loraine 1

God what a weekend! We've been frantically decorating and clearing out crap so we can get the house on the market. It's just so crazy, I can't believe life is going on as normal around us. Does nobody realise that we're actually moving to Canada!!!


Had a look at moving money over, though at this rate we won't have any as our savings are being hit pretty hard. I'm hoping we won't have to take a hit on the house but property prices in our area are not exactly on the up.


Also need to figure out what we're taking with us and how big a container we need. It's so expensive and is it worth it? Did you take everything or, get rid/sold everything and made do when you arrived? Any suggestions on a decently priced mover? We were going to use the hauliers at work but they're now saying they won't move personal items so I'm getting quotes.

DandNHill

See if Ewepack is still around. We packed ours ourselves s and saved about £2,000.

izzi81

I would say it's worth it... we had a 20ft container for a 2 bedroom house, 2 people with quite a bit of stuff :-)
Furniture can be pricey over here (although there is an Ikea in Dartmouth now!) and not of a quality that's worth the money - I think anyway. Also it was a relief given everything else we were trying to find (rental house, car etc.) that we didn't have to rush around buying furniture as well. I was so excited when our container arrived and it was like the comforts and familiarity of home in Scotland were now in Canada!

BristolUK

That seems to be a fairly common opinion on BE.

I wonder if it depends on what you're used to. I found the stuff I bought from Leons (the Brick was similarly priced) to be of the same quality of stuff I had bought from DFS and Park Furnishers in the UK but significanty cheaper.

Much of this was down to the 'better' exchange rate back then but other BE people even said the same thing at the same time.

I decided that maybe those people had better quality furniture in the UK and that equivalent quality in Canada was more expensive, because my like for like was definitely cheaper here.
Yes, that can certainly help settling in.

We actually enjoyed picking out and buying new furniture for the new home but it was a bit different for me moving from a single person house UK-side to wife and two kids house with those having moved from her parents' home.

DandNHill

It took me a little while to get used to Canadian styles of furniture too so I was glad we brought our stuff with us... Now there is quite a bit of Canadian stuff I like... but that's after 6 years!

Howefamily

I would ask yourself if you can afford to replace everything (down to plates and cutlery) for the price of a container because thats what it really boils down to. We definately couldnt do that, not for a family or four, straight away.
We bought all new electrical - TVs, washer, dryer, fridge freezer, dishwasher, toaster, coffee maker etc and that lot was $8k alone. I would have hated to then have to buy bedlines, duvets, towels etc to say nothing of furniture.