foreigngirl

Try excessbaggage too.
Different airlines have different prices for additional luggage, so you'd need to make the comparison yourself. As far as I remember, Air Transat charges $79 for one additional suitcase and then something crazy like $200 for the second one.
I'm also not sure you can have your stuff arriving before you arrive. Perhaps more experienced people can let you know.

energysolutions

Every job has its perks

energysolutions

Have a look at these guys - they might be what you`re after:

http://www.sendmybag.com/baggage-shipping-destinations

foreigngirl

It says 'no routes to UK mainland' and 'no routes from UK mainland'

energysolutions

I`m gonna say its a site glitch - the owner is from Northern Ireland and was on the "Dragons Den" on sunday night, his core business is shipping bags within the UK, it came about after his student girlfriend was getting heavily stung for excess baggage charges whilst commuting home from the UK mainland so he saw an opportunity - its only more recently that they have ventured further afield

richbogle84

Thanks All,

I think it will be a case of pricing around with the various options [parcel2go / transglobal / interparcel / sendmybag] and comparing that to the additional baggage charges we would face on the airline we're flying with.

Other that the OP's experience with parcel2go, has anyone actually used the other providers mentioned?

Many Thanks,
Rich.

Siouxie

There is also the option of sending stuff air cargo

http://www.airtransatcargo.com/en

richbogle84

I also forgot to ask...

Since we will be sending two suitcases [used clothes, shoes, etc] and a used snowboard, how do we avoid being billed by customs for this? Last thing we want, is to ship stuff from UK to USA in a bid to save money, only to face customs/import charges when it gets there

Many Thanks,
Rich.

foreigngirl

I'm not sure about the USA (you should probably ask on the USa forum), but if you're going to Canada and taking 'personal effects' you don't get charged anything (see my original post re emailing copies of our permit). You'll have to indicate this (i.e. that the items are 'personal and household effects') when you list the things in your suitcases.

foreigngirl

Yes, I think this is a very good options if you have lots and lots to send. I enquired about this and it wasn't worth it for us (I can't remember what they quoted, but it was around £800) and it's not door-to-door.

foreigngirl

This advert came up as I was browsing the forum: http://www.luggageforward.com/index.jsp

Siouxie

That seems a lot, my son's friend shipped 3 large boxes containing tools a year ago and they charged him £240.00

1/2 a cubic metre costs around £190 - they will collect for a fee in the UK but you do have to go and pick it up in Canada.

For reference, this is what they were charging last year:

All charges are based on ‘chargeable weight’. The chargeable weight is the greater of the actual weight and the volume weight. Volume weight is calculated by multiplying the cubic meters by 167. So if you had 0.5 cubic meters the volume weight would be 83.5kgs.

Freight Charges are as follows:

Airfreight: GBP £0.60 per kg / Min £50.00
Handling: GBP £0.20/kg Min £25.00
Security: GBP £0.20/kg Min £25.00
Surcharge: GBP £0.50/kg
Docs: GBP £50.00

rpurdie

I have 5-10 medium boxes that I'd like to ship to Toronto - parcel2go seems like it offers good value but does anyone have a discount code?

acrylicus

I'm sending a computer and a monitor with parcel2go from London-London (UK-ON ), they refuse to insure the monitor but I'm sending it anyway.

Did you send anything fragile? Was there any signs of bad handling?

Oh and where did you get that 10% code?

januarymix

For some reason, this made me laugh

Great success story, thanks for posting it foreigngirl!