Sending personal belongings by air freight
Jun 14th 2013, 6:00 pm
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Sending personal belongings by air freight
Hi all
Before anyone advises, i have used the search to find threads on people who have sent belongings back from Canada to UK.
Previously I used transglobal express to send my person items (large boxes) from UK to Toronto and they were great (Apart from customs holding my items all the time).
I looked at some of the threads but most are to do with shipping/containers or small packages. The companies I did contact are charging 400+ pounds to send two 40kg boxes back home of my clothing etc...
Can anyone recommend some companies, i understand that generally Toronto is going to be pricier but compared to UK 400+ is taking the mick
Before anyone advises, i have used the search to find threads on people who have sent belongings back from Canada to UK.
Previously I used transglobal express to send my person items (large boxes) from UK to Toronto and they were great (Apart from customs holding my items all the time).
I looked at some of the threads but most are to do with shipping/containers or small packages. The companies I did contact are charging 400+ pounds to send two 40kg boxes back home of my clothing etc...
Can anyone recommend some companies, i understand that generally Toronto is going to be pricier but compared to UK 400+ is taking the mick
Jun 14th 2013, 6:07 pm
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Re: Sending personal belongings by air freight
i used FEDEX to get 3x 25kg boxes here, and they were very reasonable with their price and speed!
Jun 14th 2013, 6:49 pm
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Jun 14th 2013, 8:48 pm
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Re: Sending personal belongings by air freight
Ayrshire to Calgary, sent on Friday of one week, delivered on Thursday of the next.
I can't remember the exact price as my company paid it, but it was around the £200-£250 mark!
I can't remember the exact price as my company paid it, but it was around the £200-£250 mark!
Jun 14th 2013, 9:15 pm
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Re: Sending personal belongings by air freight
Okay from UK it is easier and cheaper.
I am looking for Toronto to UK so will see what they quote.
Thanks Haggis
Aug 5th 2013, 3:23 am
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Re: Sending personal belongings by air freight
I've just shipped 5 15kg boxes from UK to vancouver for £185 with FedEx via parcel2go.com. I used the economy service which should have taken upto 5 days, but my items were in vancouver within 2 days. I chose to collect from the FedEx office near the airport as I work shifts and wasn't sure I would be in to receive them. The staff were helpful and called a taxi for me to get home with the boxes. Just be warned parcel2go advise me that FedEx didn't accept clothing, but on contacting FedEx they were happy to ship clothes as long as I put the reason for shipping clothes on the air bill. I think parcel2go may have told me this as the next lowest shipping cost was using their own service, but it was over £200 more!!!!!
Aug 5th 2013, 3:45 am
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Re: Sending personal belongings by air freight
You can find it here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61
