40ft - car went in and all my worldly possessions- they built a dividing ramp so the boxes didn’t crush the car or vice versa

We were quoted $5,650 for our shipping container via UPakWeShip, traveling from Kansas to western Scotland. We got a couple of quotes from other people as well–one moving company quoted us over $13,000, though they would have also packed our things. Suffice it to say we went for the cheaper quote and used the self-packing stage as an opportunity to declutter and sort out years of life detritus!

Incidentally, we got the container loaded successfully on Monday, half of the time in torrential rain and a thunderstorm, so we’ll see how things look when it gets to it’s destination! We did wrap everything very thoroughly inside each box (sometimes inside a garbage bag with a dessicant pack or two) as well as using bubble wrap and paper) and then wrapped each box in two layers of shrink wrap. Hopefully that will protect them from the inevitable damp trapped inside the container. We shall see...