Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
We are from the US, and will be traveling in Europe for most of this
summer. After spending three weeeks in the UK we will go to the continent for a further 8.5 weeks. For this "side-trip" we will be leaving from and returning to Liverpool Airport and then flying back to the US from Manchester Airport the next morning, taking a taxi to an hotel in the Manchester airport vicinity for the intervening night. We would like to leave a bag or two of the inevitable items (from past experience mainly books!) we will purchase during our stay in the UK, but don't wish to drag around the continent with us, (nor pay the budget airline surcharges for the extra weight.) Does anyone have any suggestion on where we could cache a small bag or two for about two months? Manchester Airport Left Luggage chargeing �5/day/bag would be prohibitively expensive, summing to around �300! (Yes, I'll be checking the possibility of using the hotel for this service.) Thank in advance for the group wisdom in solving this potential problem, Chris |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
"Christopher Barker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:060220071553247969%[email protected]... > We are from the US, > We would like to leave a bag or two of the inevitable items (from past > experience mainly books!) we will purchase during our stay in the UK, Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in the states. Why buy them here ? > Does anyone have any > suggestion on where we could cache a small bag or two for about two > months? The book store where you buy them might hold them until you can come back and collect them. > Manchester Airport Left Luggage chargeing £5/day/bag would be > prohibitively expensive, summing to around £300! (Yes, I'll be > checking the possibility of using the hotel for this service.) > > Thank in advance for the group wisdom in solving this potential problem, > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
In article <[email protected] ews.net>,
Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> wrote: > Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in the states. > Why buy them here ? We tend to buy books from second-hand book shops and charity shops which would not even be available in the States, and can only be special ordered over the web. A book can cost 50p in a UK Sue Ryder shop, and sell for $100 from Amazon's used list in the US. (Though you can often get the same title from Amazon.uk's used list and have it shipped to the US for a fee--around $8 per book, I think.) > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? Might have to do that if a cheaper alternative isn't forthcoming. |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
Christopher Barker <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected] ews.net>, > Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in the states. > > Why buy them here ? > > We tend to buy books from second-hand book shops and charity shops > which would not even be available in the States, and can only be > special ordered over the web. A book can cost 50p in a UK Sue Ryder > shop, and sell for $100 from Amazon's used list in the US. (Though you > can often get the same title from Amazon.uk's used list and have it > shipped to the US for a fee--around $8 per book, I think.) > > > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? > > Might have to do that if a cheaper alternative isn't forthcoming. You're right that left luggage will not be cost effective for this. One possibility might be 'self storage' which exists here as it does in the US. There are probably several places in Manchester for this- for example http://www.flexistore.co.uk/old/htdocs/index.html I don't know what the prices are like, but better than left luggage I'd imagine. I think the suggestion to send the books is also a good one. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net (don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:41:24 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote: >Christopher Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In article <[email protected] ews.net>, >> Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in the states. >> > Why buy them here ? >> >> We tend to buy books from second-hand book shops and charity shops >> which would not even be available in the States, and can only be >> special ordered over the web. A book can cost 50p in a UK Sue Ryder >> shop, and sell for $100 from Amazon's used list in the US. (Though you >> can often get the same title from Amazon.uk's used list and have it >> shipped to the US for a fee--around $8 per book, I think.) >> >> > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? >> >> Might have to do that if a cheaper alternative isn't forthcoming. > >You're right that left luggage will not be cost effective for this. One >possibility might be 'self storage' which exists here as it does in the >US. There are probably several places in Manchester for this- for >example > >http://www.flexistore.co.uk/old/htdocs/index.html > >I don't know what the prices are like, but better than left luggage I'd >imagine. I think the suggestion to send the books is also a good one. I thought the suggestion to buy books at home, if available, was even better. -- Martin |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Martin) wrote: > *From:* Martin <[email protected]> > *Date:* Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:04:07 +0100 > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:41:24 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, > _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >Christopher Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In article > > <[email protected] ews.net>, > >> Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in > > > the states. > >> > Why buy them here ? > >> > >> We tend to buy books from second-hand book shops and charity shops > >> which would not even be available in the States, and can only be > >> special ordered over the web. A book can cost 50p in a UK Sue Ryder > >> shop, and sell for $100 from Amazon's used list in the US. (Though > > you > >> can often get the same title from Amazon.uk's used list and have it > >> shipped to the US for a fee--around $8 per book, I think.) > >> > >> > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? > >> > >> Might have to do that if a cheaper alternative isn't forthcoming. > > > >You're right that left luggage will not be cost effective for this. One > >possibility might be 'self storage' which exists here as it does in the > >US. There are probably several places in Manchester for this- for > >example > > > >http://www.flexistore.co.uk/old/htdocs/index.html > > > >I don't know what the prices are like, but better than left luggage I'd > >imagine. I think the suggestion to send the books is also a good one. > > I thought the suggestion to buy books at home, if available, was even > better. But the OP's right that in the context of second-hand books, both the range available and the prices differ a great deal between the U.S. and UK (in both directions - something that's common and cheap in the U.S. can be rare and expensive in the UK, and vice-versa. The Internet has ironed out some of the differences, of course, but not entirely.) |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:41:24 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >Christopher Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> In article <[email protected] ews.net>, > >> Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in the > >> > states. Why buy them here ? > >> > >> We tend to buy books from second-hand book shops and charity shops > >> which would not even be available in the States, and can only be > >> special ordered over the web. A book can cost 50p in a UK Sue Ryder > >> shop, and sell for $100 from Amazon's used list in the US. (Though you > >> can often get the same title from Amazon.uk's used list and have it > >> shipped to the US for a fee--around $8 per book, I think.) > >> > >> > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? > >> > >> Might have to do that if a cheaper alternative isn't forthcoming. > > > >You're right that left luggage will not be cost effective for this. One > >possibility might be 'self storage' which exists here as it does in the > >US. There are probably several places in Manchester for this- for > >example > > > >http://www.flexistore.co.uk/old/htdocs/index.html > > > >I don't know what the prices are like, but better than left luggage I'd > >imagine. I think the suggestion to send the books is also a good one. > > I thought the suggestion to buy books at home, if available, was even better. But the OP's response, as quoted, explained why he was buying books here, and not there. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net (don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:41:01 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote: >Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:41:24 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ >> chancellor (*)) wrote: >> >> >Christopher Barker <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> In article <[email protected] ews.net>, >> >> Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in the >> >> > states. Why buy them here ? >> >> >> >> We tend to buy books from second-hand book shops and charity shops >> >> which would not even be available in the States, and can only be >> >> special ordered over the web. A book can cost 50p in a UK Sue Ryder >> >> shop, and sell for $100 from Amazon's used list in the US. (Though you >> >> can often get the same title from Amazon.uk's used list and have it >> >> shipped to the US for a fee--around $8 per book, I think.) >> >> >> >> > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? >> >> >> >> Might have to do that if a cheaper alternative isn't forthcoming. >> > >> >You're right that left luggage will not be cost effective for this. One >> >possibility might be 'self storage' which exists here as it does in the >> >US. There are probably several places in Manchester for this- for >> >example >> > >> >http://www.flexistore.co.uk/old/htdocs/index.html >> > >> >I don't know what the prices are like, but better than left luggage I'd >> >imagine. I think the suggestion to send the books is also a good one. >> >> I thought the suggestion to buy books at home, if available, was even better. > >But the OP's response, as quoted, explained why he was buying books >here, and not there. OP should try abebooks.com instead of Amazon. Just about every second hand book, that I have searched for no matter how British, has been cheaper in the USA than in UK. -- Martin |
Re: Long term luggage storage at/near Liverpool or Manchester airports (UK)?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Martin) wrote: > *From:* Martin <[email protected]> > *Date:* Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:45:59 +0100 > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:41:01 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, > _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 04:41:24 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, > > _the_ > >> chancellor (*)) wrote: > >> > >> >Christopher Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> In article > > > <[email protected] ews.net>, > >> >> Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Books and most things are much more expensive in Europe than in > > > > the > >> >> > states. Why buy them here ? > >> >> > >> >> We tend to buy books from second-hand book shops and charity shops > >> >> which would not even be available in the States, and can only be > >> >> special ordered over the web. A book can cost 50p in a UK Sue > > > Ryder > >> >> shop, and sell for $100 from Amazon's used list in the US. > > > (Though you > >> >> can often get the same title from Amazon.uk's used list and have > > > it > >> >> shipped to the US for a fee--around $8 per book, I think.) > >> >> > >> >> > DHL them back home via the slow boat ? > >> >> > >> >> Might have to do that if a cheaper alternative isn't forthcoming. > >> > > >> >You're right that left luggage will not be cost effective for this. > > One > >> >possibility might be 'self storage' which exists here as it does in > > the > >> >US. There are probably several places in Manchester for this- for > >> >example > >> > > >> >http://www.flexistore.co.uk/old/htdocs/index.html > >> > > >> >I don't know what the prices are like, but better than left luggage > > I'd > >> >imagine. I think the suggestion to send the books is also a good > > one. > >> > >> I thought the suggestion to buy books at home, if available, was > > even better. > > > >But the OP's response, as quoted, explained why he was buying books > >here, and not there. > > OP should try abebooks.com instead of Amazon. > > Just about every second hand book, that I have searched for no matter > how > British, has been cheaper in the USA than in UK. Things change when you shift from "second-hand" to "collectible". Which, of course, the OP may not be doing. |
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