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How to ship a suitcase

  • 01-08-2012 9:56pm
    #1
    Jame Gumb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 802 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks

    I'm taking some time out to go travelling for a while. This will involve spending some time in Australia. I'm looking to send a suitcase to Australia (so it arrives just before I get there) to save me lugging it around.

    What's the best / cheapest way to do this?

    Thank you.

    J


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  • #2
    Louche Lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭Louche Lad


    Maybe just buy in Australia the sort of things you want to transport, and then give them to charity when you leave?


  • #3
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    First of all consider if you really need it. It's going to be very expensive to send it on. Then, if you're not going to need it for a while then send it by sea freight. It's much cheaper than air. Even cheaper though would be if you could throw it into a container. Lots of people emigrating at the moment and some of them will have containers.

    When I moved back from Australia I thought I would be sending some bags on ahead by courier. When the quote came back at EUR 1000 I ended up lugging the lot through China, Mongolia and Russia on the Trans-Sib.


  • #4
    Jame Gumb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 802 ✭✭✭Jame Gumb


    Thanks for your input guys.

    I want to send the suitcase separately and don't want to buy stuff out there though.

    Should I just go to (say) DHL? How does one even go about sending something by sea freight?

    Thanks again.


  • #5
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    There are two forums that are more suited to your type of query:
    britishexpats.com and pomsinoz.com
    Consider signing up to these for any future queries you have as an "expat" in Aus. You'll find a lot more people who have gone through the same issues in the past. Although Boards is good too!

    Other than that, my advice is shop around:
    http://www.excessbaggage.ie/
    http://www.citypostparcel.ie/page.aspx?id=25
    An Post
    other couriers.

    It's not going to be cheap, but it will be cheaper than airline excess. All couriers should have a sea freight option.


  • #6
    Jame Gumb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 802 ✭✭✭Jame Gumb


    Thanks a mill for your help.


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