Reccommendations for International Movers

[desilu 0]

Hi all

Can anyone reccommend any international moving companies they have used/are planning to use? Im planning ahead lol

Also does anyone have approx costs? Ive put aside £2,000 for this expense but hoping it won't be that much. Im not taking any furniture or kitchen stuff, but lots of other possessions, 2 wardrobes of clothes/shoes/handbags (yep Im such a girl), 500+ books/CDs/DVDs and other things like art/photos/picture frames etc.

Be grateful for any advice fellow UK people can give.

Cheers!

Lou

Edited September 8, 2008 by desilu

[sunnybear 0]

Gareth used one called Atlantic something or other will try to find info.....yup Atlantic International Movers is who he used and all stuff is safely at my flat here in American. They did a wonderful job packing and moving all into my 4th floor flat too!

[desilu 0]

Thanks for the info sunny bear I will look them up online

[pandora 0]

Hi Desilu

there are a few shipping threads in here tht should give you some idea of who people have used in the past and what they thought.

Personally after weighing things up over cost of shipping and replacing, most the stuff i decided to replace, and only shipped 4 boxes of personal items.

Good luck, and get lots of quotes to compare against

Pandora

[desilu 0]

Hi Pandora

Thanks for the tips Ill look out those shipping threads.

Im trying to be quite ruthless about not taking stuff (lots of things going up on ebay!) esp electricals which are no good there. It's quite hard to sort & pack 30 years of your life, thank god I started early haha.

Lou

[sony22 0]

good luck desilu,online research helps>>

[Big Papa Zone 93]

Personally after weighing things up over cost of shipping and replacing, most the stuff i decided to replace, and only shipped 4 boxes of personal items.

Spot on there. If I can't fit it into what I can carry on the plane, it aint coming - end of, simple as.

[Nicoxcx 1]

All i'm taking is clothes and shoes, my photography equipment (since i am a photographer) and personal items, I can't be botherd with movers lol

I dont even know if theres any point taking electricals, I have adapters but the US sockets give me half the power I need to power my stuff!