Shipping to US (Houston, TX) from Italy (Milan)

[jalie 3]

Hello European VJourneyers! My visa has been delivered and now its time to pack. I live in Milan (too far from the nearest port) and have noticed that there exists plenty of shipping agencies that service my country Philippines but alas, services for USA is nil. Not unless, of course, if one has to ship a full-container load. MailBoxesEtc. is charging 500 Euro/100kg but I find it too expensive. I also got quotations from various International movers but I find theirs unreasonable too. As I'm only sending 2-3 boxes (72x45x76) I conclude its not practical to use a mover, but since they are quite heavy its impractical too to send via MailBoxes.

Please, anybody can give me a hand sorting this out? How did you send yours?

Many thanks!

[Barbara J 115]

Hello European VJourneyers! My visa has been delivered and now its time to pack. I live in Milan (too far from the nearest port) and have noticed that there exists plenty of shipping agencies that service my country Philippines but alas, services for USA is nil. Not unless, of course, if one has to ship a full-container load. MailBoxesEtc. is charging 500 Euro/100kg but I find it too expensive. I also got quotations from various International movers but I find theirs unreasonable too. As I'm only sending 2-3 boxes (72x45x76) I conclude its not practical to use a mover, but since they are quite heavy its impractical too to send via MailBoxes.

Please, anybody can give me a hand sorting this out? How did you send yours?

Many thanks!

I sent all mine in boxes no problem and if they are too heavy then you need to split them up to make them lighter which means of course more boxes but if packed right all will arrive ok.

[Sal and Liz 0]

I had the same problem, then i decided to come over here with only my 2 suitcases.