Now that I am finally moved into the cottage I can start thinking about getting my own life sorted out. One of the main outstanding issues is that I still have a lot of stuff in California. Kevin wants to move into somewhere smaller, and I’d rather not lose a pile of favorite clothes, so I’d like to get some of it back here. I can’t go myself, and Kevin doesn’t have the time, so we’d appreciate some help.
If you happen to be traveling between San Francisco and London in the near future, and do not mind taking some extra baggage, please get in touch. We can arrange meeting people at airports, and can pay checked baggage fees within reason. I promise I won’t ask you to carry lots of heavy books. Any help would be much appreciated.
I would guess “near future” does not mean 2014.
I’m sure that you have looked into it, but I often mail myself boxes of hand-me-downs (from my siblings’ kids to mine) from the US to Germany. Because they are used, the duty is nil to paltry and because they are clothes, they are light. Usually a bit more than checked luggage (extra bags run $100+), but not much more and far more than buying clothes here. I use wine boxes, generally. That’s also what I use to ship books over (the freight there is 1/2 the cost per pound when packed as M-bags).
Whereas we are going to be having all of our stuff shipped at once via: Upakweship.com Have not used yet, but are recommended by friends.
Moving a giant crate of stuff for under US$1k.