29 Sep 2024 · MoveAdvisor
5.0 out of 55.0
So, I already had relocated to Asia, I had gotten rid of a lot of things, but, I still had a lot of things I wanted with me in my new life. So I did bite the bullet and tried to find a moving company that suited my needs. I picked Intraglobe, I liked the door to door service, kinda traditional moving style.
It feels like all moving companies have their fair share of bad reviews in general, so it’s not an easy choice.
Anyway, from start to end all went well, from picking at my friends house where I had been storing my belongings to storing in their warehouse (so my stuff would arrive not too early) packing, shipping, clearing customs (that was a bit worrisome as the country I live in has difficult customs clearance procedure but all went like a charm) and finally delivery to my home (new home)
Communication was good and all was pretty simple.
I had chosen door to door service and I am glad I did, I didn’t really have to do anything except make a list of what I was shipping and cross my fingers for all to go well.
Glad it did.
I know many people had bad experiences with shipping companies, I personally know of some from friends who had difficulties.
I think its a good idea to take insurance if you are shipping valuable things (I didn’t, although my items were valuable, they were not replaceable so insurance would not have worked or helped in my case)
I think you also have to be realistic, a lot can happen when you ship from one corner of the world to another one.
Be specific, if something is fragile, indicate it, maybe pack that item yourself, if you decide to pack yourself, dont mix light and heavy things together, maybe better leave it to the pros, dont ship stuff you can easily replace in your new location, that will only inflate your final bill,.
Realize that once your stuff is packed, and crated if needed or put on a palette, the volume to ship is going to increase. More volume, more cost.
All this might be self evident to some but reading some of the reviews I read from various companies, it is not self evident to some, more than some…
But, if you have your things in order, organized, a list of what you ship, a window of when you can expect to receive things (mine arrived later than they were supposed to) but I was told that the date of arrival might change. I was okay with that.
(I think that has to do with wether you ship a full container or not, I was not)
On the other hand, I could not receive my things too early because I was visiting family in another country.
That was clearly specified and respected.
Anyway, this company did well for me. I still have some more items to ship and I will use this company again. (I wanted to see how this shipment would go first with customs here)
Well, enough said, I hope this helps some people to make their decisions, or maybe better understand what they need.
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