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Category Archives: Moving to a New Country
Should You Send a Shipping Container Overseas to Move Your Stuff?
If you are going for a short stint abroad, it makes sense to bring as little as you possibly can. But what if you are going for years? What if you are not planning to return? In those situations, it makes sense to send a shipping container overseas to move all of your household furniture Read More >
Storage Vs. Personal Shipping
Many international moves fall somewhere between short-term and permanent. Students might spend a few years completing a degree abroad. A career move can involve a five-year contract in another country. Retirees sometimes decide to spend several years in a warmer, drier climate and want to return home to be near family in their old age. Read More >
How Express Shipping to Canada Works
If you have loved ones in Canada, you know the pressure of trying to get things they need from home to them. Maybe it is a student who is homesick and craves their favourite tea and crisps or a sibling who decided he actually does want his skis after all. Perhaps they’ve been disappointed to Read More >
Parcel Delivery Services for Book Lovers
Moving overseas usually means leaving a lot behind. But not everything. If you are a book lover, you do not have to say goodbye to your books. You can send your whole library to yourself with parcel delivery services. Enjoy your favourite books again and again in your new home without hauling them on an Read More >
What You Need to Know before Shipping Personal Items
If you are moving overseas, you have to decide what to take and what to leave behind. The answers about shipping personal items are different for everyone. A student going abroad for a year will have different needs than a family relocating permanently. Much also depends on where you are going. You won’t need a Read More >
Eco-Friendly Tips for Shipping Personal Items
Most of us want to be as environmentally responsible as we can, including when we are shipping personal items overseas. Moving house, whether locally or internationally, really makes it clear how easy it is to accumulate clutter and be wasteful even when we have the best intentions. It is also a great time to assess Read More >
Overseas Shipping for Retirees
After a lifetime of working in Ireland, many retirees dream of seeing more sun. For some, that means a one-way ticket, but for others, the idea of permanently leaving Ireland is too much. They prefer to spend the winter months in a warmer climate such as Spain or Portugal and to stay at home in Read More >
By Sea or By Air: Shipping to USA
If you are heading to the USA to work or study or just to get your kicks on Route 66, you can use international shipping companies to make your relocation easier. After the long flight over the Atlantic, no one wants to spend ages in baggage claim gathering up several suitcases. And even fewer people Read More >
How to Pack Your Overseas Shipping
Preparing your belongings for overseas shipping is largely the same as packing for any other move, but it has an extra dose of stress for most of us because of the distance and the novelty of everything. Of course, your belongings will be in transit for longer, so that does mean you need to pack Read More >