When you are packing to ship personal belongings internationally, you need to use packing materials to protect your belongings. You can’t pack dishes, glassware, framed pictures, delicate ornaments, vases, electronics or many other important items without protecting them properly. If you feel that going out and spending a lot of money on plastic packing materials Read More >
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Preparing for an Overseas Move
Packing up your life and moving overseas is a huge adventure. It can also feel a little overwhelming at times. But keeping a step ahead with packing will make the whole process easier and less stressful – so you can focus on the adventures that await in your future home. When you have to ship Read More >
Packing to Ship Personal Belongings Internationally
If you’re moving across town, you might not worry as much about how you pack your things. But when you are moving overseas, it’s a different story. When you ship personal belongings internationally, they have to be well protected for the journey. Whether you ship by air, road or sea, your things will be jostled Read More >
What to Pack in Luggage Vs What to Send
When you are moving overseas, it isn’t always realistic to carry everything you’ll need in your luggage. Shipping personal items instead is the solution. But how to decide what to carry and what to send via parcel delivery services or personal shipping. While size is one crucial factor – you won’t be bringing your furniture 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 >
Shipping Personal Items for Children
Moving is both exciting and stressful for all of us, at any age. But for children, the fear of the unfamiliar can sometimes override the excitement. But you can help them focus on the exciting part while reassuring them that their new life will include many familiar things – including their favourite toys. Shipping personal Read More >
How To Ship Your Bicycle Abroad
Moving abroad doesn’t have to mean letting go of your bicycle. Ship your bicycle abroad to wherever your destination may be. You don’t have to be without your ride. There are several good bike shipping practices. It’s simpler than you think to protect your bicycle and prepare it for transit. The first step is to Read More >
Shipping Love Around the World
Is someone you love living overseas? Maybe you are the parent of a student doing a year abroad or a young person who has gone in search of job opportunities and adventure. Maybe your best from way back in national school just accepted a contract to work overseas. Maybe that brother or sister who has Read More >
Making a Big Move with Little Children
Moving overseas can be scary for adults, but an international move can be downright terrifying for children. Remember, they don’t understand the world the same way we do. Children don’t understand logistics or distance or finances. They can struggle to see how moving to a different country is not like a holiday. Expect to field Read More >
Your Grandparents’ Move to Britain
Long before Ryanair, your grandparents found cheap seats to Britain on the mail boats. Their experience wasn’t totally unlike ours. They didn’t have assigned seating either, and it could be a bit rough. But the other options were too dear. Instead of landing at their real destination, they too arrived at a port some distance Read More >