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The Only Excess Baggage Shipping Company to trust

Do you have some excess baggage that you need to ship overseas? Perhaps you’ve been travelling and have some unaccompanied baggage that you need to send back home, or have you bought too many gifts and can’t carry them all? – well don’t worry, Removals.co.uk has you covered.

Amongst offering other shipping and removal services, we are an excess baggage company that are specialists in shipping luggage internationally. We don’t want you to have to pay those extortionate airline excess baggage fees, so opt to send a bag with Removals.co.uk instead.

How Do I Send Luggage Worldwide?

Baggage Shipping 1Excess baggage shipping is a specialty of ours here at Removals.co.uk. Whether it is baggage shipping to the UK that you require, or you are sending luggage abroad, all you need to do is give us a quick call. We will give you a free, no-obligation quote and explain all the luggage shipping services we have on offer.

Upon speaking to our team, you will be given advice on the best method to suit your budget for shipping baggage. We then collect nationwide from anywhere in the UK, placing your luggage into baggage shipping cartons.

Your luggage delivery can be sent via road freight, sea freight, or air freight. Air freight baggage shipping is faster but costlier, so you may wish to use sea freight for a more economical method of transport. If you are shipping baggage to Europe, we also offer road freight which is both time efficient and cost-effective.

We can handle all the packing and wrapping of your baggage and deliver door-to-door, so you can just sit back and let us do all the hard work.

We know all the details when it comes to suitcase shipping, so trust us to get your items safely through customs with the necessary paperwork, if and when needed.

What methods are available to send my baggage abroad?

via Air Freight

If you need your furniture or boxes in a hurry, air freight is the fastest International transport method to move your goods internationally. via air freight are highly convenient, but this does come at a cost. Your quote for air freight is calculated based on the weight of your consignment, meaning it is not so economical especially for whole house removal overseas.

If you are only sending a one bedroom house or just a few items of furniture or boxes and require them urgently, air freight is a convenient transport method. A lot of Removals.co.uk clients will utilise our air freight service in conjunction with another transit mode. For example, sending a small quantity of items they need as a priority via air, anything else that is not so urgent they will send using another sea freight container shipping to help keep costs low.

Another factor that could influence the cost of your air freight is what you decide to do with your goods upon their arrival at your end destination. You can opt to collect your belongings at the airport yourself, or you can allow one of our diligent overseas removal teams to deliver your goods direct to your house.

via Sea Freight

For on a international global scale, container shipping by sea freight is a popular transport method of choice due to its cost-effectiveness and ease for clients. Depending on your journey’s end, via sea freight shipping container can be a slow process and so we recommend that you allocate ample time for your delivery.

Shared shipping container (20ft or 40ft) are perfect if are shipping a one bedroom flat, a studio apartment or a small office space. All of your boxes and household furnishings will be wrapped, packed and loaded onto a shared shipping container and you will only pay the space your boxes or furniture occupies.

Dedicated shipping container load is the ideal method if you need to send an entire home load or a large commercial office space with equipment and furniture. You will pay for the personal use of a 20ft or 40ft shipping container. The 20ft container will comfortably fit a three-bedroom home and 40ft is ample space to send a vehicle alongside other goods.

Due to our memberships with a number of world-recognised international shipping and removals companies, you can have confidence that no matter where you are in the world, you will receive the same premium shipping service as in the UK.

What Baggage Can I Send Abroad?

If you are planning a big trip abroad, and you have excess luggage that you need to send to your new destination, then Removals.co.uk can handle it for you. We ship a variety of items, big or small, in our baggage shipping cartons. Sometimes an individual needs to ship bulkier items that aren’t suitable for airports. Excess luggage like chairs, computers, bikes or guitars, for example, can be easily shipped with Removals.co.uk instead. So don’t worry about those important but larger items, we can handle your excess baggage with no fuss. We have the experts, materials and equipment to handle any baggage shipping task.

There are some items which you are not allowed to ship worldwide, so be sure to check our prohibited items list below before packing your luggage:

  • Tobacco
  • Firearms
  • Animals
  • Plants
  • Perishable items
  • Drugs
  • Liquids, liquefiable substances and powders
  • Intoxicating beverages

For a full list, please be sure to check the customs information for your destination of choice.

How Much Does It Cost to Ship Luggage Overseas?

Excess Baggage Shipping CompanyAfter using our surveying service to understand the size and weight of your items, our expert team will determine what will be the most appropriate method for your luggage shipping needs. Depending on the size and amount of baggage, you can choose to send luggage abroad using a shared container or a sole-use container. It is more cost-effective to use a shared container, because you only pay for the space you use. However, in the unlikely event that you do need more space, then a sole-use container may be an option for you.

Included in the cost of luggage forwarding:

  • A move coordinator to help with the baggage shipping process
  • Packaging of goods
  • UK collection of baggage
  • Loading of baggage into shipping containers

Why Choose Removals.co.uk for Luggage Transport?

Removals.co.uk likes to make shipping bags as simple and stress-free as possible for our customers. We are so confident in our services that we offer a price match option if you do happen to find a cheaper quote for excess baggage services from the UK to any international destination.

As aforementioned, our price match service should provide you with some peace of mind, along with insurance on your excess baggage shipping.

Be smart and opt out of inflated airline fees for excess baggage. Put your trust in Removals.co.uk to get your luggage shipping done the right way.