Excess baggage to New Zealand

thinboyginger

Hi,
I am moving to New Zealand in the summer and I am only allowed 20Kg baggage with me on the flight. I need to get my snowboard, bike and some clothes sent across as these will not fit into my baggage allowance. I was wondering if anyone has any experience of shipping items like these abroad and knows of any cheap companies to use?

caterina182

I'm moving to Florida in August and have also some extra stuff to take with me.

I know for a fact that shipping by sea can be way cheaper because they charge you by volume rather than weight. So as long as you have a reasonable small container, no matter how much stuff you put it in (heavy stuff you wouldn't take on a plane) it will be considerably cheaper.

This is the option I'm going with, but, does anyone know of any good reputable companies that do sea shipping for a good price?

alanrowell

thinboyginger wrote: »

Hi,
I am moving to New Zealand in the summer and I am only allowed 20Kg baggage with me on the flight.

Couldn't you fly via Los Angeles instead and get 2x20kg?

aerostar

alanrowell wrote: »

Couldn't you fly via Los Angeles instead and get 2x20kg?

You obviously do not fly much, the allowance however many stops is still 20KGS !

alanrowell

aerostar wrote: »

You obviously do not fly much, the allowance however many stops is still 20KGS !

You obviously don't fly much, as the standard allowance for flights originating, finishing or transitting the US is around 100lb and you get that allowance for all the flights on that booking not just the legs to/from the US

So if OP books (for example) Air NZ flying via LA they'll get 2x23kg rather than the 1x23kg flying via Hong Kong

www.airnz.co.nz/travelinfo/baggageinformation/check_in_baggage.htm

caterina182

aerostar wrote: »

You obviously do not fly much, the allowance however many stops is still 20KGS !

Actually, he is right. If you fly using certain airlines your baggage limit is increased to 2 pieces, of 20 - 23kgs each. Still this doesn't help a lot if you're moving abroad, believe me.

Any other suggestions of sea shipping companies?