Moving from Germany to UK – Send My Bag?

Posted by nastybaby1@reddit | expats | View on Reddit | 3 comments

Hi, I'm moving from Germany to London next month and looking for a service to move my belongings. My partner came across Send My Bag, but I'm not 100% convinced, the reviews seem to be a 50/50 split between smooth or a complete disaster.

I'm wondering if anybody has made a similar move and can recommend the best approach?

We'll mostly be sending clothes and books, but some small electronics, cookware etc. I imagine a good few medium sized boxes and a couple of suitcases.

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jasutherland@reddit

My mother and I have used Sendmybag a few times - US-UK, both directions. They really just resell UPS or DHL service (possibly other companies too) with some help of their own for customs forms etc. Never had a problem with them myself.

I've also used UPS directly for a move within the UK - worth checking how prices compare. The UK has a few price comparison sites - like Expedia or Skyscanner for packages, you tell it you want to send a 10kg 30x30x30cm box from Edinburgh to London, it'll tell you the prices for each company - presumably Germany has something similar.

nastybaby1@reddit (OP)

I didn’t know you could do that on skyskanner, I’ll check that out, thank you!

Sorry, that was just an analogy: Expedia and Skyscanner do it for flights, there are equivalent websites for packages but the ones I know of are UK specific. For Germany, try parcelmonkey.de or shipGerman.com?