Best way to ship to Nicaragua?

Submitted by joshrothmann on 8 May, 2008 - 09:42.

Any recommendations on who provides the best "full service" shipping to Nicaragua? By that I mean, anyone who does it all from packaging furniture in the U.S., to shipping it out of the U.S., bringing it into Nicaragua, managing the customs requirements at both ends and delivering to a house in Nicaragua.

I know of a Charles Zeller who provides this service in Costa Rica. Anyone equivalent here, who has as good a reputation?

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Continental just started a

Submitted by Billy Bob on 11 May, 2008 - 18:16.

Continental just started a new surcharge--$25 for the second hold baggage of 50lbs., more if its between 50 and 70. My second bag was 49.7 pounds, pretty good for guessing with my bathroom scale!

They also have easter, xmas, and summer timezones when the second bag is not allowed. Check on the internet for their limits for each fight date.

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I used...

Submitted by Doug on 10 May, 2008 - 15:47.

these folks;

http://www.globalshippingcompany.com/

They did the 'come and pack it all up' on my house, 40 footer to our door in the middle of nowhere Nicaragua. But we haven't done the last part yet, all the stuff is warehoused in Managua waiting for us to drive down. Everything has gone smooth with them so far.

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

let's meet up

Submitted by tucker on 12 May, 2008 - 11:23.

doug-i noticed that you live in the northwest-i live in oregon off i-5 when you pass through going to nicaland-stop by and we can talk about nicaragua-i'm trying to make it back in july-email me at lazytranch@gmail.com and i will give you my phone number

thats a good reference Doug

Submitted by dirtbag on 10 May, 2008 - 17:14.

Delivered to your door safely in Nicaragua would be my nailbiter. How goes the customs part? Do you or a broker, or Global, take care of the Nica end..in other words door to door. Lastly, what did/will it cost. I ask this for obvious reasons, not the least, valuable information to have on record here. Thanks.

we will see..

Submitted by Doug on 10 May, 2008 - 21:33.

door to door, unpack, remove packing materials. I told them we were on a road that only small trucks can handle, they said no problem. We'll see. I still had to pay customs duty and some transit fees in Nicaragua, but most of our stuff was covered by our residency exoneration. From my house in rural Washington state, it was $8000 for a 40'. We had about $1700 in fees and customs for the household goods. -Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

Thanks for the information Doug

Submitted by dirtbag on 11 May, 2008 - 10:05.

40ft container and you are also traveling down with a Van and Trailer! Can't be much left for a Lawn Sale at your house! $9700 and change on top of the Gas Etc, for your journey, probably a once only trip eh? Still for me and I appreciate the information as I can calculate the cost versus value for me personally, that's a lot of money that could be spent in Nicaragua. Thanks again.

Oh yeah...

Submitted by Doug on 11 May, 2008 - 13:44.

if I was doing it over, a lot of that crap would have stayed. Mostly what I wanted were my tools,the other stuff sort of wandered in on it's own :)

We have a lot of drip irrigation and other farm goodies in the trailer and some of the things that were overlooked in the container shipment.

all together too much stuff, but what the heck, it may come in handy

-Doug

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

help?

Submitted by joshrothmann on 10 May, 2008 - 12:48.

124 reads and counting...

but not one helpful response? Huh?

It all depends on where you are and where you are going

Submitted by bluewater on 10 May, 2008 - 13:11.

Check out the on line edition of the Estrella de Nicaragua out of Miami in the classifieds section. There are three pages of shippers going to Nicaragua from Miami. Our company ships goods to Bluefields on occasion and we just found a shipper who unoads containers at El Bluff from those classifieds. It is a very competitive market from Miami as there are lots of Nicaraguans there moving goods back and forth. No good suggestions for the West Coast. However we just had a quote on a 40 foot container from Los Angeles to Corinto for $3,944.00 dollars. Local trucking on either end is not included.

shipping

Submitted by tucker on 9 May, 2008 - 12:39.

tucker-i'm in the same boat-i live in a small town in oregon and would like to ship only a trunk to nicaragua-maybe by air from san francisco or fed x or pak mail-let me know which is the best and cheapest

Sending stuff south...

Submitted by tacomasteve on 11 May, 2008 - 12:13.

UPS quoted me 800 dollars to ship a 65 pound box from Seattle to Nica, DHL was not much less but they deny anything with any metal content? ... To ship something by itself on the plane you need to get approved as a shipper by the TSA and this may take up to six months....My new plan is to send things to Ft Lauderdale and then fly up on a super cheap Spirit Air ticket. I lugged 144 pounds back last month...

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luggage

Submitted by tony shaw on 11 May, 2008 - 14:09.

Better check with the airlines, I know Delta is going to start charging I think $30.00 for the first bag, and I don't know how much more for the second. They are all trying to find ways to reduce weight, and one way is to charge for luggage. Might get expensive to ship as checked baggage.

Delta baggage rules

Submitted by LillyC on 19 May, 2008 - 16:09.

As of today Delta does not charge extra for 2 checked bags on international flights. One bag is free on domestic flights. From their website:

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Checked Baggage You can check one bag per passenger free of charge when traveling in the U. S., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. If traveling outside the U.S. you can check two bags free of charge.

Each bag must:

Weigh 50 pounds (22.5 kg) or less. Not exceed 62 inches when you total length plus width plus height. --------------------------------------------------------

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but still

Submitted by tacomasteve on 18 May, 2008 - 15:53.

$30 for a 50 pound bag is cheap. Spirit charges ten dollars each prepaid for the first two bags, the third is a hundred bucks. Still only $2 a pound.

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