Moving to Ecuador, air freighting a small crate

Member since 21 May 2024

Hanabe101New member12 July 2024 04:25:16

I live in Warrnambool (3280), Victoria, Australia, about 4 to 4 1/2 hours from Melbourne and Melbourne airport respectively. I have visited Ecuador before, and am looking to move there now to Vilcabamba in about a year.聽 What is the best way to send perhaps a small crate (say 4鈥� x 4鈥� x 4鈥�, and 150?? kg) of "personal" favorite things - carpet, books, a few household favorites and items that might be fragile?

a.聽聽 Is a detailed description of items in Spanish required?

b. Is it best to air freight this?

c.聽聽 Who makes the crate?

d.聽聽 Is there someone who can handle this from door to door? Potentially I could look into having a crate built, and packed, ready to pick up.

e.聽聽 Any rough idea of how much it might cost of air freighting this amount?

f. How do you determine the weight of the crate, or even of everything in it? I only have a small scale that is not very accurate.

I would appreciate your thoughts, experiences on how this is or could be done.

Traisea Member

Member since 28 December 2023

TraiseaMember05 August 2024 10:48:49

How do i see the responses to this ques?

russelleaton Active member

Member since 29 November 2010

russelleatonActive member05 August 2024 22:11:19

Anyone moving to Ecuador should consider living in Cumbaya rather than Cuenca or Quito. Nicer, safer, modern, cheaper, many other expats, and Cumbaya is lower in altitude than Cuenca. All the amenities of the capital city is just a 15 minute drive away or half hour in bus.