Shipping luggage
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Furbo

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57 months


I'm off to Florence for a couple of weeks and am wondering about shipping my hold luggage instead of taking it with me. Has anyone here done this? If so recommendations appreciated.

psi310398

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228 months

I have a house in Italy and have some vicarious experience through an American friend who routinely uses FedEx or UPS to ship her stuff ahead.

The main drawback is that, if these couriers are catastrophically crap in the UK, their Italian colleagues elevate that awfulness to an art form. Her stuff has been known to turn up weeks after she has returned to the US. That is, if the buggers find the destination address at all.

If you can do it at all, buy a business class ticket and pack everything you need into the two by 32kg bag allowance you’ll have.

Furbo

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3,715 posts

57 months

psi310398 said:
I have a house in Italy and have some vicarious experience through an American friend who routinely uses FedEx or UPS to ship her stuff ahead.

The main drawback is that, if these couriers are catastrophically crap in the UK, their Italian colleagues elevate that awfulness to an art form. Her stuff has been known to turn up weeks after she has returned to the US. That is, if the buggers find the destination address at all.

If you can do it at all, buy a business class ticket and pack everything you need into the two by 32kg bag allowance you ll have.
Flights booked and Ryanair doesn't have business class....

psi310398

10,747 posts

228 months

Furbo said:
Flights booked and Ryanair doesn't have business class....
Ah.

How long before you go, and would you have a reliable recipient?


Furbo

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57 months

psi310398 said:
Furbo said:
Flights booked and Ryanair doesn't have business class....
Ah.

How long before you go, and would you have a reliable recipient?
3 weeks and no. it's need to be a secure unit near my apartment

psi310398

10,747 posts

228 months

The only other service I’m aware of is the one offered by a non-exclusive BA partner called Airportr but I don’t know what their coverage is, as I’ve never used them.

Furbo

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psi310398 said:
The only other service I m aware of is the one offered by a non-exclusive BA partner called Airportr but I don t know what their coverage is, as I ve never used them.
It's this sort of thing I want probably. https://www.sendmybag.com/?gad_source=1&gad_ca...