I've read blogs and threads on forums where people have moved all of their stuff from the USA to Mexico. Some have paid more than $10k to do it. Do you have that kind of disposable cash and is your stuff worth it?

I've read posts on the Merida Insider forum where people have had horrendous problems with shippers, including: incredible delays (several months or more) in getting their stuff, hidden costs, inability to contact the shipper or no response from shipper. Are you up for a lot of frustration?

Read an article in Yucatan Living online magazine where a married couple shipped their furniture to Merida and discovered some months later that termites were eating everything to bits. They ended up throwing away things that they had shipped in. I'm under the impression that termites are a problem almost everywhere in Mexico.

I've read blogs by a couple of others who sold everything and only moved what would fit in the car/van to Mexico. They seem perfectly happy. I was very glad I ran across those blogs because it gave me a lot of food for thought. It made me realize that none of my furniture is worth shipping, that I can get rid of all my CDs and rip them to the computer, that I can scan all my photos & mementos and throw out boxes of stuff.

I'll be one of those who gets rid of everything and starts fresh in Mexico. Like you, I'll also be moving solo, another good reason to lighten the load.