Cost of Shipping Goods From U.S. to Sydney Australia

[Lsong]

I'm being offered $15K AUD to ship all my goods door to door from Atlanta, Ga to Sydney Australia. This will include insurance and my dogs ($6K AUD). Can anyone tell me if shipping goods in a 500 cubic foot container (assuming it's full) will cost under $10K AUD? I'll be moving out of a 3 bedroom house. Thanks the help!

[Tiffani]

Hi,

We shipped most of a two-bedroom house for just under $5000 door-to-door (minus approximately $500 that had to be paid to Australian customs/quarantine), so you can probably do better than $10K for a 3-bedroom house. In fact, I would say that it shouldn't cost much more than $5000-$6000 total.

We moved from North Carolina to Melbourne.

The dog is a different story. She'll end up costing about $5000 on her own (she's a Weimaraner so a fairly large breed) and due to some unforeseen problems at the back end of the process, her arrival has been delayed by months -- initially she was supposed to arrive on 9 May, but she's actually still in the US and if all goes well will be imported next Wednesday. Feel free to PM me if you need more specific advice on this matter.

[anj1976]

hey,

I jsut asked for a quote from a packer and mover firm, for a 30kg air freight, they quoted me GBP 337.87. They will be picking the stuf form my place at India, New Delhi and Delivering it at Melbourne. I dont even know where and when would we be moving but i am doing my homework by finding out how much it costs. Just so that I am not short of money just when i need it. :P

[Dolly]

Originally Posted by anj1976

hey,

I jsut asked for a quote from a packer and mover firm, for a 30kg air freight, they quoted me GBP 337.87. They will be picking the stuf form my place at India, New Delhi and Delivering it at Melbourne. I dont even know where and when would we be moving but i am doing my homework by finding out how much it costs. Just so that I am not short of money just when i need it. :P

You're doing the right thing anj....do your research (especially the bits that are going to cost you money). Then you'll be able to work out your finances. It's scarey how it all adds up

Dolly

[anj1976]

Originally Posted by Dolly

You're doing the right thing anj....do your research (especially the bits that are going to cost you money). Then you'll be able to work out your finances. It's scarey how it all adds up

Dolly

Right now we have just paid the acs assessment fee and the initial two installments to the consultant but i already see the expenses building up. there is itlts, my passport to be made all over again since it expired long back, for that we are waiting for my husbands passport post which i will apply, then there is our marriage registration, we hv to visit my inlaw's place once before we go, and shekhar(my husband) wants to go to goa once before we leave, then the final visa application cost n the consultant expenses, thn the freight charges and photocopying and maybe running around further after the govt. agencies for any document that we might be missing, some money that we are planning to carry along has to managed too and of-course there are regular day to day expenses which can not be missed.

I keep calculating all day and my husband laughs at me, he thinks i am going mad reading about australia all day and calculating money all day. hehe :P

[Dolly]

Originally Posted by anj1976

I keep calculating all day and my husband laughs at me, he thinks i am going mad reading about australia all day and calculating money all day. hehe :P

Join the club! I'm sure most of us will do or did exactly the same!

Dolly

[Lsong]

Originally Posted by Tiffani

Hi,

We shipped most of a two-bedroom house for just under $5000 door-to-door (minus approximately $500 that had to be paid to Australian customs/quarantine), so you can probably do better than $10K for a 3-bedroom house. In fact, I would say that it shouldn't cost much more than $5000-$6000 total.

We moved from North Carolina to Melbourne.

The dog is a different story. She'll end up costing about $5000 on her own (she's a Weimaraner so a fairly large breed) and due to some unforeseen problems at the back end of the process, her arrival has been delayed by months -- initially she was supposed to arrive on 9 May, but she's actually still in the US and if all goes well will be imported next Wednesday. Feel free to PM me if you need more specific advice on this matter.

Thanks for the info! I hope everything goes well for your dog. Do you mind me asking you what shipping company you used? Also, do you think 500 cubic feet is reasonable moving out a 3 bedroom house? I have no concept of cubic space. How long before your things arrived? WE ARE STRESSING OUT OVER THIS OFFER! LOL. Thanks again for the info!

[HereGoes]

Originally Posted by Tiffani

Hi,

We shipped most of a two-bedroom house for just under $5000 door-to-door (minus approximately $500 that had to be paid to Australian customs/quarantine), so you can probably do better than $10K for a 3-bedroom house. In fact, I would say that it shouldn't cost much more than $5000-$6000 total.

We moved from North Carolina to Melbourne.

The dog is a different story. She'll end up costing about $5000 on her own (she's a Weimaraner so a fairly large breed) and due to some unforeseen problems at the back end of the process, her arrival has been delayed by months -- initially she was supposed to arrive on 9 May, but she's actually still in the US and if all goes well will be imported next Wednesday. Feel free to PM me if you need more specific advice on this matter.

Wow $5000 for your dogs.. Any idea how much for cats? I have 4 of them

[Tiffani]

Originally Posted by HereGoes

Wow $5000 for your dogs.. Any idea how much for cats? I have 4 of them

I hate to tell you this, but it'll probably cost a LOT to ship four cats. I know one woman who shipped her cat from the US to Australia and it cost her around $3000. So for four cats it'll probably be $10k-$12k!

I'm sure that there will be a discount for some aspects of the move since you have more than one animal, but the lion's share of the cost of shipping is the freight itself which is only going to increase with the rising costs of fuel.

[HereGoes]

Originally Posted by Tiffani

I hate to tell you this, but it'll probably cost a LOT to ship four cats. I know one woman who shipped her cat from the US to Australia and it cost her around $3000. So for four cats it'll probably be $10k-$12k!

I'm sure that there will be a discount for some aspects of the move since you have more than one animal, but the lion's share of the cost of shipping is the freight itself which is only going to increase with the rising costs of fuel.

well thats really not gd news