Sending Luggage to Europe?

tukul_traveler · Jul 3rd, 2009, 12:05

After I've been living a while in Mumbai, I might return back home to Europe in the next couple of months, but I'm thinking about doing an overland trip to China ad then fly back home from there. My only problem is that I have lots of stuff, which I can't carry or leave behind and want to send it by mail/courier etc.
Has anyone done this already and/ or can give me an advise what would be the cheapest (and also reliable) option? Should I rather go for a courier (expensive for about 20kg?) or does the Indian Mail have a reliable system and how much would this cost? Is there any other possibility that I'm missing?

Not sure if that's the right forum but did not know, where else to place it...?

wonderwomanusa · Jul 3rd, 2009, 13:52

I've sent many parcels by post and they all arrived in California in good shape.

tukul_traveler · Jul 3rd, 2009, 21:35

Hi wonderwomanusa,

that's good to know, thanks! Can I ask, how much it cost you?

wonderwomanusa · Jul 4th, 2009, 11:38

My parcels were small-ish (3-4kg) so weren't very expensive.

I did see, in Kolkata, a woman who was sending two travel bags (like big gym bags) that appeared to weigh 10kg each; the parcelwallah sewed them up together and I think it cost her several thousand rupees to send them ... like 6000-7000. However, I was just observing while waiting my turn, and didn't really hear their conversation.

wichy · Jul 4th, 2009, 12:02

There are 2 types of parcels in India now - air mail, about 3000 IR for 10 kg, about 2-3 weeks to get to Europe, and SAL (mix of air mail and sea mail) - about 1800-2000 IR for 10 kg, about 1.5 month to get to Europe :-) There are courier services too - but much costie. And there is a book mail - it's much cheaper, then any other type, but you should left the window in your parsel's cover, so that post stuff could see that it's really books only. So you can't pack books properly, and there is a chance that they will be in a bad condition, when you receive the parcel.

I've sent about 7-8 parcels from India, and everything was OK, but one of my friend's parcel was lost :-(

tukul_traveler · Jul 4th, 2009, 18:15

Thanks to you two for the advices!!

Jul 3rd, 2009, 12:05	#1
tukul_traveler Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: here and there Posts: 34	Sending Luggage to Europe? After I've been living a while in Mumbai, I might return back home to Europe in the next couple of months, but I'm thinking about doing an overland trip to China ad then fly back home from there. My only problem is that I have lots of stuff, which I can't carry or leave behind and want to send it by mail/courier etc. Has anyone done this already and/ or can give me an advise what would be the cheapest (and also reliable) option? Should I rather go for a courier (expensive for about 20kg?) or does the Indian Mail have a reliable system and how much would this cost? Is there any other possibility that I'm missing? Not sure if that's the right forum but did not know, where else to place it...?

Jul 3rd, 2009, 13:52	#2
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,234	I've sent many parcels by post and they all arrived in California in good shape. __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

Jul 4th, 2009, 12:02	#5
wichy addicted to dances Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Voronezh, Russia Posts: 334	There are 2 types of parcels in India now - air mail, about 3000 IR for 10 kg, about 2-3 weeks to get to Europe, and SAL (mix of air mail and sea mail) - about 1800-2000 IR for 10 kg, about 1.5 month to get to Europe :-) There are courier services too - but much costie. And there is a book mail - it's much cheaper, then any other type, but you should left the window in your parsel's cover, so that post stuff could see that it's really books only. So you can't pack books properly, and there is a chance that they will be in a bad condition, when you receive the parcel. I've sent about 7-8 parcels from India, and everything was OK, but one of my friend's parcel was lost :-( __________________ Past the point of no return... Last edited by wichy : Jul 4th, 2009 at 18:46.

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Jul 3rd, 2009, 21:35	#3
tukul_traveler Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: here and there Posts: 34	Hi wonderwomanusa, that's good to know, thanks! Can I ask, how much it cost you?

Jul 4th, 2009, 11:38	#4
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,234	My parcels were small-ish (3-4kg) so weren't very expensive. I did see, in Kolkata, a woman who was sending two travel bags (like big gym bags) that appeared to weigh 10kg each; the parcelwallah sewed them up together and I think it cost her several thousand rupees to send them ... like 6000-7000. However, I was just observing while waiting my turn, and didn't really hear their conversation.

Jul 4th, 2009, 18:15	#6
tukul_traveler Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: here and there Posts: 34	Thanks to you two for the advices!!