What are the best ways to send packing boxes to Bangkok when moving to Thailand?

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Unless it is sentimental value, it can be very expensive to ship in Thailand, and a bit of confusion at customs and Thailand has absolutely everything that she would want to buy

Bring it on the plane with you.

Bring as excess luggage by buying another case.

Best is to buy extra kgs on the flight, generally cheaper then dhl and the alternatives without any Thai import fees.

Check on your airline's pricing for excess baggage. Buying a Business or First Class ticket can be cheaper than shipping.

I shipped 8 boxes of personal effects total 130 kg to Thailand last July mostly photos and nick knacks belongings of my parents which is irreplaceable, got raped by customs , so be prepared to pay when it arrives they don't give a rat's.

I personally believe its pointless people bringing stuff from their own countries to Thailand ,why ???? Expensive and pointless , you can get everything to live here. Also you never will become a national or resident here so its best to be able to stay as mobile as possible

Don’t listen - Oz Post - max 20kgs per box. Post office to your home in Bangkok in around 1 week for around AUD180 per box. In my case no duty or any extra charges levied. Highly recommended

regular post. anything else and customs will be sucking your wallet dry

20 odd years ago as " a fool ", sent Thai girlfriend b-day box from US.

Went fed-x, but naturally passed on to local.

Contents:0

* Watch

* Chanel

* ( 5 ) hundred dollar bills in a card.

She received the card !

You better read over the income tax that Thailand is imposing on retirees before packing your bags 😳

Try Australia Post

Some of these companies may be specific to shipping from the US:

* USP Relocations

* Chiangmai Removals (fb)

* Windmill Movements?

* Shippo

* Thai2us**

* PirateShip

* International Sea & Air Shipping

* Asian Tigers on Thai side***

* Santa Fe

* Send2Thai

I’d only bring in personal effects. The rest sell and buy new when you get here. Way more cost effective effective.

Contact Asian Tigers import company. Do not use DHL or you will get ripped off on customs.

From Brisbane I use a company that loads a container up. They have a charge then Thailand has more charges than the company i use I used a pallet and straps to strap my 3 suitcases of clothes can have about a ton costs about 370 then when it gets there by sea to Bangkok it costs 700 ++ in fees

There are many Thai shipping companies in The USA, I’m pretty sure they service to your region as well.

Rent a small storage unit in your country.

How I brought stuff here is every time I came here I brought what I wanted to keep here and did that in my suitcase

Just bring personal stuff If you have things that are valuable and you don't need to bring

Give it to your children or family. members Furniture clothing and whatnot. You can get here at a better price Thailand as comes a long way

Sometimes when sending stuff from your own country into Thailand the customs can be a real pain in the arse. For example my friend sent some bags of warm clothes from the charity shops to a village he visited in northern Thailand and the customs refused to allow his packages in unless he paid taxes of around 400 GBP way more than the clothes cost to buy. He refused and the package didn’t get returned to the UK or make it to the village 🙄

If there’s things you can bring with extra luggage on the plane then this is a better option.

Hopefully you get some better answers from some more experienced people who have done it but dealing with Thai customs can be a pain in the arse in my experience.

Sorry if this answer wasn’t very helpful 🙏

Best suggestion... don't bother. To much money and hassle.

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@Kerry ******

DHL and UPS will be a week or two or local post which will take a month.