Shipping Household Goods to Costa Rica

Hello,

I shipped a 20' container last fall 2021 from Southern CA. to Santa Ana.  I had nice furniture and art work so I opted for more high end packers at the point of origin. I was extremely happy with the company I chose. It is called International Relocation Partners. Pablo Arias was the person I spoke with after seeing him speak on many forums. He did a video walk-through with me to determine the size of container I would need. I was astounded at how much I was able to bring in a 20 foot container.  Because of Covid restrictions, and delays in shipping, it took quite a while. They picked my furniture up in late September and it was delivered in late January. Apparently the Christmas holidays delayed it as well. It all arrived without a scratch. The packers in the beginning and the delivery team in Costa Rica were all very professional. In Costa Rica the delivery team unpacked and removed all trash, assembled beds and anything else needed, including a massage chair that took a YouTube video to show assembly process. The entire cost was about $17,000, which included extra storage fees while waiting for a container in CA. That alone was $2;500.  Import fees and inspection fees, etc are included in that amount. You could have done it cheaper but I had several items crated and again used expensive packers at the point of origin. They did such an amazing job that the amount of packing materials to be removed was overwhelming. The Costa Rican crew removed a ton of boxes and packing materials. I just could not have been happier with this company. Furniture in Costa Rica is expensive and often the quality is not high. Electronics can be expensive as well. Much of the furniture in Costa Rica is imported from China. We were happy we made this choice. We had debated just buying all new household goods in Costa Rica, but for us having an entire household including our kitchen, good beds, linens, art work, large pots for plants, and televisions, etc. turned out to be economical.  We bought plenty of insurance to cover our household goods, but we never had to make any type of claim.

Debbie Hug