Hi there!
We are planning to move to Malaga this summer and we want to reduce our stuff to minimum. However, after almost 20 years in the US, it will be probably hard to leave with just a piece of luggage. Even though we would make effort to reduce at minimum our stuff, we will still have a few pieces of luggage or boxes. I would like to know your experience on this issue.
Do you recommend shipping our stuff there or better taking everything with us? If you suggest shipping, can you recommend any company? Can you share information about the price, procedure and eventual problems (if any)?
I was thinking to take with us as many pieces of extra luggage the airline will allow us to take. I see that Iberia allows a maximum of 9 extra pieces per person, but I can't see anywhere the price per piece of extra luggage. They have a "baggage calculator" tool, but it's mandatory to input the reservation number and the purchase date. Hence you need firstly to buy the ticket in order to find out how much the extra luggage will cost. I called Iberia and TAP and their customer representatives told me the same thing: you need to buy the ticket first in order to get a quote of the price per piece of extra luggage, which is completely illogical.
I need to figure out the costs in order to determine whether we ship our stuff to Spain, we take it with us, or we use a combination of both. Any suggestion is highly appreciated.
Thank you all for your advise.
Zurlita M.