Just signed our lease! Anyone ship a container from the US recently?

Hi! I moved from MD to PR in 2020. I used UPACK and I recommend it 100%. I bought some land in Manati (Mar Chiquita beach area) to build a house, but in the meantime, I'm renting a house by the beach in Barceloneta. My rent is ridiculously low, so that has given me a lot of flexibility in terms of the time it will take to build my home.

Hope this helps!

We live in cabo rojo and looking to downsize. What are you looking for in a house?

Weather in PR is very humid…. Pick what you pack and ship carefully. Metallic things rust quickly, I'm told termites even attack furniture.

Be very cautious with La Rosa del Monte they totally misquoted time for our boxes to arrive. Told 2-5 weeks turned into 9 with one box showing up 4 months later. Call the PR office & see if time matches what the one shipping from says.

We used UPack (multiple Pods), it was very inexpensive and timely. They quoted 4 weeks to the day from MD to PR. Items were intact and no issues. The problem came when we had to get local movers. Prices were outrageous and we determined that's because they knew the final location - upper class area. Essentially, they attempted to charge upwards of 5K to unload 4 (8x7x6) containers. We had to keep searching and eventually found reasonably priced movers - but just be mindful the costs could come at the back end.

Just helped my mother use UPack from FL to PR and highly recommend it.  Unfortunately their trailers are not as long as a connex box, but I think they're taller.  Also we used the minimum space - she took some possessions but not much furniture, because they have furniture in PR.  Gave her a chance to start over and redecorate anyway.

We ended up going with UPACK and reserved a 28' trailer, I'm glad to hear others have had good experiences with them!

@ChristianTownsend I'd add Three Movers to the mix of the companies you mentioned. We've used them before to ship a container from the U.S. and they came in somewhat cheaper than the others we looked at (everything arrived in good condition). Congrats on making the big move! Very exciting.

@ChristianTownsend if you are military retiree Upack gives discount! The other companies might also.

We used UPack (multiple Pods), it was very inexpensive and timely. They quoted 4 weeks to the day from MD to PR. Items were intact and no issues. The problem came when we had to get local movers. Prices were outrageous and we determined that's because they knew the final location - upper class area. Essentially, they attempted to charge upwards of 5K to unload 4 (8x7x6) containers. We had to keep searching and eventually found reasonably priced movers - but just be mindful the costs could come at the back end.
-@tinatrenet

Thank you Tina  for the information. Can you share the moving company contact? We will be moving furniture from a Florida

thank you so much