Moving Overseas

[FlyingDutchman]

Has anyone gone through an overseas move before?
Which company did you use to ship your belongings?
Is there anything else I need to know or plan before leaving the country?
Also need Rec's for a realtor.
Help pls, thanks!

[rawhide]

Dutch, my inlaws moved overseas. The relo company handled the household items/furniture being shipped. They sold one car stateside and transported one car over.

Their big concern was getting set up with health care and dental care.

The country to which you are locating to should have an ex-pat group.
That may be your best bet to get a realtor referral and for those folks to answer any questions.

[TallGalPat]

We moved over to Asia back in 2000, the Relo company took care of the actual move. We did put all of our large appliances and some furniture in storage here in the USA. We sold both of our vehicles and was given a car when we arrived there. My hubby's HR Dept, had a Realtor assigned to us and was ready to take us out as soon as we arrived.

I did a lot of research before we moved...hubby's company also sent me & hubby over for a "look see" so I could make the decision whether or not it was somewhere I wanted to raise our children.


Rawhide gave some great advice....get on the internet and find an EXPAT site...it is just filled with great info!!


Best of Luck with your new adventure!!

[TexasLonghorn94]

We moved to France in 1999. We used Sterling Movers on the way back but can't recall who moved us out. Both sides were painless and shipments arrived on time and without damage. They had larget US Expat community and through you can oftern get deals from other expats leaving country and selling household goods. We we moved back we sold all the kitchen appliance in one day !

The country you are moving to will dictate a lot of the other questions. We moved to Paris so just kept car at my parents as we used mass transit over there.

Make sure you have considered tax impact.You should look at the taxes in your new country. France's taxes were through the roof but since I was on expat assignment my taxes were equalized to equal what I would have paid had we stayed in Texas. If I would have had to pay on my own our disposable income would have been a lot less.

Have fun. Enjoy the adventure. DW and I loved our time overseas. We got to do a lot of traveling in Europe.

[friscofolks]

If the move is through your company, for work, they should be handling all of the details and assigning you to their relocation company, who will take care of everything, including the look-see trip.

If the move is on your own for another company, there are many relocation companies around, but I personally am not sure which of them handle non-corporate individual relocations well. There is a lot of information available online if you search for expat info or international relocations and I hope others who have used these services will respond to you too.

Some useful links:
1. http://international.relocationshelp.com/
2. http://www.moving.com/IRC/
3. http://www.escapeartist.com/Internat...elocation.html
4. http://www.ltvrelocation.com/service...relocation.htm

Best of luck !

[FlyingDutchman]

It will probably be another 6 months to a year before we're leaving...
Thanks all!

[Ezra]

Originally Posted by FlyingDutchman

Has anyone gone through an overseas move before?
Which company did you use to ship your belongings?
Is there anything else I need to know or plan before leaving the country?
Also need Rec's for a realtor.
Help pls, thanks!

Moving overseas is not an easy thing to do; it’s quite a stressful job. It can be made easy by hiring a professional and good international moving company. I would suggest you to search online for expert international moving company. You will find lot of options to choose from, but be sure and select the best company.

[Another Brit]

Plan your moving party now. Shipping your booze is a problem.

Depending on where your going or how long for may determine what you want to take with you or what you want to store (if your planning to come back) or sell.

In the past I've gone through the house with moving companies with 3 tag colours, 1 each for ship; store and a 3rd for stay (sell/scrap). It's not such a bad plan to try this before the move to thin things out and have family "discussions" on some items that are sentimental to a member of the family.


Good luck with your move!