I am wanting to send a a fair amount of belongings ex: books, musical equipment so on so forth from Canada to Ireland. I went into both Canada post and UPS and for one book it will cost 58 dollars!!
So anybody with any info on the best and safest way of getting things from a to b please help
NTWP
2007-03-06 09:24:33 · 3 answers · asked by Suzieq 1 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
You can check out costs for Canada Post on their website, based on size and weight of what you are shipping.
http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/tools/rc/res/bin/NonDomestic.aspx
I tried to see what the costs would be (Canada Post, UPS, Fedex) to ship a box 16" X 16" X 12" that weighs 20LBs and it was cheapest by Canada Post, but it was still around $80 for that. You can probably see if they have a "slow boat to China" method that is shipped by boat and you don't care how long it takes.
2007-03-06 09:52:10 · answer #1 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must be a pretty big book for $58.00? That seems really expensive. The cheapest way to get anything over to Ireland would be to send it in the mail. Couriers cost more for sure. I would go back to the post office and ask them again how much it would cost to ship a box and give them the dimensions and the approx weight and they should be able to quote you a price. Or just sell everything and buy it new when you get over to Ireland!!
2007-03-06 17:31:16 · answer #2 · answered by kimiq_ca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be cheaper for you to send them cargo on an airline. I have never sent anything international (only across Canada) using an airline service but I did find it to be half the cost of mailing the package to its destination.
2007-03-07 17:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by Canadian Chick Eh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋