The Best and Cheapest Way To Send Your Items To The Philippines

Company names, sizes, and costs to ship your items to the Philippines. #retirement #philippines

[BruceCinader]

I use the gray duck tape to seal it up well and also use 50 foot of rope to surround the box in every direction to give it strength and it also makes it much easier to handle with a rope that can be used to lift or move the box. Another big player in the shipping that I use sometimes is UMAC. I pick up a box for them or the LBC box at the local Filipino store and bring it back there for the pickup and shipping. I usually pay about $80 for a jumbo box going to Mindanao Island.

[kalbokano]

We always use LBC Express and have never had a problem. Takes about 3 months to Dumaguete from the DFW area.

[koufax]

Very helpful and useful Paul. I’ve been thinking about doing this. 🙏🏼

[fzen]

Hey Zoomer. I enjoyed the silliness of your intro Paul. It would be fun to hear from your viewers the largest weights of balikbayan boxes they've shipped as well as the creative ways of augmentation used to strengthen the boxes.

[jsully]

The wife uses UMAC here in Florida, believe she said LBC is out of California so they are not available here. She has never had a problem shipping with UMAC. They are big boxes too, jumbo they are labeled. Did some research and found that each Filipina can ship up to four boxes balikbayan and not have to pay any import duty taxes. You do have to sign a declaration that you are not shipping any prohibited items. That means the wife and her sister can ship up to eight boxes total. Should be able to ship most things we want to keep when we eventually retire there (fingers crossed). On to the next Zoomer video ; )

[brewerfam]

Trust me LBC is like UPS in the states. You pay for you get!! Sometimes they even have promos too. I have other carriers and they are not as good as the others trust me. I always use LBC with the big box its worth it!!

[mikewilbur]

I sent my GF a large box LBC $120 from Wisconsin no problems just took for ever 3+months

[KingRat]

Never had any issues with LBC Express. They are behind the airport in Chicago and we drop our boxes off on Saturdays when we go down to go to the malls or restaurants in metro-Chicago. Pay $85 for an extra large box and I think a large box is $75. I think you get $10 off if you drop them off yourself. Takes about 3 months to get to Visayas. Only problem we have had is that chocolates will melt since the containers just sit in the sun on the ships and then ther boxes melt in the trucks in PH. So dont send candy that can melt.

But we sent our clothes, toiletries and other stuff for our most recent trip ahead of time to save dealing with luggage at the airport. And we just left our stuff there with the family. So next time we travel we already have clothes there.

[Ian-iutl]

Paul...awesome. I am not too concerned about much of my stuff other than an Italian made glass dining table with four chairs. All very high quality...works of art really. These are the only items I want to ship t the Philippines.
Thank you so much for the info man. You're the best.❤👍👍👍

[delawaresurf]

Lbc express is the ticket. You can track your shipment online.If you don’t live in major city, you can always drop off box at local sari sari store. It’s best to drop off at a distribution center to save a couple weeks shipping time. Btw, you can also ship irregular size boxes, I shipped my battery powered lawnmower, and rowing machine. Cost is pretty nominal

[michaelpettit]

You mentioned you havent heard of any problems with shipping from other expats. Well now you have!
I just recieved my 22 boxes i shipped 11 weeks ago and at least 3 were opened for inspection. I could tell because they closed them up with red "inedible items" tape. Problem is I had researched the import laws and a separate shipper to verify unopened, prepackaged processed meat is allowed. As you know its impossible to get real Pepperoni for pizza here so I shipped a bunch, which they confiscated apparently. But the real problem is that when they removed fragile items they didn't re-wrap them properly and some broke. Other items that were stacked and positioned for safty were reinserted sideways or even upside down. One of the Antique hand crafted candy jars is missing the base but the top is here. Did they drop it and just toss it? I shipped a ton of un opened decking screws secured with packing tape and firmly wedged in place. They were haphazardly thrown back into the box all willy nilly as were most items. But then i noted a pattern. Only those boxes were no longer filled to the top but all the others were. Unfortunately i didnt have time while packing to do a 100% inventory with pics of every item. I only had a week to pack or restore 2 10x10 storage units so i just generalized. However, I do know my Dewalt Angle grinder and a crap-ton of still packaged disks/cutt-offs are missing. Also missing is a shop grade tool and knife sharpener. Also b4 I left the states I went on a tool and hardware spending spree and cant actually remember what else I purchased or what I'm now missing. It'll come back to me in time I guess or when I need something and cant find it.
Lesson is, take 100% inventory and pics.
BTW I used Tatak Pinoy Cargo which I believe subs from Makati express. Not sure and not sure who else handled it. I will say Tatak Pinoy was excellent and very accommodating in the USA.

[lmcc]

LBC is a good company, so is Atlas from the United States. It’s around 3 months from California to Cebu and Mindanao via cargo ship. We’ve had items gone missing by cargo ship, but you probably have a better chance of something being stolen out of your checked bag going through Manila on the airlines. There are limits on what you can send cargo. Of course no explosives, guns, gun parts and bullets. I think that liquid cleaners aren’t allowed either. There’s a whole list of things that they have listed as no-go at the drop-off center. Again, there’s no weight limit for sea cargo. Bringing Balikbayan boxes on the airplane with you, you’re limited to like 45 lbs. Not only that, but I’d recommend that you get in the checked bag line at least 4 hours before your plane departs. If you get there 3 hours prior you’re going to be waiting in a line literally 1/4 of a mile long in the checked bag line. Even at 4 hours I’m usually 10-20 deep in line. A guy on another vlog shipped his entire house (everything inside including furniture, appliances, TVs, tools, etc…) to the Philippines via cargo container. Including shipping, insurance and taxes it cost him $29k usd. His items took 2-3 months to arrive. If you have a lot of high end things that you don’t want to part with a container might be for you.

[robertsweet]

I have been hearing about the boxes sent to the p.i.s for sometime at Avery reasonable cost.though it takes 2months or longer !we are use to sending to my wife’s country ever so often it goes by air freight though.it’s far more expensive I do beleive.i am sure the relatives are very excited upon receiving.the health is coming along good I am working lighter duty than before to give me time after a major issue with health I feel very good to work thanks for your concerns paul I spoke with my wife about your concerns

[brianbaxter]

I sent 2 boxes to my friend in Cebu and then had them shipped on the bus to me in Dumaguete when I got my apartment. The store I got my boxes from only had one size but they were fairly large. I had to pay $12 for the box but when you send a box they give you another at no charge and when I sent my last box they gave me my $12 back. The store used a company out of Toronto called Reliable and any boxes that I have sent have arrived in 6 to 8 weeks. From Kitchener to Toronto then to Cebu was $130 per box. As I worked for and industrial supply company I got all most of my shipping materials free. I used heavy coriplast for the bottom and top of the inside of the box. I also got damaged bubble wrap and I put any liquid bottles in plastic bags in case they leak. I line the box with a large trash bag and seal it with tape then tape all the edges with duct tape and wrap the box with packing tape. Any box I have sent here has arrived undamaged just a bit squished due to the way they are shipped

[smllville]

Thanks for all the helpful info Paul. May God bless you friend 🙏

[Caveman.KbuteTv]

It happened to me with a known shipper from australia to philippines, someone opened the box and stolen fish oils and vitamins😅, i reported to the shipping provider but they didnt mind and just told me there's nothing they can do about it

[itsacruleeworld]

Continental express is who we used to use in Atlanta lost four boxes one trip they didn’t pay the port fee as a group we tried to sue them. Now LBC Atlanta last three times we’ve shipped it’s taken five months. Done with them. There’s a Manila mart on the other side of Atlanta guess I’ll have to drive them back and forth from them. I just looked up that Pinas Express it’s hard to navigate their website to see any service in Atlanta. What I really want to do later on is ship a whole house full of stuff in a container when I’m ready to retire. Aquariums taxidermy pool table. Real furniture. Big TVs. Grand father clocks.

[judekidder]

Good intro to the video ao don't know who was having fun you or Shelia or both lol 😂

[grumpyolddude]

Well, thats the way I can keep my "library"! I'm an avid reader, and people who have moved more than once or twice, know that books get gawd awful heavy, Quick! It would also allow me as a 4X kind of guy, to ship extra clothes on the cheap. (Bluejeans, and oversized shirts, boxers, etc etc)

Any fedback on the condition of things in the boxes? Could a desktop computer for ex, be packed and shipped this way without it being absolutely destroyed in transit?

[lmcc]

I forgot to mention 1 very important thing when you bring your stuff to the Philippines via the airlines. If Manila, or Cebu, or Clark is NOT your final destination AND you have to catch a connecting flight, you will have to pay additional checked bag fees for some airlines. It’s actually less expensive if you buy a certain amount of lbs of checked bag weight BEFORE you get to the Philippines. Some of these airports are very remote and they use turbo props (not jets) to get there. They are very strict on weight and it’s expensive when you have to pay for it at the ticket counter. My girlfriend has pre-paid many times as we have to go to either Manila or Cebu before we reach our final destination in Mindanao.