Service route: Xiamen to Vienna;
Service mode: Door-to-door moving one-stop service;
Case Overview: Mr. Zhu entrusted Hippo International Moving to ship his furniture items from his home in Xiamen to Vienna, Austria by sea.

Vienna has been ranked among the world's top cities in terms of quality of life, and has been recognized as the world's most livable city for eleven consecutive years. In addition to excellent cultural and leisure facilities, Vienna has a strong public transportation network and world-class healthcare facilities. The local crime rate is very low and the environment is comfortable for new immigrants.

Mr. Zhu from Xiamen has lived in Austria for several years before and has always had a good impression of Austria, with a comfortable environment and sound healthcare and public transportation facilities, so after discussing and deciding with his family, he was ready to move his entire family to Vienna, Austria. Because there is a lot of furniture in Xiamen need to be transported to the new home abroad, so Mr. Zhu in the choice of cross-country moving company, pay close attention to the security of the service, and the requirement is to be able to provide professional door-to-door service of the shipping company, after repeated consultations and comparisons, Mr. Zhu's family ultimately chose the NIM International Moving Service.

After the master's door-to-door volume measurement, the total volume of Mr. Zhu's items to be transported is about 13 cubic meters, in the development of the transport program, NIM moving consultants recommend that the customer choose the way of shipping LCL for transport. Mr. Zhu wanted to pack his personal belongings himself, so Hippo provided free box delivery service for the customer and provided packing supplies such as bags, wrapping paper, desiccant, tape, markers, etc. In addition, the customer had some furniture, large appliances and other items that he wanted to transport. In addition, the customer also has some furniture, large home appliances and fragile crafts, due to moving to Austria transportation time is longer, turnover times are more, so a full range of items for the packaging is particularly important, therefore, Hip staff in the door to pick up the goods, the use of professional packaging materials for packing, to ensure that the transportation safety. The following is the packing site on the day of pickup:

How to save money when moving cross-country?

First, choose an international moving company

At present, there are many international moving practitioners, and there are many companies that will attract customers with low prices. Here you need to pay attention to the fact that not all logistics companies can provide international moving services. Therefore, when choosing an international moving, you should look for relevant business qualifications, high visibility and better reputation, and whether they are members of the International Moving Association. Therefore, you need to be very careful when choosing an international moving company, because a little carelessness may lead to the moving items can not be successfully declared, or the items lost and damaged.

Second, the items to choose and choose

The cost of cross-country moving and the volume of items, according to the cubic billing, the general minimum starting volume is 2 cubic meters, more than 2 cubic meters in accordance with the actual volume of billing, shipping prices is the larger the number of cubic meters in the price will be cheaper.
In addition, many countries tax exemption policy is for the use of a certain period of time of the old things, if you carry brand new unopened items, then may produce tariffs and value-added tax, so this means that you must do a good job of trade-offs in the preparation of items.

Third, choose off-season moving

The timing of the move also affects the cost. International shipping is generally divided into off-peak seasons due to changes in supply and demand, and the cost will also change. Stagger the peak season moving, can reduce some costs.

Fourth, choose consolidated transportation

Consolidation is also a good way to save money. Consolidation of shipping is also very common, the items are less than a 20-foot container, which is very cost-effective.