When you’ve made the decision to move to Mexico, you’ll need to consider how you’ll move your personal goods across borders. If you’re already in Mexico, you might decide to move to a different neighborhood or location —or even to another country— requiring home removal again.
Whether you’re importing your personal goods to Mexico for the first time, relocating your home situation within Mexico, or moving out of Mexico, a home removals company can alleviate one of the most significant physical burdens of your move—the packing, shipping, storing, and delivering of personal goods from your home country to Mexico, to a different home in Mexico, or abroad.
Learn more about moving your personal goods to Mexico
For more information about moving your personal goods to Mexico, including a list of allowed and prohibited items, see: how to import your personal goods to Mexico.
Choosing a reliable removals company
Whether you’re moving across town, across Mexico, or across the world, your personal goods matter. While insurance can reimburse you in the event of mishap, some things carry sentimental value that cannot be easily replaced by substitution.
Thus, you ought to consider carefully who you will entrust to:
- visit your home;
- pack your personal belongings;
- care for them during shipment;
- manage them through international Customs procedures; and
- deliver and unpack them safely at your new destination.
The removals company should be experienced, discreet, and highly professional in the way they handle, pack, and ship your personal belongings. They should also be fully insured to mitigate the risks of any unforeseen circumstances.
What to look for when choosing a removals company
Good home movers are experienced specialists packing, local transportation, long-distance shipping, storage, and the integrated logistics which are required to move your personal goods professionally and efficiently across a country, or across the world.
A single removals company cannot do all of the work by themselves, and they rely on a network of partners to undertake a home removals job. Established removals companies will have a selected network of agents and removals partners across the country, and across the world, to ensure standards of service and deal efficiency with the removal jobs they manage.
Key things to consider when choosing a removal company:
Their experience: the best removal companies have years or decades of experience in managing home removals.
Their network: The removal company you choose ought to have a strong network of movers that can pack and ship your personal goods professionally and efficiently when you’re moving to Mexico from abroad, within Mexico, or from Mexico to another country.
Their personnel: The best removals companies invest in their people, offering their customers professionally-trained removals teams staffed by individuals who are fully vetted and insured.
Their knowledge: Experienced removal companies will be fully apprised with current Customs (import/export) rules and management of the paperwork to facilitate your shipment’s swift passage through international ports of entry, including assistance with your Menaje de Casa if you need one.
Transparent process and pricing: The company should ask detailed questions about your intended home removal plans, and provide a personalized quotation based on your individual needs and shipment size.
Removal companies can only quote for shipment of “household goods”
You cannot ship one, two, or even a small handful of items by themselves.
The consignment must be commensurate with a shipment “personal household goods” and comprise at least 12-15 boxes, or a combination of boxes and furniture.
Home removal companies cannot quote a shipment, for example, of a couple of paintings, or one or two heirlooms.
See our guide to moving your goods to Mexico for details.
Find and connect with a home removals company
Companies who are experienced in home removals to, from and within Mexico.
Search Online: We recommend you use a professional removals company to help you ship your personal goods to Mexico. You can begin your search here (Google).
Learn more about moving your personal goods to Mexico
For more information about moving your personal goods to Mexico, including a list of allowed and prohibited items, see: how to import your personal goods to Mexico.
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