Can someone recommend a shipping company to relocate from California to Spain?

Last Updated on November 24, 2025 by Bruno Bianchi

Question

Can someone recommend a shipping company to relocate from California to Spain, please ? Thanks you all very much in advance.

Answers

These are the answers of some Facebook group members:

“I’m looking at SendMyBag if you’re just sending boxes over. Also moving here from LA and it looks like it’s $130 for a box up to 30 kgs (around 65-ish pounds).”

“Use this link to obtain a -5% discount with Sendmybag: https://www.sendmybag.com/spainguru“

Here you can get up to 5 different international moving quotes: https://spainguru.es/international-moving-quotes-moving-to-spain/

“All I can say is DO NOT use Western Express.”

“We used allied. Not cheap but they did what they said that they were going to do. That’s rare for US companies.”

“I see Schumacher recommended frequently.”

“We used FlatRate this year to move from San Francisco to Valencia. Very straightforward experience.The overall cost was similar to others but their storage costs in the US were cheaper than others (we needed that) and they didn’t charge a premium for paying with credit card. The person in Valencia (obviously a subcontractor) was an excellent communicator, And the team who delivered our goods were lots of fun and very helpful.”

“We used Schumacher. They were great.”

“We also used Schumachercargo.com in 2014 with no problems.”

“Do NOT use IContainers – We just experienced the shipment from hell!”

“we loved UPAKWESHIP.com just because I wanted to pack everything myself. everything arrived in one piece and it was suuuuuper smooth!”

“Golden Bear International in LA moved me from Texas to central Mexico and did a really good job.”

“We used Schumacher and have just learnt that due to delays in Long Beach they weren’t able to store our container in the usual way, so there is an extra unexpected charge of $6k storage (75% of the total cost of shipping) that has to be paid in 48 hrs if we want to receive our belongings and not get further charges. The delay happened in August. They just told us last week (November). I think I’m still in shock. Any advice?”

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