www.CostaRicaTicas.com

I'd like to ship three big duffle bags, probably about 100 lbs each (lots of books).

I live in Tampa, so there are services where you can put your stuff on a pallet and get a truck and make an appointment and drive it right up to the ship. It's kind of a hassle, though, and the smallest pallet ships double what I want to ship.

There's concierge services that will come to your door and pick it up and guarantee delivery right to your house. They are off the charts expensive, though--like $1000 a bag and the bags must be in lots of two.

Does anyone have any suggestions of a middle way? I'd really like to find someone else who is shipping a pallet but isn't filling it up so we could split costs, but I don't know of any forums or what not to search for such people.

I'm also open to any other ideas anyone has for me to look into.

Try Tico Sherpa group on Facebook.

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oh Boyton you've done it again

Try Starbox, I had good luck with them .8432.1476

Owner is Edgar, gringo.

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Get a flight on Alaska Airlines and if you fly first class you will get 70lbs in your first 2 suitcases and your next 2 can be up to 100 lbs and probably not charged. If you do have to pay for your 2 100lb bags, the cost is only $100.00 each Then all you need to worry about is aduanas but if they are books you will probably sail thru with no issues.

Thanks for all the good pointers.