Cost of moving to France

These costs will vary dramatically based on some choices. I will just give a rough idea based on my experience.

items I decided to move :

• Any “sentimental” and personal items
• All electronic equipment. Computers, TV, projector
• clothes

Items I did not move :

• Cars
  I sold one of my car and left my other car at a friend’s place in his driveway in the US
• furnitures
  I just had everything given away or trashed

The total of what I moved represented

• 2 palettes
• weight : total of about 550kg
• Volume 3.3 m3

The initial payment to the US moving was $7000

At the arrival of the goods in France, the French “moving” company contacted me and had me pay additional fees : 700euros
These represented various  fees such as:

• handling fees
• Shipping to home address
• customs

Additional noticeable misc fees to take in consideration :

• Boxes ( could be purchased at Home Depot ), use the “strong ones”
• pallets ( I was lucky, the driver who that came to pick up the boxes had a couple empty pallets in his truck he could give me )

 

Now, if I had to do this again (which I did to go back to the US), I would have hired a moving company that pack/load/ship goods without me having to handle much of the logistics.