Shipping luggage from USA to London

[KYBOB]

Has anybody shipped their luggage from the US to a London pre-cruise hotel? If so how did it work and how long before the trip was it sent? 

[SargassoPirate]

I use luggageforward.com.  They charge by the size and weight.  They pick up 5-7 days ahead of your delivery date, which can be a problem if you want a bag delivered to the ship and you are on land for a couple of weeks before the cruise.

 

That being said, check them out and get an estimate online.

 

 

[KYBOB]

Thanks! We are going to be on a Safari in South Africa for over three weeks and on the “way home” we have to fly through London to get back home. When COVID hit we had to cancel our British isles cruise so rather than fly home then fly back for a cruise someday thought since we have to fly through London had an 11 hour layover, why not just stop and do the cruise on the way home. We would then only have the additional cost of the cruise. Kind of get the most out of the airfare cost as we could.  The issue has now become how to get “cruise ware” clothes for that part to London.  The commercial flights the luggage would be a non issue, but on the planes to get to the safari locations are so small we can only take a duffle bag with clothes for about 5 days and the camera bag which is as big as the duffle bag. No casual or formal ware are needed for the safari but for the cruise…

[sanger727]

Will you be using the same airport for entering and leaving South Africa? You may be able to store excess luggage there or at a hotel. If you have a tour company in South Africa they may be able to help with that.