Experience with Relocation companies

panda05 · 17-03-2009, 04:51 PM

We are moving out of HK and are checking various relocation companies. Does anyone have experience with Santa Fe, Relocasia, Links, SevenSeas, Asian Tigers? Are the quotes they are making trustworthy or will their be a lot of extras and is the final volume higher than the expected volume?

mumofone · 20-03-2009, 05:46 PM

I don't know the exact answer but I will say companies like Sante Fe, Allied Pickfords, Crown are high end priced companies. If you are footing the bill I would look at BALtrans who I have used 4 times. I know people have used Links and found a lot of hidden extras at the end.

Hope this helps and good luck with your move here. I have sent you a private message as well.

panda05 · 22-03-2009, 10:22 AM

what hidden costs you have to be careful about?

denisiel · 22-03-2009, 12:47 PM

We've used Sante Fe two times - excellent service. However, both times they underestimated the volume by 20-30%. We used Crown in the US to ship to HK - not as good as SF. Again had a final volume issue with Crown.

We've used local companies four times for local moves and each time things were broken or went missing. So you get what you pay for when it comes to movers. If you're paying the bill, then look at the company the previous poster mentioned as I heard they are good (never used them myself). Try to put a cap on the final volume.

PDLM · 22-03-2009, 06:05 PM

Sevenseas is very good in my experience, but they only really do small volumes. If you're looking at a container full then they're not the ones.

redbeanice · 17-04-2009, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by mumofone:

I don't know the exact answer but I will say companies like Sante Fe, Allied Pickfords, Crown are high end priced companies. If you are footing the bill I would look at BALtrans who I have used 4 times. I know people have used Links and found a lot of hidden extras at the end.

Hope this helps and good luck with your move here. I have sent you a private message as well.

I'm deciding right now between Baltrans and Links.. they're quotes are fairly equal.

What hidden fees are you talking about with Links?

Katanga · 17-04-2009, 07:29 PM

I have used Asian Tigers twice and Santa Fe once but soon to use them again.

In my experience Asian Tigers are very good and Santa Fe are okish. The packing of Asian Tigers is far more superior than Santa Fe.

I never had volume and/or pricing issues with Asian Tigers though with Santa Fe I found they pitch the quote low to get you in and then rip you off by saying the volume was higher than predicted.

I give Asian Tiger the edge because you want to ensure the mover does a good job on the unpacking and be careful with you stuff as well as the new apt e.g. walls, flooring etc. Asian Tigers are great in all respects.

So why am I about to use Santa Fe again? 'cause its the chosen one by my company

Lammarite · 18-04-2009, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by redbeanice:

I'm deciding right now between Baltrans and Links.. they're quotes are fairly equal.

What hidden fees are you talking about with Links?

We just moved a 20' container load with Links from HK to the Middle East and had no hidden costs.

mke · 16-10-2009, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by PDLM:

Sevenseas is very good in my experience, but they only really do small volumes. If you're looking at a container full then they're not the ones.

I may have only 5 or 6 large boxes so I'm evaluating Seven Seas as well. Are they reliable? They told me that final payment has to be made to their BofA account before the boxes even leave the port. That does not sound good.