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Air Freight to Halifax for USA trip

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Has anyone had any experience air freighting to Halifax, Canada from UK/Germany/Europe?
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No, but quite a bit of experience Ro-Ro ing it from UK to Halifax and back again. Ride safe.
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Maja,

What cost are involved for Ro Ro

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Should still be about £680.00 from Southampton and about CAN$120.00 to get it out in Halifax. Debbie at the Southampton office is very good with bikers and you can get a bus from outside the Int Hostel in Halifax almost to the autopark.

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Hello from Halifax

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Hi,
Has anyone had any experience air freighting to Halifax, Canada from UK/Germany/Europe?
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Angie
Hello
I'm from just outside of Halifax and work at the halifax airport.
If you have any questions about the area just let me know.
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Should still be about £680.00 from Southampton and about CAN$120.00 to get it out in Halifax. Debbie at the Southampton office is very good with bikers and you can get a bus from outside the Int Hostel in Halifax almost to the autopark.

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So, about 100GBP less than air freight ?

If the OP is in need of the bike to be there at the start f the trip, I'd suggest flying it.
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Chris,
Think your edit may be missing a "w" if the email address is for WW in Southampton.
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So, about 100GBP less than air freight ?

If the OP is in need of the bike to be there at the start f the trip, I'd suggest flying it.
I'd like to rescind the suggestion about flying :-) , the cost is getting silly. I'll be shipping myself in less than 3 months.

So, any info/contacts about getting the bikes out of the port and places to stay will be useful as we are on a tight schedule time wise.

I normally deal with the airport paperwork myself, but I gather sea freight is not as straight forward ?
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