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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
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Planning trip from Spain to South America in February 2014 with a friend.
Our idea it's air ship


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That's usually the best way.

Have you checked the Shipping Database?

Shipping Your Bike information here:
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Have you checked the Shipping Database?

Shipping Your Bike information here:
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Hello Grant
I've used the database a lot and also put all my 6 shippings in.
I found it would help a lot if there could be also searched just by "from" or "to".
For example when I'm looking for an agent in Bangkok ,then I would like to find all shippings that have started or ended in Bangkok.
At the moment I have to do many searches to all continents to get the information.
Maybe you can adjust the query.
On the new layout I like the "Cost Paid at Start/Destination" because usually there's a big bill at the destination that in the old layout wasn't so clearly marked.
Where is the max. 2 years option?
Anyway thanks a lot for your work
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Planning trip from Spain to South America in February 2014 with a friend.
Our idea it's air ship


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Which air company you want to use, did you request them how much it would cost? We are also planning to travel at south Americas in 2014, may be we can ccoperate somehow?
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Hello Grant
I've used the database a lot and also put all my 6 shippings in.
I found it would help a lot if there could be also searched just by "from" or "to".
For example when I'm looking for an agent in Bangkok ,then I would like to find all shippings that have started or ended in Bangkok.
At the moment I have to do many searches to all continents to get the information.
Maybe you can adjust the query.
On the new layout I like the "Cost Paid at Start/Destination" because usually there's a big bill at the destination that in the old layout wasn't so clearly marked.
Where is the max. 2 years option?
Anyway thanks a lot for your work
sushi

Hi sushi,

Thanks for putting all your shipments in, that's much appreciated! We all put a little in and we all get a lot out!

good idea on the all shipments out idea, I'll have a look at it.

Max 2 years - we didn't want it to get too complicated, and it seems most people didn't bother ticking it so we left it off.

And you're welcome, thanks!
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Hi Demian, Aritz, Alex and Mark:

Me and my girlfriend are also planning to ship a bike from Europe to Chile or Argentina in October/November so if you do create the FB group or want to exchange info, please count on us too!

Cheers,

Sandro & Orinta
hi there,

it seems that a lot of persons go from europe to south america in this time of the year. I am one of them. If you have the latest info regarding the cheapest & fastest way to send the bike from europe to south america please share (or provide the facebook group created for this purspose.) It would be very usefull for others who are now preparing for the trip

Thank you for your help,

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hi there,

it seems that a lot of persons go from europe to south america in this time of the year. I am one of them. If you have the latest info regarding the cheapest & fastest way to send the bike from europe to south america please share (or provide the facebook group created for this purspose.) It would be very usefull for others who are now preparing for the trip

Thank you for your help,

silviu
Rebel, have you actually looked at the shipping database? It has everything you could want, and in an easy to use format.

Shipping the Bike | Horizons Unlimited

A Facebook group created for this would be a very bad idea I think, as it's temporary, hard to search, not everyone uses Facebook, and who knows where it is? The reason for our shipping database is it's in an easy to find location here on HU, it's kept up-to-date regularly with new entries, and we make sure it's clean and works well, and EVERYONE has easy access to it. We've also put a lot of work into it!

And the "Bangkok to anywhere" option as requested by sushi now works! Just choose Continent "All" and you have it.
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Thank you Grant,

Indeed useful information there. I have checked
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Check out Beemerbird and her solution to shipping her bike may be of some use to some of you.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...orting-51458-3
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