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Roynie and I have used David/HC Travel twice now. Once to ship via Motorcycle Express by air into Toronto in 2006, and once to ship from Southampton to Halifax in 2009. I must admit, sitting in the departure lounge at Gatwick, seeing your paletted bike being loaded onto the plane you are about to board is pretty cool. Unfortunately, the price of airshipment rose astronomically between our two trips, making sea freight the only viable option for us. The Southampton - Halifax route was very efficient but, as far as I remember, we did need a sizeable wad of cash (C$327 - just checked) to clear customs in Canada. Also, remember that HC Travel will not be able to book your return shipment. You need to do that yourself when you arrive in Canada.
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Hi BigPete

Thanks for the post, sounds a cheap option. Please let us know how you get on and the final total price - it will be much apprieciated as we are planning a trip in August.
P.S what size of bike did you ship? Does it matter with Ro-Ro?

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Hi BigPete

Thanks for the post, sounds a cheap option. Please let us know how you get on and the final total price - it will be much apprieciated as we are planning a trip in August.
P.S what size of bike did you ship? Does it matter with Ro-Ro?

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Hi gspod,

I will let you know the final cost no problem, We are shipping XT660z tenere's, when filling in the paperwork David did ask what the weight was of the bike, but Tony's bike is lighter than mine and it was the same price. Not sure if it matters,might be just for the shipping company to work out weight of all vehicles being transported. What bike are you looking at taking?

I will give David a bell and enquire for you.

Here's a link to my ride tale so you can follow if you like.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...r-e-tour-74216

Pete.

Apologies

I have just got off the phone from David and it was me getting all my figures messed up, the most recent custom charges is C$158 roughly £100.

Also asked him about frieght charges, it is £595 per bike doesn't change with size, might be a 5% fuel charge depending at the time but average is £595 per bike.
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Roynie and I have used David/HC Travel twice now. Once to ship via Motorcycle Express by air into Toronto in 2006, and once to ship from Southampton to Halifax in 2009. I must admit, sitting in the departure lounge at Gatwick, seeing your paletted bike being loaded onto the plane you are about to board is pretty cool. Unfortunately, the price of airshipment rose astronomically between our two trips, making sea freight the only viable option for us. The Southampton - Halifax route was very efficient but, as far as I remember, we did need a sizeable wad of cash (C$327 - just checked) to clear customs in Canada. Also, remember that HC Travel will not be able to book your return shipment. You need to do that yourself when you arrive in Canada.
Thanks for that information about the cost to clear customs, will ring David and clarify he was quite sure that it would not cost more than C$40. We are not coming back from Canada, we are heading to Ushuaia Argentina.

Cheers, Pete.

Apologies, you are correct, just got off the phone from David and he had never mentioned C$40 it was myself getting figures wrong. The most recent cost to go through custom is C$158 roughly £100, sorry about that.
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I have just got off the phone from David and it was me getting all my figures messed up, the most recent custom charges is C$158 roughly £100.

Also asked him about frieght charges, it is £595 per bike doesn't change with size, might be a 5% fuel charge depending at the time but average is £595 per bike.
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I have just got off the phone from David and it was me getting all my figures messed up, the most recent custom charges is C$158 roughly £100.
I should also make it clear that we were shipping two bikes - hence C$327. Came as a bit of a surprise and cleaned us out of a fair portion of our cash.
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Brilliant BigPete

Many thanks - I shall follow your blog for sure.

Have a great trip
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