10 topics that foreigners or expats in Vietnam might be asked when they need an international moving service

Based on my research, here are 10 topics that foreigners or expats in Vietnam might be asked when they need an international moving service:

1. Where are you moving from and to?
2. When is your moving date?
3. What type of service are you looking for?
4. Do you need insurance?
5. Do you need professional packing?
6. Will you require storage?
7. Are you on a tight budget?
8. Do you offer door-to-door service?
9. What are the differences between sea freight and air freight?
10. What items cannot be sent by air or sea?

Now we are going to answer each question for your reference because we might ask the same :

1. Where are you moving from and to?

– Of course, we need to know where is the destination you are heading to and also the picking up location in Vietnam to give you the idea shipping rate.

– Both destinations should be detailed enough for more precise rate.

2. When is your moving date?

– It is important information because some persons ask to move their stuffs in June but in fact they will come to destination in July. The shipping cost might be changed monthly.

3. What type of service are you looking for?

– There are 2 main types of service : door to port and door to door. Normally customer who require the international moving service will choose door to door which they do not need to clear the custom.

– However, in some cases with sea freight, customer might clear the custom and arrange the inland trucking by their own when they find the cheaper way.

4. Do you need insurance?

– For personal belongings, insurance is not recommended because the items are used and shipping lines or couriers do not offer insurance or the procedure is more complicated.

– In case the package is lost or damaged, without insurance normally the carrier will compensate 3 times of shipping cost.

5. Do you need professional packing?

– Professional packing is required , especially when customer has many different kind of dimension boxes. They need to be palletized or made in wooden case to prevent from any loss or missing.

– TCL Logistics also offer the wooden case packing or pallet packing service at our warehouse in 389 Truong Dinh street, Hanoi, Vietnam.

6. Will you require storage?

– In some cases, customer will not come to the port of discharge but traveling around. They need to find a warehouse to store their stuffs because they leave Vietnam soon.

– TCL Logistics offer the warehousing service for PE with at least 1 month free of charges when customer choose to use TCL Logistics service.

– However, when the cargo arrive to overseas, if the receiver do not present to receive the package, the storage charge at destination will immediately occur.

7. Are you on a tight budget?

– It is sensitive but very important question, the customer should frankly inform their available budget for shipping so TCL Logistics can recommend the best solution suitable for that amount of budget.

8. Do you offer door-to-door service?

– TCL Logistics offer both door to port and door to door for international moving. Even though, there are some destinations at overseas by sea freight, the customer need to check in advance.

9. What are the differences between sea freight and air freight?

– Most people think shipping by sea freight is always cheaper than air freight but it is not true. It will depend on the volume of shipment is high enough.

– Normally from 1 cubic meter, sea freight could be considered . If less than 1 cbm, we will check the air freight options.

10. What items cannot be sent by air or sea?

– Shipping by sea or air require not to send some items as following :

+ Liquid : shampoo, perfume

+ Battery : iphone, ipad

+ Foodstuffs

+ Powder : coffee

+ Medicine

+ Cash, Jewelry

+ Magnet : speaker ( for air only )

For further questions relating to international moving service, do not hesitate to contact us :

Website : Https://tclfreight.com.vn/en

Mobile / Zalo / Whatsapp : 0934444044 

Email : gerrard@tclfreight.com.vn