Postage cost to Santiago from Porto

[imac]

Anyone know the cost with CTT to post a 10kg suitcase to Santiago - I'm also considering Tuitrans - does anyone have experience of this service and the cost
Thanks

 

[dougfitz]

Anyone know the cost with CTT to post a 10kg suitcase to Santiago - I'm also considering Tuitrans - does anyone have experience of this service and the cost
Thanks

If it were 9-10kg, the price to send it to Spain is 55.80 Euros. See the price list here: https://www.ctt.pt/application/themes/pdfs/tarifario-completo-2024 - v3.pdf?language_id=1555597541833. The international parcel tariffs start around page 22.

 

[naplesdon]

Customs procedures in Portugal can be quite daunting.

 

[dougfitz]

Customs procedures in Portugal can be quite daunting.

Indeed. I posted a parcel from Lisbon when I started the CP in 2023, and while I didn't time the process, it was incredibly time consuming. It seemed that I was in the post office for over an hour, although some of that was waiting for my turn to be served. Last year, I posted a book back to Australia, and was prepared for it to be time consuming, and wasn't disappointed. On both occasions, the staff were being quite careful to ensure that everything was done correctly, indicating that perhaps this wasn't something they were doing regularly enough to be completely familiar with.

 

[Molly Cassidy]

But do you need to do all the customs procedures to send something to Spain?

 

[dougfitz]

But do you need to do all the customs procedures to send something to Spain?

You would have to ask the postal staff that, and whether their processes were all customs related.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Ivar says that private shipping firms are a safer bet than post office services when shipping from Portugal to Spain.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/forward-suitcase-from-porto-to-santiago-for-after-camino-travel.84835/#post-1215984

 

[naplesdon]

Several Christmas parcels that I received while I was living in Portugal had to be returned because I refused to pay the outrageous duty they wanted to charge me. One was only a 2023 calendar and they wanted 50 euros.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

51€ for leap years.

 

[dougfitz]

Ivar says that private shipping firms are a safer bet than post office services when shipping from Portugal to Spain.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/forward-suitcase-from-porto-to-santiago-for-after-camino-travel.84835/#post-1215984

I would defer to his experience, although when I used CTT, or had items delivered by CTT, the items arrived at Ivar's store without any issues.

 

[BRSmith13]

Anyone know the cost with CTT to post a 10kg suitcase to Santiago - I'm also considering Tuitrans - does anyone have experience of this service and the cost
Thanks

Use Ivar’s service.

 

[dougfitz]

Use Ivar’s service.

Indeed, but it needs to be posted/shipped from somewhere else to get to Casa Ivar!
My apologies. I have just seen Ivar's latest video where he talks about collecting from various places. I don't have the details, but that sounds like it would be a good solution if you can arrange that.

 

[imac]

Indeed, but it needs to be posted/shipped from somewhere else to get to Casa Ivar!
My apologies. I have just seen Ivar's latest video where he talks about collecting from various places. I don't have the details, but that sounds like it would be a good solution if you can arrange that.

Do you have a link to that video please

 

[dougfitz]

Do you have a link to that video please

On a PC, click on the shell in the header bar, scroll down and you will find a link to Ivar's videos. At the moment, it is also appearing on the bottom of the page.

 

[David Tallan]

Also in the menu at the top of the page* here in the forum you can see "Services by Casa Ivar in Santiago" with a downward pointing triangle next to it. Click on the triangle and a menu opens. "Luggage Storage Services in Santiago de Compostela" is the first item in that menu. On that page you can find out how to ship items to Ivar or have them picked up from wherever you are and taken to Casa Ivar.

* Or, in the mobile version, click the three lines in the top left to open the menu on the left side of the screen.