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Door-to-door shipping of luggage, boxes, personal effects and unaccompanied baggage worldwide, by air or sea — usually far cheaper than the airline’s excess fees. Handled by a real UK team, shipping since 1998.
Established in 1998, Excess Luggage Co. has been shipping personal effects and unaccompanied baggage overseas from the UK ever since.
We ship to 185 countries, with established door-to-door (subject to your destination) services for major destinations and airport-collection coverage almost everywhere else.
Choose faster air freight for time-sensitive shipments, or more cost-effective sea freight for larger volumes of luggage and personal effects.
We prepare your UK export documentation and a valued, itemised packing list for every shipment, so you know exactly what's being declared.
Speak to a real person based in the UK on 0800 096 38 39 — not an overseas call centre or chatbot-only support line.
Depending on your destination, we deliver directly to your address or arrange arrival airport collection — we'll always tell you which applies before you book.
“Since the first day Excess Luggage has been a great help, communicating with me throughout the entire time and updating me on the important details. I would 100% recommend this company to anyone transporting baggage abroad.”
— Neide · Verified review on Trustpilot ↗
Excess Luggage Co. provides international luggage shipping, excess baggage shipping, and personal effects shipping services from the United Kingdom to destinations worldwide. Since 1998, we have helped students, expatriates, families, and business travellers send luggage, suitcases, boxes, and household belongings overseas by air freight and sea freight — often providing a cost-effective alternative to airline excess baggage charges.
Whether you need to ship luggage overseas ahead of a holiday, manage an overseas relocation, or arrange student shipping for a university move, our luggage shipping UK service collects from your door and takes care of export documentation, so your belongings arrive safely without you needing to manage customs paperwork yourself.
We are not a general parcel courier. Excess Luggage Co. specialises specifically in unaccompanied baggage: suitcases, holdalls, boxes of personal effects, and household items shipped on behalf of an individual traveller or person relocating — as distinct from commercial freight or standard courier parcels.
Our services are frequently used by expatriates, students, professionals, and families undertaking international relocation or moving overseas, as well as holidaymakers who simply want to avoid excess baggage fees at the airport. We prepare your UK export documentation and a valued, itemised packing list for every shipment.
Door-to-door and airport-collection shipping to destinations across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
From the moment you call us to the day your belongings arrive, here is every step we handle for you — so you can budget for them along the way.
Call us before you book. Sometimes paying the airline’s excess baggage charge works out cheaper; sometimes shipping saves you hundreds of pounds. It depends on the weight, the destination and how soon you need your things — and after nearly three decades doing this, we’ll tell you honestly which makes sense for you. We’d always rather spend ten minutes explaining your options than have you pay for the wrong one.
International student shipping and university baggage shipping for students relocating to universities in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, Dubai, and beyond.
Household goods shipping and expat shipping for professionals and families moving abroad for work, undertaking a full international relocation, or starting a new role overseas.
Avoid airline excess baggage charges on family holidays, visits home, or extended stays — ship ahead and travel with just a carry-on.
Personal effects shipping for business travellers and long-stay visitors who need more than a standard airline baggage allowance.
Ship golf clubs, skis, snowboards, and bikes ahead of your trip — avoid oversized baggage fees and travel without bulky equipment.
Shippers come from all over the UK. We collect luggage, boxes, and personal effects from homes, universities, hotels, and offices right across the country — and you'll find detailed collection information for your area, including London, Heathrow, Hounslow, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Reading & Slough. Wherever you're based, our UK-wide collection network reaches you.
Our most popular origin & destination combinations — each with route-specific customs and delivery guidance.
Dedicated shipping guides for 16 UK universities, plus the same service for students at private colleges and boarding schools — door collection and delivery subject to your destination, with halls-of-residence guidance and student discounts.
All student shipping → Private colleges & boarding schools →Get a quote in minutes, or call our UK-based team on 0800 096 38 39.
Posting overseas, coming home, or leaving the Service? We help forces personnel and their families ship excess baggage, personal effects and household goods — with UK collection nationwide, even if you're deployed. Independent, family-run, established 1998.
Every photograph on this page was taken at our own premises or on our own jobs — our warehouse, our staff, our vehicles, our customers’ shipments. Nothing here is stock photography.
“I have worked in this industry for more than 40 years, and safety has always been my highest priority. Our responsibility is to protect not only the shipper’s belongings, but also airline staff, carriers, customs authorities, and fellow passengers travelling on the aircraft carrying the shipment.”
Excess Luggage Co. comply with the UK aviation and maritime security act and regulations, we ship all dangerous goods under IATA and IMDG rules, and all our staff are trained in aviation & maritime security for shipping.