Personal effects, urgent items and unaccompanied luggage flown from the UK to Puerto Rico by air cargo. Collected from your door, handled by our own team since 1998.
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean. We ship personal effects and household goods there from the UK by air, working to San Juan. Whether you are relocating, returning home, or sending belongings on ahead, air cargo carries far more for the money than air — the trade-off is time.
We are not a comparison site or a booking marketplace. When you ship with us you are dealing directly with the company handling your consignment. We collect it, receive it into our warehouse near Heathrow, verify the weights and dimensions, wrap and label it, prepare the documentation, complete the UK export entry and hand it to the airline.
Puerto Rico is different from the other US territories we ship to: it IS inside the United States customs territory. A shipment from the UK to San Juan clears US customs and is treated in the same way as a shipment to the US mainland, so US import rules and duty rates apply. Puerto Rico does levy its own local sales and use tax on top.
We handle your UK customs export entry. Import clearance, duty and any local taxes on arrival are the responsibility of the importer or consignee. It is worth being clear about that before the goods sail: a consignment that arrives before the receiver is ready to clear it will sit at the airport and accrue storage charges nobody planned for.
Air cargo to Puerto Rico flies on scheduled airline services into Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), via US hubs. Your consignment is booked as cargo, collected from your UK door, consolidated and documented by our own team, and flown out on the next available service.
Moving a full household or large volumes? Sea freight to Puerto Rico is far more economical — air cargo is the choice when speed matters most.
Air cargo to Puerto Rico typically arrives in 2–5 days door to door, via US hubs. Exact timing depends on flight schedules, connections and customs clearance. If you have larger volumes and can wait, sea freight is far more economical but takes several weeks.
Every personal effects, excess luggage and student consignment must travel with a valued packing list and a photocopy of the consignee's passport. For personal effects the sender must be the same person as the receiver.
Use double-wall shipping cartons — we can supply them. Single-wall storage boxes, plastic containers, canvas bags and bin liners do not survive a sea voyage. Dismantle and flat-pack furniture. The commonest causes of damage we see are overpacking, unsuitable packaging, and TVs wrapped in nothing but bubble wrap and a duvet.
What cannot travel: no loose lithium batteries, no aerosols, no perfumes. Phones, power banks, vapes, e-scooters, flammable sprays and nail varnish are routinely found among personal effects and pulled at inspection. Tell us what is in the consignment and we will tell you honestly what can go.
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.
“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.”
Lak Kharod — Director, Excess Luggage Co.
Minimum chargeable weight is 25kg on most services and 45kg on some; items over 30kg are accepted with a heavy-weight surcharge. We collect from: London · Birmingham · Manchester · Glasgow · Bristol · Leeds
See also commercial air cargo from the UK for FCL and LCL business cargo, and air freight vs air cargo if you are weighing up the two.
Yes. We ship personal effects, household goods and unaccompanied luggage from the UK to Puerto Rico by air cargo, working to San Juan. We collect from your door anywhere in the UK, receive the consignment into our own warehouse near Heathrow, wrap and document it, complete the UK export entry and deliver it to the airline.
Typically around four to ten weeks door to door, depending on the routing, the sailing schedule and whether your goods move as LCL groupage or in a full container. LCL takes longer than FCL on the same lane because the cargo is consolidated before departure and deconsolidated on arrival. Transhipment and port congestion also matter, so we give you a realistic transit time when we quote rather than a headline figure.
Puerto Rico is different from the other US territories we ship to: it IS inside the United States customs territory. A shipment from the UK to San Juan clears US customs and is treated in the same way as a shipment to the US mainland, so US import rules and duty rates apply. Puerto Rico does levy its own local sales and use tax on top. Import clearance, duties and any local taxes are the responsibility of the importer or consignee. We handle your UK customs export entry.
Every personal effects, excess luggage and student shipment must travel with a valued packing list and a photocopy of the consignee's passport. The sender must be the same person as the receiver for personal effects. Depending on the goods we may need more, and we will tell you before we collect.
No loose lithium batteries, no aerosols and no perfumes. Dangerous goods travel only under IMDG rules for sea and IATA rules for air, correctly declared and packed, with a safety data sheet where one is required. Prohibited items are still found at X-ray and physical inspection even when a declaration has been completed, so tell us what is in the consignment and we will tell you honestly what can travel.
Yes. We collect from homes, universities and businesses across the UK and bring everything back to our warehouse near Heathrow before export. Minimum chargeable weight is 25kg on most of our luggage shipping services and 45kg on some, and items over 30kg are accepted with a heavy-weight surcharge.
Send us the items, the weights and dimensions, your collection address and the destination, and we will come back with a quote and a realistic transit time.
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We move personal effects and cargo to Puerto Rico by every route — choose what fits: Sea freight • Luggage shipping to Puerto Rico.