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Post by kellbenl on May 21, 2013 20:44:37 GMT
Don't feel to bad Dutch Expat. I from america and didn't have the first clue as to what they were either.  |
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Post by Dutch Expat on May 22, 2013 6:54:52 GMT
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Post by vpainter on May 22, 2013 21:11:13 GMT
A dish barrel box is a double walled box that is 18 inches X 18 inches X 28 inches. It is the largest box that airlines will accept without it being considered oversize. It holds up well to airline travel and can be used over and over. UHaul sells them, but other box companies sell them also.
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Post by Hadia on May 23, 2013 4:45:18 GMT
Personally, I wouldn't say they could be used repeatedly, but maybe once or twice. We've found them to be too travel-worn upon arrival. Maybe one additional use of a couple of them, but usually ours are a one-way item. We use a lot of tape top and bottom (inside bottom, too, it helps), yet they always seem to be a bit crushed or mangled, not to mention really dirty, from their part of the journey on our flights. They do get snatched up by the grounds workers from the curb rather quickly, so at least our boxes are getting a bit more use upon arrival.
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Post by vpainter on May 23, 2013 21:21:07 GMT
I guess we have better luck with them. We reuse them over and over again.
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Post by interlocator on May 24, 2013 9:41:02 GMT
Has anyone from UK used the Dish Barrel boxes or something or similar sort? Where do you get these from here in London?
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Post by CathyAitken on May 25, 2013 8:33:45 GMT
Airlines will not accept dish barrel boxes as ordinary checked luggage from Europe. Trans-Atlantic flights use number of pieces and Europe uses weight; this is normally 20/23kg in standard class and 30kg per person in business class. All the comments about dish barrel boxes are from American/Canadians.
All airlines websites give details of what is allowed on their flights. There is a maximum weight allowed per piece - probably health & safety regulations, so that the baggage handlers do not hurt themselves! You can pay overweight charges to take extra luggage on flights, but it is very expensive; usual formula is 1% of the first class fare per kilogram. Dish barrel boxes and other overweight/over-sized pieces could be sent as cargo, but would not travel on the same flight.
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Post by vpainter on May 25, 2013 10:28:50 GMT
Interesting, when we came over we stopped in London for 4 days, which meant we started back up in London on a flight. They did not have an issue with our boxes, but they did meet weight requirements, just as they have to coming out of the U.S. the boxes are easily cut down to make them fit the actual dimensions allowed on luggage according to the airlines website. From DFW it is number of pieces and weight.
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Post by CathyAitken on May 25, 2013 16:17:47 GMT
Vpainter - You were probably travelling on a through ticket? Passengers from America travelling through Europe to another continent from the USA get American luggage privileges, even if they have a stop over. Even though I am retired, I still travel extensively from Scotland to Asia or Africa and know just how strict the check-in people are; every year they get worse! Going to India, even a couple of kilos over the allowance triggers big charges and larger or heavy suitcases are tagged as 'heavy'.
I generally use KLM and in Business Class the baggage allowed is 2 items of check-in baggage, each max. 158 cm (62 in) l+w+h, each max 32 kg (70.5 lbs). Dish barrel boxes may just fit into these dimensions? (Economy class allows one piece of checked baggage per person.)
I have just double checked the KLM website and the charge for an extra piece of luggage between the UK and the Middle East is 200 Euros.
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Post by vpainter on May 25, 2013 17:35:57 GMT
Thanks! Cathy.
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Post by interlocator on May 25, 2013 23:21:02 GMT
Thanks Cathy. Very useful information.
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Post by FromCalgary2 on May 27, 2013 6:16:25 GMT
About packing....
Counting, organizing, and having a lot of items around the house waiting for a Packing Day can be visually very distracting and messy. I picked up a few boxes for sea shipment (different sizes are available) from a moving company to organize books, toys, and small items after counting and keep them together. I keep the boxes open for packers to check them and repack if required.
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