Moving abroad for a semester is not a trip. A cruise or a ski week is a round trip with flexible dates and a bag that comes home with you. A student relocating for a term ships one way, ships heavy, and ships into a dorm that opens on a fixed day and not a day before. There is no return leg to average out, no second chance if the bags turn up after orientation, and usually a lot more stuff than a vacation.
That changes the arithmetic, and it changes which company wins. I price things for a living at E-Commerce Paradise, so for this post I took the reference quotes our team pulled on 22 September 2026 for New York to London and London to New York, multiplied them out into a realistic three bag move, and checked every service against the things that actually sink a student shipment: customs, banned items, and a move-in date that does not move.
A quick word on money before any links. The Luggage Forward links in this post are affiliate links through CJ and pay us a commission if you book. ShipGo, Luggage Free, LugLess and Send My Bag pay us nothing; their links are plain redirects with no affiliate tracking. I recommend them anyway wherever they win, and on price they win almost everywhere in this post. The Shopify, Bizee and Hiscox links in the business section near the end are also affiliate links, and I may earn a commission if you sign up through them.
Need a written remedy if your bags miss move-in day?
Luggage Forward quoted three standard bags New York to London at $1,182 on its 7 business day Select tier on 22 September 2026, and its terms refund double the transportation charge if a bag misses the guaranteed date. ShipGo and Luggage Free were cheaper and faster on the same route, and a customs hold voids the guarantee.
Why a Student Move Breaks the Usual Luggage Shipping Math
Most luggage shipping comparisons, including mine, run the same test: compare the round trip shipping price against the round trip cost of checking the bag. For an ordinary trip, shipping usually loses that test, and I say so in the full breakdown of what it costs to ship luggage. A student relocation is different in three ways.
First, it is one way. You are not paying twice for the same bag, so the gap between shipping and checking is half what it looks like on a vacation.
Second, it is heavy and it is plural. A term abroad means bedding, winter clothes, books and shoes, which is three bags or boxes for most people, not one. The first bag an airline takes is cheap. The third one, or the one that tips over the weight line, is where the fees live.
Third, the date is fixed. A cruise ship sails when it sails and a ski chalet will hold a bag for a day. A university hall opens on a set day, and if your bags arrive after you, you are buying sheets and a towel on your first night in a new country. That makes transit time and what the company promises about it worth real money.
So the honest question here is not “is shipping cheaper than checking a bag”. It is “which service gets three heavy bags to a university address, one way, across a border, by a fixed date, for the least money and the least risk”. The answer to that is not the company that pays us.
My Ranked Picks for International Students
Short version first. The detail and the arithmetic follow.
- Send My Bag, best for students on a budget with a few days of slack. The lowest published floor on both reference routes, a dedicated student page, delivery to university accommodation, and weight bands up to 30 kg in the quotes we pulled. Fuel surcharge is extra and delivery times are estimates, not guarantees.
- ShipGo, best for a tight deadline at a reasonable price. Quoted 2 to 4 business days to London at $254.99 per bag, the second cheapest service on the route. It is not the fastest: Send My Bag Express quoted 2 to 3 working days, though Send My Bag calls all its delivery times estimates.
- Luggage Free, best if you want boxes priced like bags. Same company as ShipGo, same transit, about $30 more per bag. Its widget priced a large box exactly the same as a checked bag.
- Luggage Forward, best for a written guarantee and heavier single bags. The only one of the five with a specific written delay remedy in its terms, and an Oversize category up to 75 lb. Also the most expensive, and its cheapest tier to London was the slowest.
- LugLess, best only for the domestic leg. It told us directly that it does not service the United States to United Kingdom. Useful if you land in the US and need bags moved to a campus elsewhere in the country.
The Comparison Table
All prices below are one way, per item, in US dollars, read from each company’s own quote tool on 22 September 2026. Luggage Forward quotes assumed delivery on or before Tuesday 13 October 2026. A 50 lb bag is 22.7 kg, which is why Send My Bag’s figures sit in its “up to 25 kg” band.
| Service | New York to London, 50 lb bag | London to New York, 50 lb bag | Transit quoted | Largest item category | Delay remedy in terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Send My Bag | $159 Standard, $169 Express, plus fuel surcharge | $122 Standard, plus fuel surcharge | US to UK: 4 to 5 working days Standard, 2 to 3 Express. UK to US: 2 to 3 working days | 30 kg band in our quotes; 70 kg international maximum on its allowances page | None. Terms say delivery times are estimates and not guaranteed |
| ShipGo | $254.99 International Priority | $264.99 International Priority | 2 to 4 business days out, 1 to 3 back | Oversized 65 lb | Terms say it is not obligated to provide compensation for any Shipment Failure |
| Luggage Free | $284.99 International Priority | $314.99 International Priority | 2 to 4 business days out, 1 to 3 back | Oversized 65 lb | Same terms and same company as ShipGo |
| Luggage Forward | $394 Select, $469 Preferred | $419 Select, $464 Preferred | 7 business days Select, 5 Preferred | Oversize 75 lb | Refund of double the transportation charge, customs delays excluded |
| LugLess | Not serviced | Not quoted | Not applicable | Oversize 75 billable lb (domestic) | Not applicable on this route |
Two things jump out. Luggage Forward was the most expensive option in both directions. And its cheapest tier, Select, was also the slowest at 7 business days, while ShipGo and Luggage Free quoted 2 to 4. If you are working to a move-in date, that combination matters more than the headline price.
The Three Bag Move, Priced Out
Here is the realistic student case: three standard 50 lb bags, one way. Where a company’s widget gave a total for three items I have used it. Where it did not, I multiplied the published per item price by three and labelled it arithmetic, because a multi-bag discount could exist that we did not see.
New York to London, three bags
| Service and tier | Per bag | Three bags | How we got it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Send My Bag Standard, 25 kg band | $159 | $477 plus fuel surcharge | 3 x $159, arithmetic |
| Send My Bag Express, 25 kg band | $169 | $507 plus fuel surcharge | 3 x $169, arithmetic |
| ShipGo International Priority | $254.99 | $764.97 | 3 x $254.99, arithmetic |
| Luggage Free International Priority | $284.99 | $854.97 | Widget total, checked bags and large boxes both |
| Luggage Forward Select | $394 | $1,182 | Widget total |
| Luggage Forward Preferred | $469 | $1,407 | Widget total |
The gaps, worked out: Luggage Forward Select at $1,182 is $327.03 more than Luggage Free ($1,182 minus $854.97), $417.03 more than ShipGo ($1,182 minus $764.97), and $705 more than Send My Bag’s Standard floor ($1,182 minus $477), before Send My Bag adds its fuel surcharge. I could not see the size of that surcharge, because Send My Bag’s quote page says only “Fuel surcharge displayed at next step.” Treat every Send My Bag figure in this post as a floor, not a final price.
London to New York, three bags
| Service and tier | Per bag | Three bags | How we got it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Send My Bag Standard, 25 kg band | $122 | $366 plus fuel surcharge | 3 x $122, arithmetic |
| ShipGo International Priority | $264.99 | $794.97 | 3 x $264.99, arithmetic |
| Luggage Free International Priority | $314.99 | $944.97 | 3 x $314.99, arithmetic |
| Luggage Forward Select | $419 | $1,257 | 3 x $419, arithmetic (its outbound pricing was linear) |
| Luggage Forward Preferred | $464 | $1,392 | 3 x $464, arithmetic |
Coming the other way, the spread widens. Luggage Forward Select at $1,257 is $462.03 more than ShipGo ($1,257 minus $794.97) and $891 more than Send My Bag’s floor ($1,257 minus $366). Notice also that the two directions are not mirror images. Luggage Forward charged $394 out and $419 back, and Send My Bag charged $159 out and $122 back. If you are pricing a whole year, quote both legs separately.
Heavier bags and boxes
Students overpack, so the 25 kg band is not the end of the story. On the US to UK route, Send My Bag quoted $169 Standard for its “up to 30 kg” band (shown as down from $179) and $179 Express. On UK to US, its 30 kg band was $135 Standard. That makes a mixed move of two 25 kg bags and one 30 kg box $487 plus fuel to London (2 x $159 plus $169) and $379 plus fuel back to New York (2 x $122 plus $135).
At 30 kg, which is about 66 lb, you are past the 50 lb Checked category at ShipGo and Luggage Free, and past their 65 lb Oversized ceiling too. Their Oversized London price was not captured, so I will not guess it. Luggage Forward’s Oversize category runs to 75 lb, but no London price for it was captured either. If you have one genuinely heavy item, get a quote for it specifically.
On boxes: Luggage Free priced three large boxes (50 lb, 60 linear inches) at the same $854.97 as three checked bags. Luggage Forward says it “ships boxes of all types” on its category model but publishes no box price, and says plastic bins or tubs cannot be shipped. Send My Bag tells you to use only sturdy double walled cardboard boxes.
One heavy bag rather than three?
Luggage Forward’s Oversize category runs to 75 lb, above the 65 lb ceiling at Luggage Free and ShipGo. A standard 50 lb bag New York to London quoted $394 Select or $469 Preferred on 22 September 2026. No Oversize price was captured on that route, so quote it before you pack.
If your campus is in the US but not where you land
Plenty of international students fly into one US city and study in another. That domestic leg is where LugLess comes back into play. On the New York to Los Angeles reference route, one 50 lb bag quoted LugLess $62.99 (6 October pickup), ShipGo Ground $79.99 (5 business days), Luggage Free Ground $114.99 (5 business days) and Luggage Forward Basic $144 (5 business days). Times three, that is $188.97, $239.97, $344.97 and $432, all arithmetic. Luggage Forward costs $243.03 more than LugLess for the same three bags.
Which Services Actually Ship One Way to a University Address
This is where the list gets shorter than the marketing suggests.
LugLess is out for transatlantic moves. When we asked it for New York to London, it replied, verbatim: “LugLess doesn’t service United States to United Kingdom yet. Give our friends at Luggage Forward a try.” Credit to LugLess for the honesty, and for pointing people at a competitor.
Send My Bag is the international specialist of the group and the only one with a student page. That page says it delivers “directly to your university accommodation”, with examples like “porter’s lodges in Oxford” and “receptions at NYU”. It quotes by weight band, and the band price you see is not all in: the fuel surcharge is added at checkout.
Luggage Forward has a study abroad page offering to “Ship your luggage directly to your dorm room, apartment or house.” It quotes international moves on two tiers, Select at 7 business days and Preferred at 5. Its cheapest option to London was its slowest.
ShipGo and Luggage Free both quoted International Priority at 2 to 4 business days to London and 1 to 3 back. I found no student page for either. They are also the same company: both sites’ terms name Global Sticks Express, LLC of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, at the same address. Do not treat them as two independent quotes. My Luggage Forward vs Luggage Free comparison goes into that relationship in detail.
The Picks in Depth
1. Send My Bag: the cheapest floor, with no promise on timing
On both reference routes Send My Bag’s published band price was the lowest of the four services that fly the route, by a wide margin. Three bags to London came to a $477 floor against $764.97 at ShipGo. That gap is big enough that even a meaningful fuel surcharge probably does not close it, but I cannot prove that, because the surcharge was not visible before checkout.
It is also the only company here that publishes a student discount. Its student page offers “10% discount” for “ISIC and Totum (by NUS) cardholders” and mentions dedicated student pricing that it says is typically 5 to 10 percent. Its own FAQ names a different set of cards, “NUS Extra, ISIC, or Student Advantage”, and elsewhere says “we don’t typically offer discounts”. Check which card it accepts before you count on it.
The catch is timing. Clause 3.1 of its terms reads: “All delivery times are given as estimates and are not guaranteed.” Clause 8 adds that no expenses are paid if baggage is delayed. For a student, that means you must build slack into the schedule yourself. I cover the Send My Bag trade off in more depth in Luggage Forward vs Send My Bag.
2. ShipGo: the fast option that is not the most expensive
ShipGo’s $254.99 per bag to London at 2 to 4 business days beat every Luggage Forward tier on both price and speed. If your window between booking and move-in is short, this is the one I would look at first.
Read its terms before you pay, though. ShipGo’s guarantee page says “We’ll refund your order and payout up to $200 reimbursement for related expenses”. Its terms say the company “is not obligated to provide any compensation or damages for any Shipment Failure”. Both statements are ShipGo’s own. International quotes also carry the line “Additional fees for VAT and Duty charges may apply.”
3. Luggage Free: ShipGo’s sister, a little dearer
Same company, same transit, $30 more per bag to London and $50 more per bag back. There is not much reason to choose it over ShipGo on this route unless its quote on your date comes in lower. The one useful data point it gave us is that a large box and a checked bag cost the same, which matters if you are packing books.
4. Luggage Forward: the written remedy, at a price
I would be doing you a disservice if I pretended Luggage Forward wins this post on value. It does not. It was the most expensive option in both directions, and its cheaper Select tier was 3 to 5 business days slower than the Global Sticks brands.
What it does have is a contract. Its terms say that if a bag picked up on the scheduled date is not delivered by 11:59 p.m. local time on the guaranteed date, the remedy is “a refund of double the transportation charge”. The exclusions matter here: customs holds, weather, locked international bags, incomplete documentation and disallowed goods all void it, and “Items delayed due to Customs … will not be covered”. It also publishes claim windows: damage within 15 days of delivery, lost bags within 30 days of expected delivery. The full Luggage Forward review covers the rest of its terms.
5. LugLess: domestic only
Cheapest on the domestic reference routes and not an option across the Atlantic. Keep it in mind for the leg from your arrival airport to a US campus.
Customs, Duties and the “There Are No Taxes” Line
Every international shipment of personal belongings goes through customs, and this is where the marketing and the terms part ways most clearly.
Luggage Forward’s study abroad page says: “There are no taxes or pick-up, handling or fuel surcharges.” Its terms of service say: “Any duties, taxes or other fees incurred during the Customs process will be passed on to the Customer.” Both are Luggage Forward’s own words. The fair reading is that Luggage Forward does not add its own tax, but whatever customs charges on your belongings is yours to pay. Its site also says its “international shipping specialists complete every customs form on your behalf” and that “Used personal belongings typically qualify for duty-free treatment … though rules vary by country.”
Send My Bag is blunter. Clause 6.9.3 of its terms says: “Any additional duties or other fees levied by any Customs authority will be payable by the customer.” Its customs page asks for a packing list (a pro forma customs invoice) and a personal effects form outside the EU, and says most countries offer a duty free allowance for personal effects “owned by them for a minimum of 6 months”, naming Russia and Norway as countries that do not. If customs does stop a shipment, it says processing can take 24 to 72 hours, and then up to another 24 to 72 hours after clearance before it moves again.
Practical takeaway: do not ship brand new items still in their packaging, keep receipts for anything valuable, and fill in the packing list honestly. New goods are the fastest way to turn a personal effects shipment into a duty bill.
What You Cannot Ship: Laptops, Chargers, Batteries, Toiletries
This matters more for students than for anyone, because a dorm move is exactly the shipment people stuff with electronics and a year’s worth of shampoo.
Luggage Forward prohibits “Electronics including, but not limited to, laptops, personal computers … cell phones” and “Batteries including all wet or lithium batteries”, including batteries built into phones, laptops, tablets, audio devices and tracking devices. Its homepage list excludes cables and converters from the electronics ban, so a charger cable is fine but the laptop is not. Also banned: alcohol including perfume and hand sanitiser, all medication including vitamins, food including coffee and spices, aerosols and sunscreen.
Luggage Free and ShipGo go further. Their terms ban electronics, batteries, toiletries, liquids, jewelry, glass, porcelain and ceramics, compressed gases including bug spray and sunscreen, and all medications.
Send My Bag bans aerosols, perfume, nail varnish and other flammable liquids, toner cartridges, tobacco, alcohol, money, medications and perishable food on every service. It bans loose batteries and power banks outright, and allows one device with a lithium battery per international order, under 100Wh and under 5 kg, with no batteries at all to or from Australia or China. Electrical items travel at your own risk and are not covered. On liquids it says: “Liquids, pastes & gels of all types are entirely prohibited on all international Express routes.” Non flammable liquids are allowed only on its European standard, UK domestic and USA domestic services, which travel by road, so they are not an option on a transatlantic move.
The practical answer is simple. Your laptop, phone, tablet, headphones, power bank and any medication go in your cabin bag with you. Buy toiletries when you arrive. Ship clothes, bedding, shoes and books. My guide to the best carry on luggage for international travel helps if the cabin bag now has to carry more than usual.
Shipping vs Paying the Airline for Extra Bags
Here I have to be careful, because the airline figures I have checked are US carrier fee tables, and transatlantic allowances depend on your fare. I have not verified the international excess bag fees for American, or any fee for United, so I am not going to invent a London number.
What we do have, with their dates:
- American, fee page reading “tickets issued on / after May 18, 2026”: first checked bag $45 prepaid online or $50 at the airport, second $55 or $60. Overweight $30 for 50 to 53 lbs, $100 for 53 to 70 lbs, $200 for 70 to 100 lbs. Oversize $30 for 62 to 65 linear inches, $200 for 65 to 115.
- Delta, excess baggage page read 22 September 2026 (no effective date captured): overweight $100 for 51 to 70 lbs and $200 for 71 to under 100 lbs, oversize $200 for 63 to 80 inches, third bag $200.
- Transatlantic excess bag fees on any carrier: not verified.
Use those as a sense of scale, then run the real test on your own ticket. Look up what your airline charges for the bag beyond your allowance on your route. If it is more than about $254.99, ShipGo wins that bag on price. If it is more than $159 plus Send My Bag’s fuel surcharge, Send My Bag wins it. Luggage Forward only wins that comparison if the airline wants more than $394 for the bag, and even then ShipGo and Luggage Free are cheaper.
The overweight line is the one that catches students. On the domestic leg, a 60 lb bag on American is a $100 overweight fee on top of the bag fee. Splitting the same weight into a checked bag and a shipped box is often the cheaper move, and my step by step guide to shipping luggage walks through weighing, labelling and booking.
Working Back From Move-In Day
Transit times are quoted in business days, not calendar days. Weekends do not count, and a public holiday in either country can stall a shipment. Customs delays are excluded from every guarantee here. So work backwards from the date the building opens, not forwards from when you feel like packing.
Using our quote date of Tuesday 13 October 2026 as the move-in example:
| When | What to do |
|---|---|
| 6 to 8 weeks before | Confirm with your housing office that it accepts parcels before you arrive, and get the exact delivery address format. Weigh and measure every bag and box. |
| 3 to 4 weeks before | Quote all four services that fly your route on your actual date. Quote the return leg separately if you know it. Decide whether one heavy item needs its own quote. |
| 2 weeks before | Book. Pull electronics, batteries, medication and toiletries out of the shipment. Prepare the packing list and keep receipts for anything valuable. |
| Friday 2 October | Luggage Forward Select pickup date assigned by its widget for 13 October delivery (7 business days). |
| Tuesday 6 October | Luggage Forward Preferred pickup (5 business days). Also the latest sensible pickup for Send My Bag Standard at 4 to 5 working days, with no allowance for customs. |
| Wednesday 7 October | The last pickup that fits ShipGo’s 2 to 4 business days if everything goes perfectly. The same applies to Luggage Free. I would not cut it this fine. |
| Tuesday 13 October | Move in. Cabin bag carries laptop, chargers, documents and first night essentials. |
My own rule: add at least three business days of buffer to whatever the company quotes, more if the shipment is going through customs, and more again with Send My Bag, whose times are estimates. If the hall will not accept early deliveries, look for a staffed address nearby, such as a relative, a hostel reception or the university’s own post room.
Coverage: What You Actually Get If a Bag Goes Missing
Every company here advertises one level of cover and writes a lower one into its terms.
Luggage Forward’s homepage says its “complimentary value protection covers your luggage for up to $500”. Its terms cap liability at the lesser of actual value or $500, cap container damage at $500 regardless of extra protection, and elsewhere say “$100 IF NO PROTECTION PURCHASED”. Electronics are excluded from value protection anyway, which is one more reason the laptop rides with you.
Luggage Free and ShipGo sell cover up to $10,000 at checkout, but their shared terms cap total aggregate liability at “the lesser of the actual value of any items lost or damaged or $500”. Send My Bag’s terms offer discretionary compensation of £12.50 per kilo up to £125 per package, or more with purchased cover, with an individual item cap of £250.
For a bag of clothes and bedding that is usually fine. For anything irreplaceable, it is not, and your own travel or contents insurance matters more than the shipper’s cover. My roundup of travel insurance for people living abroad is a starting point.
If You Are a Founder Studying Abroad, or a Parent Paying for the Move
A lot of people who read this site are running a store while studying, or paying for a kid’s semester abroad out of a business they run. Two practical notes for you.
Pay for the shipment on a card you are building history on, and watch the currency. Luggage Forward’s booking app states that card transactions are charged in USD. If you are a student setting up your first card for exactly this kind of expense, my guide to credit cards for college students covers the options.
Do not ship store inventory as luggage. Luggage Free’s terms say the user is “purchasing the Services for User’s own personal use only, and not for resale or export”, and Send My Bag’s personal effects form exists to confirm your items “are not intended for sale”. Samples for your store belong in a proper commercial shipment. And if you are living out of two bags for a term, my digital nomad packing list is built for exactly that.
Running the Business Behind the Store
Everything in this post is freight logic: weight bands, dimensional caps, customs paperwork, declared value and a delivery date with a penalty attached. Those are the same constraints that decide whether a physical products store makes money, which is the business I actually run. If you want the model from the ground up, start with what high ticket dropshipping is.
Picking a category is where most of the margin gets decided, and the high ticket niches list is where I would start, looking for products whose margin can absorb a freight surcharge.
Suppliers make or break the model, because one who will not ship a bulky item to a home address cannot support it. My guide to finding high ticket suppliers covers how to qualify them quickly.
The first thing a serious supplier asks about is your entity, which is handled in business formation for high ticket dropshipping.
My stack is short. I build stores on Shopify. I form entities through Bizee so the paperwork and registered agent sit in one place.
Liability cover comes from Hiscox, which stops being optional once freight is landing at customers’ homes.
If you would rather have the whole thing built while you study, my team does exactly that through the done for you high ticket dropshipping build and launch service.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cheapest way to ship luggage to university abroad?
On the New York to London route quoted on 22 September 2026, Send My Bag’s Standard service had the lowest published price at $159 per 50 lb bag in its 25 kg band, or $477 for three bags, before a fuel surcharge added at checkout. ShipGo was next at $254.99 per bag, or $764.97 for three. Luggage Forward was the most expensive at $394 per bag on Select.
Can I ship my laptop with my luggage?
Not with Luggage Forward, Luggage Free or ShipGo, which all ban laptops and lithium batteries. Send My Bag allows one lithium battery device per international order under 100Wh and 5 kg, but electrical items travel at your own risk and are not covered. Carry the laptop, phone and chargers in the cabin.
Can I ship toiletries to my dorm?
Not across the Atlantic with any of these services. Luggage Free and ShipGo ban toiletries and liquids, Luggage Forward bans aerosols, sunscreen, perfume and hand sanitiser, and Send My Bag bans liquids of all types on international express routes and on international standard services outside Europe. Buy them when you arrive.
Will I pay customs duty on my belongings?
Possibly. Luggage Forward’s terms pass any duties or taxes to you even though its study abroad page says “There are no taxes”. Send My Bag’s terms also make duties payable by the customer, and says most countries allow duty free personal effects owned for at least 6 months. Rules vary by country, so check your destination.
Does LugLess ship internationally?
Not to the UK. When asked for New York to London, LugLess replied that it “doesn’t service United States to United Kingdom yet” and referred us to Luggage Forward.
Are ShipGo and Luggage Free different companies?
No. Both sites’ terms name Global Sticks Express, LLC, based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, at the same address. Getting a quote from both is fine, but they are one business.
Is there a student discount on luggage shipping?
Send My Bag publishes a 10 percent student discount, though its student page and FAQ name different qualifying cards. LugLess links to a Student Beans offer whose terms I have not read. I found no student discount published by Luggage Forward, Luggage Free or ShipGo.
How early should I ship before move-in?
Take the quoted business days, add at least three business days of buffer, and allow extra for customs. For a Tuesday 13 October move-in, Luggage Forward’s Select tier needed a Friday 2 October pickup.
Bottom Line
For a one way student move across the Atlantic, the service that pays us is not the one I would pick first on price. Send My Bag had the lowest floor in both directions and is the only one built around students, as long as you build in slack and remember the fuel surcharge. ShipGo quoted 2 to 4 business days, close to Send My Bag Express at 2 to 3 working days, and was still hundreds cheaper than Luggage Forward for three bags. Luggage Free is ShipGo with a higher price tag.
Luggage Forward earns its place for a narrower buyer: someone who wants a written, specific remedy if a bag misses the date, has a single item heavier than 65 lb, or is going somewhere the others do not reach. On the numbers we pulled, you pay $327.03 to $705 extra for that on a three bag move to London. For the wider comparison across every trip type, see the best luggage shipping services ranked.
Delivered to your dorm, not the airport carousel
Luggage Forward’s study abroad page offers delivery to your dorm room, apartment or house. Three bags London to New York work out at $1,257 on Select, arithmetic from a $419 single bag quote on 22 September 2026, plus any duties its terms pass on to you.
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Trevor Fenner is an ecommerce entrepreneur and the founder of Ecommerce Paradise, a platform focused on helping entrepreneurs build and scale profitable high-ticket ecommerce and dropshipping businesses. With over a decade of hands-on experience, Trevor specializes in high-ticket dropshipping strategy, niche and product selection, supplier recruiting and onboarding, Google & Bing Shopping ads, ecommerce SEO, and systems-driven automation and scaling. Through Ecommerce Paradise, he provides free education via in-depth guides like How to Start High-Ticket Dropshipping, advanced training through the High-Ticket Dropshipping Masterclass, and fully done-for-you turnkey ecommerce services for entrepreneurs who want a faster, more hands-off path to growth. Trevor is known for emphasizing sustainable, real-world ecommerce models over hype-driven tactics, helping store owners build scalable, sellable, and location-independent brands.
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