Date:         Sun, 29 May 2016 10:03:11 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <modrillock@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Drillock <modrillock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      sending a Westy to Europe, etc
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We shipped our Westy over last year. Our friend traveling with us sent his
Syncro over last month. There are various companies who offer this service
from ports on both coasts of the North America. I won't recommend any one
company but I will suggest getting quotes from several. The companies you
need to deal with are middle men and they arrange things for you with the
actual ship company and US customs. Then you need to deal with another
middle man at the other end, to get it through local customs in whatever
port you send it to. It isn't very complicated if you follow their
instructions and have patience at the other end for things to work
themselves out. I am talking only about you as a tourist shipping your own
vehicle over to use while you are there. It needs to be titled in your
name, for a while, and you need to get European liability insurance for it
before you can pick it up.

Mark