Sending a bag from Lisbon to Santiago

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JoanneK

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• Jul 22, 2015

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Has anyone information on sending a bag to Santiago from Lisbon? I am especially keen to find out the name of a courier company that might do this? We are travelling in Spain after walking the Camino Portugues and will need things other than our walking gear. Thanks for your help. Joanne

 

gracethepilgrim

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• Jul 22, 2015

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An easy option is to go to the post office and send to Ivar here on the site - for instructions, go to Camino Resources (top of page) then select Ivar from LHS, and '
Ship things ahead to Santiago, I will store it for 60 days (or more)’

 

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• Jul 22, 2015

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We used Ivar service last year, Really good. We would recommend it.

 

peregrina2000

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• Jul 22, 2015

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A few months back, Ivar posted this notice about some delivery problems with the Portuguese mail service and sending packages to Correos in Santiago from Portugal. Seems like you should send any packages either to your hotel in Santiago (if they are ok with that) or to Ivar.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...m-portugal-to-the-santiago-post-office.33446/

 

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JoanneK

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• Jul 26, 2015

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gracethepilgrim said:

An easy option is to go to the post office and send to Ivar here on the site - for instructions, go to Camino Resources (top of page) then select Ivar from LHS, and '
Ship things ahead to Santiago, I will store it for 60 days (or more)’

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Thanks - I've been in touch with Ivar and will get the bags sent to him for storage. I suppose we were wondering if there were any other options than using the postal service - which in some countries is not particularly reliable. We'll just have to trust that the bags will get there I think!

 

peregrina2000

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• Jul 26, 2015

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JoanneK said:

Thanks - I've been in touch with Ivar and will get the bags sent to him for storage. I suppose we were wondering if there were any other options than using the postal service - which in some countries is not particularly reliable. We'll just have to trust that the bags will get there I think!

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Hi, Joanne,
You could use a shipping company. I spent an academic year in Lisbon a few years ago and we had stuff shipped home with DHL, which seems to be the most popular shipping company in Europe, more than Fed Ex or UPS (though I have had things shipped to me in Portugal via UPS, so I'm sure they have offices there, too).

http://www.dhl.pt/pt/country_profile/localizacoes_dhl_express.html

 

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JoanneK

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• Jul 26, 2015

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peregrina2000 said:

Hi, Joanne,
You could use a shipping company. I spent an academic year in Lisbon a few years ago and we had stuff shipped home with DHL, which seems to be the most popular shipping company in Europe, more than Fed Ex or UPS (though I have had things shipped to me in Portugal via UPS, so I'm sure they have offices there, too).

http://www.dhl.pt/pt/country_profile/localizacoes_dhl_express.html

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Thanks so much - will follow up that lead.

 

VascoH

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• Jul 28, 2015

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Joanne K, I've used the Portuguese postal service to send my extra travelling cloths to Ivar on both occasions when I walked from Porto without any problems and found the workers at the post office very helpful.
Bom Camino
Vasco

 

peregrina2000

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• Jul 28, 2015

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VascoH said:

Joanne K, I've used the Portuguese postal service to send my extra travelling cloths to Ivar on both occasions when I walked from Porto without any problems and found the workers at the post office very helpful.
Bom Camino
Vasco

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Good to know, Vasco. It sounds like the problems Ivar reported were only with people who used the Portuguese postal service to mail things to general delivery at the Santiago Post Office. It suggests that people sending stuff to Santiago from Portugal should send them to Ivar! Bom caminho, Laurie

 

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JoanneK

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• Jul 30, 2015

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VascoH said:

Joanne K, I've used the Portuguese postal service to send my extra travelling cloths to Ivar on both occasions when I walked from Porto without any problems and found the workers at the post office very helpful.
Bom Camino
Vasco

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Thanks Vasco. Your recent good experience with the postal service on the Portuguese Camino makes me lean towards that option. Joanne

 

wanderfrau

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• Mar 24, 2019

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peregrina2000 said:

Hi, Joanne,
You could use a shipping company. I spent an academic year in Lisbon a few years ago and we had stuff shipped home with DHL, which seems to be the most popular shipping company in Europe, more than Fed Ex or UPS (though I have had things shipped to me in Portugal via UPS, so I'm sure they have offices there, too).

http://www.dhl.pt/pt/country_profile/localizacoes_dhl_express.html

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How much more or less would it cist?

 

wanderfrau

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• Mar 24, 2019

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How much more or less would it cost to send a 20 kg suitcase from Lisbon to Santiago?