Recently, we tried calling around to get estimates for shipping our stuff to France. Jeremy's company is paying for it and gave us an awesome limit of 162 lbs each for the flight itself and then another 12,000 lbs to be shipped over via cargo ship. Well, no one will give us estimates unless we tell them what we're shipping but we don't know what we're shipping until we know the measurements of our apartment. It's a catch-22. Why would we bring our piano if it won't fit, or three bedroom sets if we only wind up with two bedrooms?
Jeremy's company is also willing to bring us to France for a week long visit to try and find an apartment before we move, which is very generous, but with Jeremy's crazy work schedule it's almost impossible! This week and next week he's in Washington D.C., and then in October and November he'll be in Toronto for a week each trip as well. With no dates decided for the Toronto trips, we can't pick a date for the France trip.
Meanwhile, the French side of the company is asking for the estimates, I suppose so they can prepare monetarily-wise on their end. We're probably just going to end up telling the shipping companies a bunch of stuff we won't even bring with us just so we can get an estimate and then revise it later after the apartment is picked out. Now if only the Realtor would get back to us...
Jeremy's company is also willing to bring us to France for a week long visit to try and find an apartment before we move, which is very generous, but with Jeremy's crazy work schedule it's almost impossible! This week and next week he's in Washington D.C., and then in October and November he'll be in Toronto for a week each trip as well. With no dates decided for the Toronto trips, we can't pick a date for the France trip.
Meanwhile, the French side of the company is asking for the estimates, I suppose so they can prepare monetarily-wise on their end. We're probably just going to end up telling the shipping companies a bunch of stuff we won't even bring with us just so we can get an estimate and then revise it later after the apartment is picked out. Now if only the Realtor would get back to us...