California 2 Puerto Rico

We left Rincon around 6:30pm last night to get to the airport early just in case anything came up. FYI: Don’t try to pick up your dogs at the terminal…they are transported from the terminal to the Continental Cargo Depot which is in Carolina. A not so great area to get lost in…eventually we found the Cargo Depot…waited for Monks and Kuta and saw them as the forklift dropped them off on the loading dock.

Monkey is all the way to the left, Kuta all the way to the right.

Once I signed the paperwork and got them in the back of the truck, we parked on the side of the road and took a little walk. Kuta and monkey both went to the bathroom like it was going out of style (neither of them soiled their crates) and kuta drank about a gallon of water. Monkey had a couple of sips and asked what time room service was coming around….

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I just got back from dropping off Kuta and Monkey (our dogs) at the airport. Today they are making their permanent move to Puerto Rico! Their flight left at 9:22am out of San Diego and arrives at 9:30pm in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I’m nervous! Neither of them have flown before, but they seemed to be doing okay in their crates. Monkey was a little whiney, but Kuta was kickin’ it like a pro.

They are flying via Continental’s PetSafe® program, which is supposed to be the best. It cost $641.60 total, for both dogs to fly from San Diego to Puerto Rico. As long as they arrive safe and sound, it will be worth every penny. You can track your pets progress at CoCargo.com (Kuta and Monkey’s tracking number is: 59476373) and there is a 24-hour Live Animal Desk (800.575.3335 or 281.553.5052) that you can call with any concerns of questions.

Status: They’re in Texas! I wonder if they saw Ricky and Lyndsay?!

7/24/2007 3:22 PM Received from Flight CO1606, 2 pieces Houston, TX (IAH)

7/24/2007 9:22 AM Departed on Flight CO1606 San Diego, CA (SAN)

7/24/2007 Shipment Booked on Flight CO1606, 2 pieces San Diego, CA (SAN)

Status 2: Stefan just called (7:35 pm) and he is driving home with the dogs as we speak. YAY! I’m SO relieved!

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I went back to California for a couple of days to see Summer and help pack up stuff. We decided a couple of weeks ago that spending four thousand dollars for a container to ship our stuff to Puerto Rico was too much money because we didn’t have much big stuff worth sending.

Once I got back to Carlsbad, I realized that I had much more stuff that I wanted to keep than I thought. Summer and I decided to give away, donate or sell everything that wasn’t important to us. After going through all my stuff on the first round, there wasn’t much I was willing to part with. After a couple more reviews of my stuff, I narrowed it down big time and reluctantly left a bunch of stuff behind (New Yamaha tuner, stereo, camping stuff, French Presses, tools and much more).

I still packed a lot of stuff and realized it was going to cost us just as much shipping it via USPS so I called JetBlue and found out their excessive baggage policy. Anything over 2 bags is a $50 charge and they allow up to 100 pounds per bag. So, with that said, I packed up 5 bags with 90 pounds worth of stuff, packed one bike box (with my mountain bike, I left my classic American made Schwinn cruiser ), packed two sets of golf clubs, packed 9 surfboards in two board bags and packed up my computers in a giant box with bubble wrap, peanuts and taped up the box.

French Presses that were left behind (I’m sorry)

Classic Mark Richards twin fin from the 70’s

Preventative Measures while packing the computers



Jet Blue Baggage Pick-up in Aguadilla

The hardest part of the day was arriving in Aguadilla at 4:15 am and having to get all of this stuff to my truck (which was in the parking lot because Mark and Jerry dropped it off for me earlier in the day). By the time I packed it all up and got to the house, the sun was up (6:00am) and I was up for the day. It was a rough one..but all the “big stuff” is here except for the Snowboards and Summers computers.

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I have been home for a few days now and don’t feel like I have gotten much accomplished. Since we decided not to get a container, I am sorting through everything I have left here (i haven’t even gotten to the shed yet) and donating clothes to good will, picking and choosing which surfboards are going/staying. I packed the surfboards that are going (9) this morning and am trying to figure out if I should move to my office, or the shed. I really don’t want to do any of it.

Summer is going to order boxes today that we will use to ship the bikes and computers/monitors.

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Today I scheduled for our shippers/movers to pick up our stuff on July 11th. I went with IntlMove.com for the job of moving our stuff from California to Puerto Rico. They seem quite reputable and their BBB record was pretty clean. They’ve also been very informative and helpful with all of my questions. I’ve scheduled door to door service for 500 cubic feet for the price of $3800. The $3800 is a quote and if we end up going over the 500 cubic feet with our items, the shipper charges $8 per extra cubic foot. Unfortunately, if we end up under 500 cubic feet, they do not offer a refund for unused space. So fill er up! Just not too much…:)

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Well, actually, we have mail box. Send us our first piece of mail!

Summer and Stefan Rest
P.O. Box 697
Rincon, PR 00677

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It took a while for Stefan and I to figure out how exactly we were going to move our furniture and personal effects to Puerto Rico, but I think I have it figured out. I’ve been in contact with several inernational movers (even though Puerto Rico is not an international move, we need a mover that has experiance in shipping via boat, not truck).

So far, the best and most competatively priced movers that I’ve found are GLobex Shipping and International Movers. Both of these companies are BBB members, which is important. I’ve heard/read horror stories of bad movers, your stuff never showing up, movers holding your stuff hostage and demanding more money, etc. I spoke to Teila at International Movers today and she explained the whole process for me. Since we are shipping less then a full container, the movers show up at our house, pack our stuff into their truck, truck it to their warehouse in LA where they pallet and shrink wrap everything, wait for other peoples stuff to fill up the entire container (this can take 4 weeks) and off it goes via sea. Once the container ports in Puerto Rico, they truck it to our home and drop it off at our house. The whole process takes 4 - 8 weeks and costs $3000 for 300 cubic feet (300 cubic feet is 7′ x 7′ x 6′, which isn’t that big).

Since it’s been so long since I got my quote from International Movers (4 months), they are updating my quote and will get back with me tomorrow. If everything seems kosher, I’m going to schedule the pick up tomorrow.

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