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Hope Town, on Elbow Cay, is the famous candy-striped lighthouse town, a Loyalist boating and second-home community. Moves here are mostly furniture, reached by a final boat leg. We connect you with one vetted partner. It's free to ask.
✅ The quick answer — Tell us what you're shipping to Hope Town and we connect you with one vetted partner. Free.
📦 How you ship — Barrels, a shared load, or a full container for a home.
⏱️ How long — Roughly 4 to 6 weeks, usually transhipped through a US or regional hub.
⚓ Where it clears — Clear at Nassau or Freeport, then travel on by inter-island freight to Abaco.
🏠 Coming home? — Returning residents bring effects and a vehicle in duty-free, within limits.
Hope Town, on Elbow Cay off Great Abaco, is one of the most picturesque settlements in the Bahamas, a Loyalist town of pastel cottages gathered around its famous candy-striped lighthouse. Cars are few and the pace is slow; it's a boating and second-home community with a strong heritage and a loyal expat following. Moves here are usually furniture and the contents of a holiday or full-time home, reached by a final boat leg from Marsh Harbour.
The same free service connects you with one vetted partner who packs and protects everything in the UK, ships it, clears it and arranges the inter-island and boat legs to Hope Town.
From a single barrel to a whole home, here's how most people ship to the islands.
Clothes, food and gifts in a barrel, from around £80.
Shared or full 20ft and 40ft for a large load or a home.
Coming home for good? Bring effects and a vehicle in under the concession.
Barrel, container and car prices compared, and ways to save.
Goods for Hope Town clear at Nassau or Freeport, then travel on by inter-island freight to Abaco. A broker files the entry in Click2Clear, and ordinary shipments may attract import duty, which varies by item, plus VAT at 10%, a 1% customs processing fee and an environmental levy on the landed value. If you're a returning resident, a Bahamian or permanent resident home to live after at least 24 months away, you can bring used household effects in free of duty up to 10,000 dollars, plus one vehicle up to 30,000 dollars, with Ministry of Finance approval, once every five years. Your vetted partner and the broker handle the paperwork.
Goods clear at Nassau or Freeport, travel by inter-island freight to Marsh Harbour, then cross by boat to Elbow Cay and Hope Town. Your partner arranges every leg. Your vetted partner times the delivery with you and handles access at your address. Shipping to another island or town? Browse every area on the Bahamas hub.
Sending a barrel or moving home often goes hand in hand with sending money. The Bahamian dollar is held on par with the US dollar. For years we've connected customers with trusted partners who handle any currency, so the money side is simple and fair. It's offered through our partners, with no hidden fees.
Whether it's a barrel or a full home, we connect you with one partner suited to the Hope Town route and Bahamas customs, not a call centre. We work hand in hand with established overseas removal companies and international movers, the moving companies in our network, so for a full relocation you get a mover holding FIDI FAIM accreditation, the global benchmark, with BAR Overseas the UK marker, and a broker clears your goods in the Bahamas.
International Removals Companies isn't a shipper itself; we pass your enquiry to one vetted partner who does the work, free since November 2010, with more than 850,000 enquiries connected since. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, ICO ZB022743, Norman House, Saint Saviours Estate, Abbey Street, London, SE1 3DH. Working Member of AGM Group since 2010.
Tell us what you're sending and where in Hope Town it's going, and one vetted partner comes back with a price, a sailing schedule and the customs steps. No cost, no obligation.
Get my free quoteYour partner confirms every price, transit time, insurance and customs point before you book.
International Removals Companies is the official enquiry service for three FIDI FAIM and BAR Overseas certified international moving companies in AGM Group, members of IAM, EUROMOVERS and FEDEMAC. It works hand in hand with established overseas removal companies and international movers, and it's a free route-matching service that connects you with them, not a removal company itself, a man with a van or a house clearance service.
Use this page to send your Hope Town removal enquiry, then speak directly with the partner mover we connect you with before booking.