Jacksonville is the northern gateway into Florida, which means shipments here avoid the long haul down the peninsula that a Miami or Naples delivery involves.
We connect your enquiry with a vetted international moving company from our network covering north Florida, and they price the route and carry out the move.
Jacksonville sits on the Atlantic coast in the north of the state, so goods clear on that coast rather than travelling the length of Florida. Ask which sailing your shipment is booked on, since published Florida times vary by operator.
north Florida on the Atlantic coast, so no long southbound drive, four to six weeks door to door across a very large city footprint.
The city covers an unusually large area, so the delivery address matters more than the city name. A beaches address and a westside address are very different drives.
The city footprint is very large, so drive times between neighbourhoods are longer than expected.
Beaches addresses can have sandy access roads and parking limits worth mentioning.
Suburban houses with driveways make loading straightforward.
Hurricane season can affect scheduling in late summer and autumn.
Clearing at the top of the state means less inland travel afterwards, so a shipment that clears cleanly is delivered quickly. That makes an accurate inventory worth more here than the effort it takes.
Clearing at the top of the state means fewer stages before delivery, and a clean declaration keeps it that way. Effects enter free of duty where they were for your own use, or used in a household where you were a resident, for a year, and are not for sale or for anybody else.
CBP Form 3299 is the declaration for goods arriving apart from you, with newer items listed on their own. As a general rule, effects arriving more than ten years after your last arrival from the country where they were used are not admitted free of duty.
Treatment depends on your status when the goods land, and the answers published across the industry differ. Confirm yours with CBP directly.
Check these before the inventory is finalised:
Sitting at the top of the state on the Atlantic side, Jacksonville avoids the long southbound road leg that central and south Florida deliveries often involve. Goods clear on the coast and go straight out to the address.
That shorter chain is the main advantage here. Fewer stages means fewer handovers, and fewer handovers means fewer places for a schedule to slip.
Published Florida sailing times vary between operators, so ask which service your goods are on. Allow four to six weeks door to door.
In north Florida on the Atlantic coast, which avoids the long southbound road leg that central and south Florida deliveries can involve.
Usually, because there is less inland travel after clearance. The sea leg is similar and the road stage is shorter.
Only for most of a house. Shared container space costs less and suits smaller shipments.
Because the city covers a very large area, and the drive from the coast to a beaches address is nothing like the drive to the westside.
It can affect schedules in late summer and autumn, so leave slack in the dates rather than planning to a single day.
Because there is less inland travel after clearance. The sea leg is similar and the road stage is considerably shorter than a run down the peninsula.
Because the city footprint is one of the largest in the country. A beaches address and a westside address are entirely different drives from the coast.
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Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.