a Florida port then a hundred and forty to two hundred and thirty five miles inland, and second home shipments need the customs position checked first.
Orlando takes more part shipments than most American cities, because a good share of the moves are furnishing a second home rather than emptying a first one.
We connect your enquiry with a vetted international moving company from our network that covers central Florida, whether you are shipping a full house or a few rooms.
Goods arrive through a Florida port and then travel inland to the Orlando area, a run of roughly a hundred and forty to two hundred and thirty five miles depending on which port your service uses.
Second home shipments need extra care on the customs side. Goods going to a property you do not live in full time may not meet the personal use test, so get that answered before anything is packed.
The ordinary test applies to a main residence. Where the property is somewhere you visit rather than live, the relief may not apply at all, and central Florida raises that question more often than most destinations.
Second home shipments make the customs test sharper here than almost anywhere. The relief covers effects that were for your personal use, or used in a household where you were a resident, for a year, and are not intended for sale or for another person. Goods bought to furnish a property you visit rather than live in may not meet that test at all.
CBP Form 3299 supports the claim for goods arriving without you, with anything under twelve months old declared separately. Effects landing more than ten years after your last arrival from the country where they were used are generally outside the relief.
Because so much here turns on residency and status, get your own position from CBP in writing before the shipment is packed rather than after it has sailed.
Check these before the inventory is finalised:
Central Florida is served from the coast rather than directly, so goods clear at a Florida port and finish the journey inland. Which port depends on the service your shipment is booked on.
Because part shipments are so common here, shared container space is the usual answer. Paying for a whole container to carry a few rooms of furniture rarely makes sense on this route.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Tell us whether this is a home or a second home | It changes the customs position, not just the volume, so it is the first thing worth establishing. |
| Your route gets checked | A moving company from the network confirms the Florida sailing, the port, the inland run and access at the delivery address. |
| You deal with them directly | The quote, the timetable and the delivery plan come from them, and the introduction is free. |
Send the collection address, the Orlando delivery address, your date, a rough inventory and whether the property is your main home. A moving company from our network takes it from there.
Send your move detailsA Working Member of AGM Group. Enquiries are connected with vetted FIDI FAIM certified and BAR Overseas accredited international moving companies from the network.
We do not move anything ourselves. The Orlando move is carried out and quoted by the moving company you are connected with.
Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.