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A lot of UK families have origins overseas; many also have branches of their family trees that have emigrated to locations such as Australia or the United States of America in attempt to find work and even enjoy the arguably more favourable weather. For whatever reason they had for moving it can mean a good excuse for a holiday to see them every now and then.
Travelling to stay with family could be a longer holiday than your average two weeks in the Spanish sun, this is possibly because you may be staying with your family and so hotel costs could be cut from your holiday budget, allowing you a longer stay (or as long as your relatives will put you up for). With longer stays you'll probably need to take more clothes and supplies with you in your baggage, but with extra clothes you may also have to take birthday presents and other gifts with you which could tip your bags over the scales when at the airport, incurring some additional charges.
These baggage costs may seem less harmful if you are already saving money when staying with relatives, but you should try to make as much savings as you can as there are ways to avoid the excess baggage fees that can put a damper on your holiday. By using a shipping company to send your bags and suitcases together in one container you could get all of your luggage sent to your relative's home or collected from the airport when you arrive, easily dodging the hefty excess fees that airlines have started to charge to flyers who go over their restrictive limits.
This way no matter where you are going in the world all of your bags will touch down safely and enable you to take everything you need from clothes and shoes to birthday gifts and other items you may need to take with you. You can also use these companies for the return trip, especially since your family may have gifts in return for you to take back with you.
With the help of these services your trip to visit family could be less expensive than you'd have thought and maybe even make the prospect of visiting a more frequent thing?
Many families could benefit from baggage shipping to popular destinations they have relatives in such as shipping to India or shipping to Australia so that they can take all of their belongings, presents and other items without fear of excess baggage fees.
