My husband and I moved to Doha last January. We too are from Canada. We looked into sending a container and went as far as finding out prices ect. It is VERY expensive to say the least. However, I would do almost anything to have my own bed there. I find the beds in Qatar are only so-so at best. I've checked every store that I can think of in the city but cannot find a decent mattress! Most apartments are furnished and if they aren't most of the landlords will furnish for you if you like. You will find that the furniture isn't up to the our standards but for the most part it's OK.
In the end we decided to just pay the extra $$$ for excess baggage with the airlines. It actually wasn't that bad and we bought a lot of personal things that way. Pictures, crystal, ect. Just some things from home that made our new house feel more like home. We ended up with 9 large suitcases.
If you do decide to send a shipment then I wouldn't be too worried about the shape your stuff arrives in. We lived in Kuwait, Malaysia and Japan before moving to Qatar. Back then my husband was working for the one company and they allowed us shipments. We never had any problems whatsoever. Always recieved everything in one piece. However, we never shipped any big furniture, but we did ship around 120 very large moving boxes with everything that you can possibley thing of and not even so much as a dish was broke...
Hope this was helpful Unsure, and if you would like to ask me any thing , or want advice on anything please leave me your e-mail address and I will be happy to contact you and answer any other questions that you may have.
Hi there,
My husband and I moved to Doha last January. We too are from Canada. We looked into sending a container and went as far as finding out prices ect. It is VERY expensive to say the least. However, I would do almost anything to have my own bed there. I find the beds in Qatar are only so-so at best. I've checked every store that I can think of in the city but cannot find a decent mattress! Most apartments are furnished and if they aren't most of the landlords will furnish for you if you like. You will find that the furniture isn't up to the our standards but for the most part it's OK.
In the end we decided to just pay the extra $$$ for excess baggage with the airlines. It actually wasn't that bad and we bought a lot of personal things that way. Pictures, crystal, ect. Just some things from home that made our new house feel more like home. We ended up with 9 large suitcases.
If you do decide to send a shipment then I wouldn't be too worried about the shape your stuff arrives in. We lived in Kuwait, Malaysia and Japan before moving to Qatar. Back then my husband was working for the one company and they allowed us shipments. We never had any problems whatsoever. Always recieved everything in one piece. However, we never shipped any big furniture, but we did ship around 120 very large moving boxes with everything that you can possibley thing of and not even so much as a dish was broke...
Hope this was helpful Unsure, and if you would like to ask me any thing , or want advice on anything please leave me your e-mail address and I will be happy to contact you and answer any other questions that you may have.
Take care,
Charlene