Do we bring everything?
My husband will be down there shortly and we are to follow in September so my kids can finish their school year. Do we bring all our stuff or is it cheaper to buy new. My kids bedroom set are not expensive as they are boys and have a tendency to be hard on everything. Has anyone rented one of those containers? How does the furniture travel. I have a good bedroom suite and I don't want to ruin it. I will give it to my mum if it is not worth bringing. Any ideas? It seem kind of expensive to have to start all over again, even the power is different from Canada, I guess my brother will be happy, he'll get a new T.V. free!
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
Hi there!
This is the first time for me planning to visit some country in the region of the Middle East and I thought it would be better if I get all the needed info in advance. The problem is that I am not sure what kind of visa should I be obtained, as a southeastern European citizen (but still not in the EU), during the visit that I have planned for upcoming December. My girlfriend is employed by a certain company in Doha for past two months and I’d be staying at her flat for about 3 weeks. I've heard it is almost illegal being at apartment of a woman with a ‘single’ marital status! Is this possible?? I’d be very grateful if someone could provide me some info about the local regulations or any suggestion considering my case.
Thank You in advance for any help provided!
My husband has a new job not a transfer and the it is not a contract but a permanant possition. We were planing on a leas five years is we like it and I don't want to move the kids around too much. I have a very nice bedroom suite but I am not really attached to much else. I have bought my kids rather expensive mattresses as we have them bunk in together when we have relitive stay from Greece and they use the other one. I was thinking the more we brought from home the less we would have to spend and also it would make the kids more comfortabel haveing familiar things around them. I haven't see too many pictures of the furniture in the furnished homes but what I have seen is not my taste at all. If I am going to be a stay at home mom, I would think it would be important to like your home! Will the adapters work with all are small appliances or just with the t.v. What about my son's play station 2? I would love to bring the dog, but she is half border collie and have golden retriver and gets a very heavy coat in the winter. I think she would not do well in the heat. We will also be going to Greece every summer so it will be alot of travelling for her. She is going on eleven and I don't know if she will handle it well. We were thinking of leave her in Greece on the farm with my inlaws. We will be there for two months before we go to Qatar.
I'll be also moving to Doha, hopefully, next moth following my husband who is aready there. It is only a 3 year contract for him, so we are shipping a minimal amount of things. Storing the rest. I don't want to tear up the stuff I have for such a short period of time.
How long you going to be here? what kind of housing is provided? If it is real good stuff, why tear it up for a non-permanent move. Store it, sell it, loan it to your brother-in-law, shipping it here is a fairly large expense, it will get here 3 months after you do and then you got to ship it home again if it is that great.
Bring a few things to make your furnished housing feel like home (picts, quilts, the dog, etc.)but transport can be a hassle.
The more you bring from home, the less you can take back with you, but the more you bring from home, the less you have to buy. A new kid's bedroom set from Home Centre (http://www.homecentre.net/homecentre/home.asp) will cost from 800QR to 2000QR depending on what items you include. (1US dollar= 3.64 Qatar Riyals (QR)) If you bring your TV to Doha, you can buy power converters that convert your 110VAC 60Hz power to 220VAC 50Hz if appropiate. (Electronics are cheaper outside of Doha)
We didn't rent a container, but one co-worker did and he had to re-glue all of his furniture. Then again he shipped it from Indonesia to Doha.