George Carlin on STUFF... helps lighten this topic up a bit... :)

Tips for people who love to cook! This is stuff you can probably find in Mexico City -- but anywhere else, not so much. Bring the best chefs knives you can afford. You won't find them easily. High end electric hand mixer. If you are from the U.S., buy and bring the fridge magnets with all the metric conversions -- grams, liters, etc. Bring your hardbound copies of the Joy of Cooking and Mastering the Art... Buy and bring "Authentic Mexican" by Rick Bayless. Bonus tip: Find the place in your Mexican home town that sells the heavy comals; get two.

We moved full time 4 years ago to Bucerias in the Riviera Nayarit. We brought our clothes and dinner and kitchenware and computers, not much else. Everything else we have bought what we wanted here in this area since it close to many large Supermarketsand several Malls and a Costco and a Sam's and Walmarts. If we can't find anything we really want locally at the many places, there's always Amazon. We even sold our Texas plated Toyota for more than we could have gotten for it back in Texas and bought a brand new Mazda. Life has been good.

Realtor here.... the nightmares I hear and have seen about moving across the US would scare you! I absolutely never recommend moving companies to clients. It sounds like Chuck really knows his business and if you're dealing with someone that starts a business out of seeing a need, that's the best businesses. Great info and if/when I move to MX, I'd call you. Thx!

Also love conpanies that give helpful free info if they feel you dont need their service rather than try to sell you. I then recommend those companies to people I feel could use their service.

I shipped all my stuff from San Diego, through a freight forwarder in Nogales to SanCarlos, Guaymas. Couldn't have been easier... They did it all!!! At the time I had a FM-3.

We used Chuck's Service and had a great experience ! We are very happy with the useful and sentimental (our history ) things we brought 😊

best Mexicos movers helped me and my partner move to Pátzcuaro MX from Santa Fe NM and they were awesome.. Not only was the price awesome But we brought a lot if shit to Mexico. not one thing damaged or missing!!!. A biiiiiiig shout out to best Mexico movers!!!!

New to your channel. This was very helpful. Thank you!!!!

Stuff can be emotional.

Good advice here, retiring in Cabo in a couple of years so taking notes. Thanks for sharing!

I been looking for a video like this, but also i will appreciatea video for mexican people living in the US and wanted to move back to Mexico. Legally. On another end, I have a friend who's from Canada, sold absolutely everything! Drove himself, with with wife his dogs clothes and a guitar. He live very confortable in Colima now, but he mentioned he didn't know there's things that are almost the same price than buying them in Canada or the states. So yes, you will loose money selling your stuff, but he have more peace of mind in another country abd happy. Thank you

That's great information because I'm planning on moving to Mexico in 2 1/2 years

Haha - people on facebook with the completely wrong information! So helpful to know that we may not save a thing by getting rid of a bunch of our stuff. Don't use consolidators who load a lot of peoples things into one truck. Bring mattresses, lazyboys, couches, etc as our furniture is far more comfortable! Either drive your own used furniture, etc across the border, or hire an experienced professional international mover, insured! Thank you Chuck:)

Chuck's company is moving me to Bucerías next week. I am pleased with the process so far. Chuck and his staff are very informative!

Thanks! Great information.

Very good to know. (VERY). As far as it goes for me I think you make lists or piles of "Stuff". Can't leave without it. Need it. Want it. Or leave it for relatives, friends, donate and or give it away. Then go through it a few more times as you try to weed it out to what you really, really want or truly need. Then decide if you need a small utility trailer or a whole moving van. This will allow you to decide if you need the experienced mover or not. Finally take a warm coat in case you ever decide to go north in the fall or winter. Thanks For the great info. P n D

Best of luck! Love Mexico! Live it UP!

This is absolutely one of the best videos I have ever seen on the topic of relocating internationally to Latin America. Thank you so much. Look forward to more. And that Guadalajara furniture shopping one especially!

Great information. Muchas gracias!

Another great topic you have tackled, thanks!

Another excellent informative video! Many thanks and keep them coming,

I'm a quadriplegic moving down from Ontario in the next couple months I was going to drive down with a small trailer on the back of my van mostly just personal supplies wheelchair and some camera equipment

I will call you when I am ready to move to mexico with my sectional from Pottery Barn. This is a great video. Thank you so much.

Awesome information! Thanks for bring Best Mexico Movers on the channel.

Great information! Your videos are all tremendous! Thank you!

One of the most informative videos I've seen, in the last year & half--great info Thanks

Wonderful information, Brighton, thank you! Really good guidance from Mr. Bolotin.

This was very helpful for me and my future move to Panama 🇵🇦Thank You Both

ANOTHER FABULOUS EDUCATIONAL VIDEO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING REGARDS FROM CALIFORNIA.

Great video! Thank you! We are bringing lots of stuff, and will definitely by using Mr. Bolotin!

Love that you go to the experts so we get accurate info, thanks Brighton!

Very interesting topic, aways was vondering about how people move their stuff to Mexico👍 Thank you!

looks great. I always pop into Tienda 17 once or twice on my year trips down the Baja, you are correct that things are spendy there but if you need something they may have it. great info on a trusted source to help with folks who are moving down south. Thanks Brighton

Awesome content! I will def be in contact with Chuck’s company! Like tomorrow!

Great video! This is something I've been hemming and hawing over for a while now. I could survive and thrive with my CD collection, stereo and musical instruments -- that's what really matters to me. But I also want to be comfortable and I spent weeks finding the most comfortable sofa I could. After watching this maybe it makes sense to move that sofa down as well. But that's the breakpoint between just taking stuff in my car and hiring a mover. At that point I might as well take my bed and nightstand and and and

Really like this video i will contact this company. Much appreciated ❤

So much great information! I think if you go into the moving process with the understanding that Movers are people and people make mistakes you'll be okay. Long distance moves are complicated and things sometimes get lost or broken. Most of the times these things are not intentional. When we moved from Seatte to Nashville we discovered our Christmas stuff never made it but didn't realize it until a few month later when we went to put it up. During the unload we found our stuff in someone else's kayak that they unloaded into our garage. We had to tell them the items inside we ours but the kayak was not. It's just the nature of the game. We are partly to blame because we chose not to check off everysingle item as it was unloaded. This slows it way down and is tedious but its partly why were are to blame. Thanks for hosting these conversations!

The quality things you love, bring it. I got rid of most of our things. Many things I got rid of I regret because the quality is not the same here. If in question, keep it in a storage unit for a year in the states and think about it. You don’t know till you here

Thanks. I was wondering about "stuff". 😂

If you become an immigrant in Mexico, pay your taxes there, no freeloading!

One of your best videos so far! You truly understand the art of the interview. I actually wanted this interview to last much longer but I’m sure you have a certain format that you use for each episode here on KZfaq, I’m not a KZfaq content producer so I don’t know what your limitations are. To me it seems like the interview could easily be a two or three part interview. So many details not really covered like how many things people can bring in duty-free for example you’re allowed to do one move that includes one washer, one dryer, one stove, one refrigerator etc. how much about the same and bring and you might be moving to a part of Mexico where you’d prefer to use a clothesline and you could buy a local washing machine. I didn’t hear any mention of that at the border the first people you encountered now are not Mexican customs agents, instead you encounter the Mexican national guard. I don’t know how well-versed they are and knowledgeable of current laws on importation. I’m sure when you declare what you have with you than they know whether to send you to an office to declare those things and pay import duty etc. Also wondered if the shipper takes every precaution which they should do for example making sure that the people shipping stuff into Mexico have not stopped any of the furniture full of large amounts of cash, just as an example. As we all know you’re supposed to declare anything more than $10,000 cash. I’m sure the shippers want to go through everything in great detail to make sure everything complies with Mexican laws look for quantity and value of the items and of course whether they are legally allowed which would include whether there are firearms, fireworks, animals, animal products, certain antiquities that may be protected by international laws etc. I haven’t checked the list of Mexican customs items what they are allowing and in what quantity. I recall years ago you could only bring 20 phonograph records in to Mexico. That also translated directly to being 20 cassette tapes or 20 CDs. I don’t know how that is and if it has been relaxed or you pay 50 cents Duty for each additional music recording. Perhaps that has changed a lot over the years. On a slightly related subject I have met music DJs from the United States who are going into Mexico to play at parties, or big concert events or even on broadcast radio. Years ago they would be temporarily importing their musical equipment and two or three crates of record albums. Then that became a few suitcases of CDs and nowadays they are more likely to just cross the border with a few thumb drives caring that much music, so they simply attach it to a keychain and it’s not some thing they even need to declare. My situation is that I want to eventually move by extensive record collection to Mexico, numbering in the thousands of records mostly Latin and jazz music. I want to get it into Mexico legally and hopefully not have to pay a huge amount of fees for importing them. Wondering how about law has changed. If the record albums are for personal use and not for broadcast or for reselling in Mexico I should think it would be a pretty easy thing. Wondering if any of one reading this has had experience importing their own collection whether it’s hundreds of books or their collection of dolls or glassware or tools. I guess maybe there is some kind of a list people can look at to get a general idea of what is allowed and what the possible duty might be based on pennies per dollar or something? Although I’d like to try shipping some items with best Mexico movers, I’d also like to do some smaller scale where I bring the items into Mexico and hire a licensed legitimate trucking company to haul my items. As I recall there are places in most Mexican border cities called paqueterías, meaning that they haul packages. Many of them. From the border to major Mexican cities as well to major cities in Guatemala El Salvador and other countries. Many of these places have flat rate boxes, similar to what we have in the US postal system with the flat rate priority mail boxes, as they say “if it fits it ships“ meaning that whether it’s 20 pounds of clothes or 200 pounds of books that if they fit in a certain size box you pay that one flat fee. They apparently divide their trucks up into square footage and they figure out what they will make by filling an entire truck with the same size square boxes etc. Wondering if anyone has experience with this. I know that if I were to ship my boxes of phonograph records to a major city in Mexico that I would plan on meeting the shipment there or finding a shipping company that will store it for up to a few weeks until I get there. I sure don’t want to reinvent the moving and shipping wheel and can understand why such a service as best Mexico movers is a good method and as he states in the interview… If you compared the final cost it can actually be cheaper to use a mover and doing it yourself, and certainly you don’t want to hire your gardener or his cousin‘s neighbor to do the move for you. Thanks again for this great video I hope you’ll consider doing a part two and even a part three since there will be so many questions and comments from your viewers that it might serve all parties very well to extend the interview beyond the 45 minute length.

I contacted Chuck with my desire to move from Tucson to Lake Chapala area and his response was, "Good luck with your move.".

A lot of things cost 2-3x as much in Mexico vs the US. For example a $150 bicycle is $300-$500 in Mexico.

New subscriber sends Greetings from Tucson. I had planned to load up my little truck for the move to Ajijic, BUT, the dealer didn't tell me it had a salvage title until after I'd paid for it and taken delivery, SO, I'll need to arrange moving some kitchenware, a couple clocks and miscellaneous items.

That's the Mexico way, can be a different answer each time. Even with getting my permanent residency each consulate is different. Boston consulate had completely different responses from Philadelphia consulate. Nothing is "standardized:.

Do people ever buy a shipping container and ship via semi-truck, or ship from port-to-port? If I moved to Mexico and had the room for it, I would want to keep the container for a shop/storage...in a perfect world (huge DIY'er).

good show. Where did he move to in Mexico ???

If you have particular tastes, I’d suggest bringing your thing from the states. You may have trouble finding that thing in Mexico.

Can i drive a small trailer towed behind my own truck with stuff, without having to do any paperwork?

Im moving my stuff down in the back of my 1/2 ton chevy truck. How much would i have to go through?? Moving to Merida.

I pressure can meats and dehydrate vegetable foods stored in half gallon sealed jars for personal use. Can those items cross to mexico??? Like a lot 100 cases or so?? Or a few at a time???? Prepper type stuff. Important to me. I'm seriously does anyone kno?????

Does he move people from Mexico back to USA ? We live in Puebla 🌻

Are there pet moving services?

Is I speak to you I do have experience helping move from Canada all the way down to we crossed in eagle pass Texas with one SUV full of mainly stuff to keep you comfortable Big ticket items like washer and and dryers are considered tangibles durables spoons sports knives blankets clothes are also considered small ticket items

How do I get ahold of this mover?

In México you never own a property is own by the state who only gives the posetion of the land but not the ownership hehehe at any moment the goverment could confiscate property. You need pay taxes for that proporty. Now new laws are going to passed to stop migration to México and visas are going to be imposed to US citenzens to stop gentrification that is ruining life in México and it is already very difficult to compete for resources.

lol we have eight lazy boys rocking chairs

Sounds like I'm NOT relocating to Mexico.

Don't do it. Pain, suffering, hassle, expensive. Easier to bring nothing and buy stuff when you get there. Mexico discourages you from bringing your own stuff imo. It is so much easier to only bring a few suitcases.

segunda mano.... not segundos

Why won’t he discuss how they move people?

This guy is annoying. You mention electronics and he ignores you. Plus not everyone can “ drive “ to Mexico.What if you’re flying from the east coast and need a computer screen? There’s only so much that you can bring on a plane?

This video was way too wishy-washy and slow. Wasn't the hosts fault but the annoying guest that claimed to be an "expert" who only spoke in generalizations and his wife's preferences. No concrete info at all but the guest was sure to point out all the misinformation you'll find online from other "experts". He ignored the computer screen costs or basically the costs of goods for general household item replacement if you don't bring your own used items, which is a big concern if you're not selling your home in the USA and have a big chunk of change at your disposal. Not subscribing to this channel. Host seems really sweet, but needs to get better guests.

HELL NO, since you are starting a new life, you NEED to start with everything new DO NOT bring your favorite anything unless it's an ANIMAL ! PEOPLE who DO bring everything are INSECURE and poorly adapt to new situations, and will FAIL moving overseas

Feeling like we need to contact Chuck in a few years when it's time to move our 5x15 storage unit to our final home. :-) Good one, Brighton!

We’re literally moving down to la Paz right now. Crossing the border on Tuesday