Your thoughts on moving

Three years ago next month, we made the big move. Like you, we tried to consider all of our options.

What we finally did was buy a nice used Dodge Durango here. Then we located an 8' enclosed cargo trailer. We drove to California, sold EVERYTHING except our kitchen stuff, our art, and a couple of boards. 99% of it fit in the trailer, the back of the Durango with the dogs and cat, and in a soft roof carrier. A few things were given away at the last minute.

We crossed at Nogales with each box labeled as to contents and numbered. We also had four copies of the master lists, and most importantly, it turned out, photos of the trailer being loaded so every layer was visible.

We were finished in less than 30 minutes, the duty fee was under $300 USD payable only by credit card. We only had to pull our surf boards out of the trailer, after that the photos took care of things.

We made it back here in a week under 3 months. So glad we did it, this method worked perfectly for us.

Sold the Durango, got something smaller. Sold the cargo trailer. Never once were we questions about driving Guerrero plated vehicles in the US. We had our drivers licenses from here just in case.

Brokers wouldn't talk to us, we didn't have enough stuff. We were more than 6 months (I think that was the cut off) after getting our permanent residency, so couldn't use a mensaje de casa. It was all part of the adventure, it turned out to be the perfect answer for us.