Too many bags? Fly light. We'll bring them.
The airline wants £100+ per extra suitcase — and your arms back. Instead: drop your bags with us at Heathrow (or we collect in London), and they're couriered door-to-door to Lagos or Accra in days, X-ray screened and tracked.
London Heathrow · T2–T5
Lagos & Accra, door-to-door
Three rules that decide your price
Air couriers price the space your bags occupy on the aircraft — not just the scale reading. Know the rules and pack to win.
Volumetric weight
Chargeable weight is the greater of actual weight or L × W × H (cm) ÷ 5,000. A big fluffy bag of clothes can "weigh" three times its scale reading — the calculator above shows both so nothing surprises you.
32kg per piece, max
Manual-handling law: no single piece over 32kg. Heavier? Split it across two pieces — the calculator flags any piece that's over.
120cm oversize line
Any side longer than 120cm attracts an oversize surcharge (bikes, big art, long cases). Often cheaper to repack into two smaller cartons — free cartons help here.
💡 Worked example — the one that surprises everyone: two ordinary suitcases, 25kg on the scale, measured out to 74kg volumetric — so 74kg is the chargeable weight, and the door-to-door price to Lagos lands around £290. Squeezing air out (compression cubes, tight packing, smaller boxes) directly cuts your bill.
From check-in queue to their front door
Quote & book
Use the calculator, send the WhatsApp booking, get written confirmation of price and handover.
Hand over at LHR
Drop bags at the Heathrow desk (T2–T5) — or we collect from your London address before you fly.
Screen & secure
Every piece is X-ray screened for courier compliance, weighed, measured and sealed — free cartons if you need to repack.
It flies
Air courier LHR → Lagos or Accra: 1–2 business days in the air, tracked throughout.
Door delivery
Customs cleared and delivered to the door — allow 2–4 business days end-to-end, with delivery confirmation to you.
Everyday items that cannot fly by courier
Courier rules are tougher than checked-luggage rules: things you'd happily check in at the airport are classified dangerous goods on cargo aircraft under IATA/ICAO regulations. Every shipment is X-ray screened — non-compliant items get your shipment refused or penalised, so remove these before handover:
🔥 Flammable liquids
- Perfumes & aftershaves
- Nail polish & remover
- Hair dye
- Gels, incl. shaving gel
- Household cleaning products
- Oils & oil-based liquids
- Cigarette lighters
💨 Aerosols & gas
- Aerosols of any kind
- Deodorant & body sprays
- Air fresheners
- Any compressed gas canister
🔋 Batteries & ink
- Loose batteries — prohibited
- Power banks travelling loose
- Spare phone/laptop batteries
- Printer toner cartridges & ink
Batteries — the one everyone gets wrong: batteries may ONLY travel installed inside their equipment (a phone with its battery in is fine; the same battery loose in a side pocket is prohibited). If in doubt about any item, ask us on WhatsApp before handover — a two-minute question beats a refused shipment and penalty charges. By booking you confirm your shipment contains no prohibited or dangerous items.
Courier networks are machines. Pack like it.
Your bags will ride conveyor belts and automated sorters alongside heavier parcels — assume a 1-metre drop and boxes stacked on top. Under-filled boxes collapse; overloaded ones burst. Ten minutes of proper packing is the cheapest insurance there is:
- Double-box anything fragile — original retail packaging alone isn't enough; put it inside a double-walled carton at least 8cm larger, cushioned on all six sides
- Fill every void — the item shouldn't move when you shake the box; seal with 48–50mm reinforced tape
- "This way up" doesn't exist — sorters can't honour orientation labels, so pack for any orientation
- Artwork & frames need wooden crates — masking-tape criss-cross on glass; protection cover is only valid if crated or professionally packed by us
- Non-hazardous liquids go in leak-proof liners with absorbent material, inside a rigid box (and check the prohibited list first)
- Never reuse old hazmat boxes — any hazard label or old barcode gets the shipment treated as dangerous goods; strip labels, cross out barcodes
- Label placement matters — never across the box closure; customs may open it and your label must survive
Baggage questions
Is this cheaper than airline excess baggage?
Why is my "weight" higher than my bathroom scale says?
Can I send my duvet, food items, or electronics?
What if my bag is over 32kg?
Can family in Nigeria or Ghana receive it for me?
When do I pay, and what if my measurements were off?
Check in yourself. We'll check in the rest.
Quote your bags in ten seconds, hand them over at Heathrow, and greet them at the door in Lagos or Accra days later.
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