Thinking of shipping your bike? Expect to pay more
I was just reading this article on the BBC website about the rise in the cost of shipping and thinking how it will impact overland travellers and our choices or even if it will put an end to some people's planned trips.
I like to take my own bike rather than buy or rent locally and have shipped it to the start of a trip or back from my final destination on several occasions, the last time being to North America with Air Canada a couple of years ago and the price seemed pretty reasonable then, although this article deals with container shipping I would be surprised if one does not affect the other.
The covid pandemic will have stopped or delayed many trips and there is often the option of buying locally which might prove more appealing in the future if these high prices continue, which I hope they do not.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57531716
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