11-25-2015, 12:20 PM
Looks like Dennis wants to leave it all behind (would have been my recommendation as well) but his wife wants to bring their slice of the mainland with them. I went through a similar process with my family, and everybody in Hawaii was right- most of my stuff didn't "fit in" to a Hawaii house or Hawaii climate. We haven't thrown it all away yet, but inevitably, most of it will be tossed... eventually. Granted, some of the stuff would have been tossed if we stayed in Alaska (stuff wears out, gets broken, was made in China, etc). The advice I tell people is to bring a few checked bags, your carry-on, anything else by US Mail. If you absolutely need to ship other stuff, limit it to what fits onto a pallet and ship a less-than-container load.
ETA: p.s. 99% of whatever you have on the mainland, you can get here. Sometimes its cheaper to replace stuff here than it is to ship it from there.
ETA: p.s. 99% of whatever you have on the mainland, you can get here. Sometimes its cheaper to replace stuff here than it is to ship it from there.