1
I am not sure in unaccompanied baggage covers this. There are shipping agents dotted about Bangkok and Chatuchak market has shipping agents.
2
International parcel post costs 4275 baht for 20 kg surface mail. Best thing is to go to the main post office on Charoen Krung Road near the Oriental Hotel. They even have a cheap parcel wrapping service there. There've been some reports of items going missing from the Banglamphu post office. There's also a post office on Sukhumvit near the Landmark Hotel, and another right beside Thonglor BTS station, near the corner of Sukhumvit soi 36. Here are some other postl rates. Surface post is cheap but it takes a long time.
4
You should find out from you airline how much checking another bag is.
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I have used the Post Office on Sukhumvit many times to send parcels to the UK and Australia, always without a problem. The packing service is cheap and good. Sea mail to Aus takes about six to seven weeks, not sure about the UK as I have only air mailed stuff to there, and it takes only seven days or so.
6
Thanks 4 replies.
7
Excess baggage usually runs between $100~$150 US.
8
It's interesting that the shop's 'postal services' limit corresponds to the maximum package size that you can send from the Post Office.
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