6-Time INTERNATIONAL MOVER OF THE YEAR
International Moving Company: To and From Germany
International movers: experienced and trustworthy. Although overseas moves can often be complex with many interlocking components, Suddath simplifies them. The result is an easily managed relocation from start to finish: on time and on budget. This is how our expert movers oversee all our international moves, too—whether, for example, you’re an American moving to Germany or someone who is moving away from Deutschland to another country.
So, you can count on our one-stop-shop for a smooth overseas move. You’ll be provided everything you need with the support of our professional move counselors keeping you informed and answering all your questions. With your streamlined international move in our capable hands, you can put your time and attention on your new homeland and upcoming adventure.
When you need the best international movers in Germany, rely upon Suddath’s extensive experience. Relocating people overseas since 1919, we successfully complete 16,000 of them each year. We leverage our extensive global reach to design and execute the most seamless international relocations possible, and our network of partners around the world are all well established and rigorously vetted.
In short, Suddath gets you where you need to go—just about anywhere on the planet, which includes when you’re moving to Germany.
You don’t just have to take our word for it, either. In 2024, we won our sixth trophy as the International Mover of the Year Award through the FEM Americas Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs).
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International Moves Made Simple
Benefit From Competitive International Move Pricing
When you’re moving to Germany, Suddath will provide accurate, transparent, affordable pricing with no hidden fees. We stand out from other international moving companies because we stay at the helm throughout your entire overseas move without outsourcing any of the management to interim third parties.
Besides providing you with full cost visibility and granularity, this also allows you to ultimately save money. We negotiate on your behalf with our deep professional network of trusted industry partners to get quality rates and lanes for you. Then, if you ever receive a vendor charge that’s not disclosed in your original move plan, we will always fight for you.
So, if you’re an American moving to Germany (or from another country, heading to the land of Oktoberfest) or moving from the country, get your quote from our award-winning overseas moving company.
Uniquely Tailored International Moving Services
Each of our overseas moves is carefully customized for a customer’s timeline, budget, and specific requirements. After all, each person’s needs are unique, so why shouldn’t the move be, too? Our talented team will go above and beyond to provide a highly satisfactory relocation experience.
From beginning to end, your single point-of-contact move counselor will provide expert guidance and impart advice gleaned from deep experience. This is true through all your relocation’s logistics, including documentation, customs, international insurance coverage options, facilitation of auto and boat transportation, pet relocations, fine art and wine shipping, and more.
When it’s time to settle into your new country, Suddath can provide unpacking services and debris removal while your dedicated move counselor can assist in other ways, including maid services.
High-Quality Worldwide Moving to Rely Upon
Our dependable international movers in Germany will strategically collaborate to provide customers with top-shelf services. Along with our dedicated partners, we’ll proactively consider potential problems, working around them and, if any take place, solving the issues. As our countless on-time international relocations demonstrate, we hold fast to our commitment to reliable quality. Our knowledgeable move counselors will maintain a keen awareness of your move’s status in real time, navigating each step efficiently and with professional finesse—leveraging the power of Suddath’s robust advanced technology for their insights.
Our experts adhere closely to international moving standards throughout, including as they pack, wrap, and crate household goods. To ensure quality and minimize claims, they add extra layers of protection as they perform these tasks. As another key differentiator that might not immediately come to mind (a crucial aspect that differentiates us from many other international movers in Germany), Suddath pays our bills on time. Because we're a financially stable overseas moving company, you won’t have to worry that your household goods will be held up for a lack of payment.
ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL MOVING SERVICES
Document Preparation
We transparently take a logical approach when assisting with document preparation. To prepare, before your overseas move, a representative will survey your belongings to determine their accurate volume and weight.
Shipping Options
Suddath offers transportation by multiple modes—land, sea, and air—to meet customers’ specific requirements. When designing a plan, the shipments’ volume and weight are considered along with options available at the origin and destination locations (one of which will be Germany). Other factors include your expectations and associated costs.
Inventory Preparation for Customs
Custom regulation compliance at the destination point is a crucial element of overseas moves. Suddath representatives will comply in precise detail, ensuring with diligent attention that no important issues go unmet and focus on preventing delays and unnecessary costs and inconveniences.
Packing, Unpacking, and Debris Removal
Our expert team constructs custom crates to protect particularly fragile or delicate items and irregularly shaped or other unique belongings. They carefully measure and build them to ensure proper sizing.
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Moving to/from Germany FAQs
Costs when moving to Germany (or leaving the country) can vary significantly. Factors include the:
• Size of the household being moved, which will help to dictate the weight and volume of what needs to be packed and transported
• Distance of the move; an American moving to Germany, for example, would be traveling approximately 5,000 miles
• Optimal shipping modes chosen, which can include air, sea/ocean, and by land
• Any unique factors specific to the overseas relocation not encompassed in the bullet points above
To get a quote when moving to Germany, connect with our international movers.
Overseas shipments may use a combination of air, water, and land, depending upon what’s optimal for the situation. Suddath will examine factors and tailor a program to ship goods in a way that’s the most efficient and cost-effective. We’ll negotiate the best pricing for your timetable and other needs, handle customs requirements, and so forth.
To discuss specifics for your relocation, reach out.
To help, Suddath has created The Complete Guide to Moving to Germany From the USA in which we cover a broad range of topics, including some of the popular destinations in Germany for people locating there (they include Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich) and the airports in which they often arrive to the country: Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Cologne/Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf International, North Rhine-Westphalia, Frankfurt, Hesse, Frankfurt-Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hamburg, Munich, Bavaria, and Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.
Other information in the guide for an American moving to Germany includes countries neighboring Germany, the documentation needed to get established there, how to get visas and work permits, how to open bank accounts, and how to apply for public health care insurance. Additional useful information focuses on the climate, language, and culture along with costs for housing and public transportation and info about traveling to Germany with pets.
The guide contains plenty more useful information and, when moving to Germany with Suddath as your international relocation company, you’ll receive additional guidance and support from your move counselor throughout the relocation.
Costs connected with housing include closing costs when selling your home in the United States or the property management fees associated with renting out your house. Then, you’ll pay to pack and transport your belongings overseas and storage fees for possessions that you’ve kept in the United States. You’ll pay to have your family travel to Germany, which could include pets.
Then, in Germany, you’ll have a down payment and closing costs on a home that you buy or security deposits and lease payments if you rent. Utility start-up fees will also be needed. If you’re buying a car in Germany rather than having yours transported, there will be costs connected to that purchase. As far as documentation, remember to factor in visa preparation costs for the family.
Germany has been experiencing a labor shortage, so an American moving to Germany may well be going to take advantage of a job opportunity. Reasons why this labor shortage exists is because more than one in five Germans are currently more than sixty-five years old. Plus, in many industries, there are not enough qualified professionals to fill the positions. So, people moving to Germany can find job security.
Learning the language can make it easier to integrate into the country and its culture. That said, many people do speak English in German cities with nearly half of people in the country able to speak the language. Younger demographics and people involved in business may be the most likely to have fluency.
Germans value work-life balance with employees typically getting anywhere from twenty to thirty paid holidays per year, allowing them to spend more time with family, along with generous sick leave and parental leave. Plus, labor laws forbid working days that exceed ten hours a day. Plus, schools, including universities, are tuition-free.
As one more factor, Germany ranks fifteenth out of 163 countries in UNESCO’s Global Peace Index.
Only you can decide if relocating to Germany makes sense. If you decide that’s in the cards for your family, reach out to Suddath’s international movers in Germany for a smooth, efficient experience.
Well, it depends upon your lifestyle. According to HousingAnywhere.com, though, the cost of living in Germany is about twenty-one percent less than in the United States. Why? Costs for rent, utilities, food, and education are significantly lower in that country.
When moving to Germany or from that country, you’ll want to ensure that the relocation firm you select has the desired experience. Suddath has more than one hundred years of international moving expertise. You’ll want the company to provide certain services, ranging from document preparation to customs management and more—which we do.
Other reasons why Suddath makes sense as your international movers in Germany include how we:
• Carefully create a shipping plan that optimizes the modes chosen
• Expertly negotiate the best pricing
• Oversee the move from start to finish, never outsourcing to third parties
• Leverage advanced technology to provide real-time visibility
• Keep your family informed from start to finish
When choosing an overseas moving company, it’s crucial to ensure that they have the appropriate accreditations and licenses. Suddath will gladly share ours upon request. Plus, our company is also a six-time International Mover of the Year Award winner through the FEM Americas Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs), which provides independent verification of our successes.
To discuss your requirements for international movers in Germany, please reach out for a quote.
Although plenty of companies would like to throw their hat in the ring for this designation, we can happily say that Suddath is a six-time winner of the International Mover of the Year Award. Awarded by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM), the premier worldwide community for global mobility professionals, this award acknowledges excellence and innovation. When choosing a winner, FEM looks at the impact of the company on the expatriate community.
When Suddath was chosen as the winner, Walter Myers, Suddath’s President of Moving & Storage, said this: “This award directly reflects the outstanding efforts of our operations and assignee services team, who consistently deliver exceptional results for our clients’ global household goods moving program. We are extremely proud of our team’s dedication and commitment to excellence and the enthusiastic support of our loyal customers, all of which made this honor possible.”
