Too long a story to get into but basically every other bad review on here is correct they took our luggage then did not delivery it at any point during our holiday meaning we were on tour in Scotland with only the clothes we stood up in. Had to purchase essential items to get through the holiday which was ruined. Cases returned to our house in a battered dirty state - had they played football with them?? Would not recommend to even my enemies - there are other better companies out there!!

DO NOT USE THIS COURIER SERVICE. Not only do they NOT respond to emails they also DO NOT RESPOND to phone calls either. They were to send me my luggage from the airline and said that it was on its way to me on a Friday and that I would be receiving on the Monday (After having spoken with someone on the Friday, Saturday and Monday morning who said that I would be receiving it that day). It never came. When I finally got a hold of someone on the Tuesday, they said it only got sent out on the Monday. Then when I received the luggage, the lock was cut off and what I had purchased in Spain while I was there was taken out of my luggage. The airline company sent me an email indicating that the lock was on the luggage when it was sent to First Luggage. I have forwarded that email to First Luggage and have not received a reply to my emails or phone calls (told an URGENT email would be sent for them to call me back-twice now). It has been a week now and no one has responded to me regarding my now damaged luggage and lost personal belongings. I am disgusted and disappointed with the lack of customer service that this company "claims" to have a high level of. All I want is someone to call me back and respond to these allegations. No response equals culpability.

Do not send any luggage with this company! I have recently sent 2 suitcases from Arizona to Austria. First, they did not send me the labels which you have to print out and attach to the suitcases until I tried to contact the company a couple of days before the pick-up day. Nobody replied until they finally sent me the labels in the morning of the pick-up day which was really stressful. Second, there was a huge delay, because my suitcases got stuck at the customs in Munich. Third, I got charged an additional €210 when they delivered the suitcases and I still do not know what that was for. Now I have already been contacting the customer support for weeks -- nobody replies!! If you want to have tons of troubles then please send your luggage with this company.

To avoid. They are unreliable. Personal belongings damaged, complaints ignored, arrogant over the phone, delivery not as scheduled,they are very unprofessional.

In October last year I moved from Canada back to Germany and needed some of my things to be sent to Germany. I am extremely happy that I had chosen First Luggage. Their service is unparalleled. Next year I have to go back to Canada, and I certainly will contact First Luggage again. Thank you First Luggage!!

dont use them . stay away from that company.they take money without shipping

I worked in London for 8 months this year from America and took 4 large suitcases with me. When I was leaving, I did not want to bring all the bags back at once, so I kept two large suitcases back at a friends home to be shipped to me later. When looking into services that did this, I wanted to make sure I didn't inconvenience my friends and that I'd get my bags in a timely fashion. When looking on google for services, First Luggage was the first link I clicked on. Their affordable prices, easy sign up and flexible pick ups on weekends was what drew me to them. In the end, the customer service representatives called me to take payment, figure out a convenient one hour time slot on Saturday and walked me through the process/ next steps. They were extremely informative and helpful, predicting that the bags would show up a few days later. I was given confirmation that the bags were picked up on Saturday and was sent a FedEx international priority tracking number to determine where my bags were. The bags were shipped from the UK on Monday and I received my luggage on that Wednesday! Seriously great service! I would absolutely recommend to anyone that has similar needs or is just wanting reliable shipping services.

We found First Luggage on a link from Eurostar and our first experience of their service was highly efficient, the delivery man was most helpful friendly and polite. 10/10 Mad a big difference not to have to carry our luggage with us We have booked our next one already and while the cost (£90) remains competitive we will continue to use their very reliable service

Not only the dates set with First Luggage were not respected but I had to pay 30 € of vat and taxes on the shipping rate (not on the goods as they were personal idtems) I sent several requests by mail and called 3 times with no answer at this date.

They did not show during the scheduled pick up day... of which I was given a pick up window time of 9:00am-5:30pm. Waiting all day then ultimately being stood up was extremely unprofessional. As of now I have not heard anything back from the company rep. Completely mismanaged and unreliable service.

I have been home all afternoon waiting for my delivery, which was due on or before 3pm. At 3.30pm, having not heard anything from First Luggage, I called them and they said "we'll look into it and get back to you". Half an hour later, still nothing, so I ring them up again and insist that they tell me now where my delivery is. The answer was "there is a delay, you will be delivered definitely today but at 7pm". So not only will they be 4 hours late, but no one had the professionalism to call up and let me know. It is now 7.20pm, I am still waiting and they are no longer picking up the phone. When am I to receive my delivery? I sure don't know. Pure incompetence. Disgusting company.

How they got my suitcase delivered so quickly I will never know. I dropped it off at their office late afternoon and it arrived at our house in Florida the next morning. So efficient. My suitcase was all nicely wrapped with the plastic covering too. I choose to take my suitcase to their office as it was nearby and their paperwork was due to be delivered was 'cutting it fine'. Also the company that was going to pick up the bag could not even confirm morning, afternoon or evening for pick up.

Absolute worst company I've dealt with in awhile. Scheduled a pick up and delivery both within the UK, received confirmations and even three phone calls the morning of the pick up to continue confirmation. Driver never showed up. We called them around 430pm after they said pickup would happen between 1030am and 1pm for them only to say that THEY put the pickup in too late and the driver couldn't make it. They never thought about calling us to tell us that while sitting around all day. Once we said we would go with DHL directly (recommended) they said they would charge us a $25 cancellation fee since they had Autimatically rescheduled for the next day. We never authorized that decision and it took about 8 days to actually get in touch with someone who would provide a refund. Called them every day and they kept saying there is no manager on duty and that they would schedule a refund and give a call back. They never did anything they said they would. Once I received a refund it was only three quarters of the amount they should have. I'm still waiting for a full refund 15 days later. Needless to say, avoid this company at all costs. They will cost you A LOT of money, time and stress.

I have been using first luggage for several years but customer service has now reached an all time low.it is Saturday afternoon and i have a pick up from the States monday but no documents and no phone call from them. Very unsure what to do as leaving for vancouver 8am monday from hotel. The sales service is efficient with confirmation handled well but it is the customer service that is dire. It is unacceptable to leave a customer worrying whether the documents will arrive or not. First luggage has just lost a loyal customer Do not use.

I had an absolutely HORRIBLE experience with First Luggage VIP. I was shipping my luggage from Italy to the US after a semester abroad and it was a nightmare. First off, they REQUIRE you to have an Italian phone number for pick-up, which they of course did NOT inform me of when I booked the collection. I only found this out when they called me on my US phone a day before collection and just expected me to magically produce one. Their website also allowed me to book on an Italian holiday, but of course since they contract out to an Italian company, they wouldn't pick up my luggage this day. Then they rescheduled the collection for the next day. However, they WOULD NOT give me a concrete collection time. They would give me a window in which they "might or might not" come during. Otherwise, you were stuck sitting at your apartment from 9:00am-5:00pm just in case they might come. I had exams going on so I absolutely could NOT be there in the morning, which I told the company, a fact they basically ignored since the courier showed up while I was in the middle of my exam and just left when I wasn't there. They rescheduled AGAIN. On collection day around 4pm, I called First Luggage worried that they hadn't showed up yet. They then called the courier service and after numerous phone calls, they informed me that they weren't picking it up that day. Basically, they were forcing me to either abandon my luggage in a foreign country or pay about $1000 in baggage fees to take it with me. Lucky for them, I had friends who were in the country for another day who could wait. Had they messed up again, I would have never gotten my luggage. In the end, they did not reimburse me in any way and simply said it was the Italian company's fault and they weren't to blame.

I am at this moment awaiting the documents that I am assured will arrive 1st class today. I emailed and rung as I booked this collection last week and want to finish suitcase for the collection booked for Monday but could go Friday as my son works for the FedEx depot it will be going to. This is not the first time I have used First Luggage I have been using this service for 5 or 6 yrs but feel the service has declined in its customer service area in the last 2 yrs and if it does not improve this time I will try elsewhere. I have never had a problem (touch wood) with its delivery to the same hotel each year or it's return back to the UK, it's the waiting last minute for documents that has been my main complaint the last couple of years. Last year had handwritten airway bills, a bit unprofessional but adequate but still last minute which I hate as I like everything sorted well before travelling. Also cases have been damaged in transit as they have to remain unlocked and not packaged say with cling film seems daft when airports do this service, but could be carriers or airlines etc so not really their fault. Perhaps a different approach maybe buying special trunks , crates or cartons especially for this purpose? Come on entrepreneurs or Mr Trunky inventor! Docs have arrived so panic over but I would like at least a week to sort luggage out, will update review after hols.