El Cangrejo, Panama City, Panama, 06/01/2007 - Panama's Airbox Express Aerocasillas enables temporary and permanent Expats the ability to travel without worry of changing addresses. Airbox Express Aerocasillas, Panama’s oldest and largest mail and package forwarding company, today announced their new “Snowbird” service for permanent and temporary Expats living in Panama. “We will hold our client’s mail and packages until they return to Panama at no additional charge or storage fees,” said Yvonne Kilborn, Assistant General Manager and Head of Communications. “We also offer an option to forward mail or urgent packages via courier anywhere in the world," said Kilborn. This option enables Airbox Express clients who travel extensively to receive important items in a timely manner instead of waiting until their return to Panama. Kilborn continued, “This avoids the need to change billing and address details with banks and credit card companies. The client simply tells us which mail and packages they wish forwarded by courier and we hold the rest until they return.” Baby Boomer Expats and business people living in Panama rely on mail and package forwarding services to receive goods and correspondence from overseas in a timely manner. Clients use an address in Miami for their International Mail and Packages. “After arrival in Miami, they are processed, sorted and shipped to Panama via our private courier service and delivered to our clients throughout the country,” said Kilborn. Popular items shipped to Panama include DVDs, books, specialty auto parts and clothing not available in local stores. Online shopping for products not available in Panama remains popular with Expats despite the added costs of shipping from Miami to Panama.

After comparing companies providing a mail and package delivery service, we are certain you will choose Airbox Express. Airbox Express has the best people, technology, operations and service in the country. MyAero is a service our clients use to track their mail and packages online. We give our clients more control of their account so they know when their mail and packages have been delivered. Our operations are centered in Panama City and not in the USA, therefore our clients benefit by choosing a low cost provider. Airbox Express/Aerocasillas is #1 in Panama. As the market leader, we process more mail and packages than the competition. While competitors have come and gone, Airbox Express/Aerocasillas has over 15 years experience providing mail and package delivery service to thousands of clients. All mail and packages for our clients in Panama City and David is delivered directly to your home or office. Our clients in Boquete receive daily deliveries to Flete Chavales, located on Main Street two doors down near Banistmo bank. You may get started today by opening a promotional account. Our promotional account has no monthly fees. With a promotional account you only pay when mail and packages are received or delivered. If you receive mail regularly and know your monthly consumption we have other accounts that may be more cost effective. To save more money, you may also choose to receive mail weekly rather than daily.

(From: Larry and Alice in Santiago) Hi, Don. Here's the information on U.S. Mail Service to Santiago - Hot Express 2292 N.W. 82nd Ave., Miami, FL 33122, Telephone: 305-593-9350. Tina Alvarez is the gal we dealth with. Very accommodating. They have three different plans to choose from depending on the volume of mail you expect to receive each month. You only have to pay by the month and there are no initial fees or yearly contracts. They also have an office in Panama City. Kenia, who speaks English very well, is the manager there (tel. 226-9837) and she is also very personalable and accommodating. They accept packages, no problem. They make deliveries to David & Boquete weekly also. Delivery service is by Uno Express out of Panama City. They have an office in Santiago, beside McDonalds and behind the Delta Petro Station. Uno Express office number: 958-8459 Delivery is once a week, usually on Fridays. We are happy to have the service available. We hope this will help someone else that is moving to Panama. We appreciate your site, Don. It's nice to have a "place" to go to to find out infomation. Larry & Alice Anderson, Santiago, Veraguas

As the pioneer and market leader, our mission has always been to provide a quick, safe, efficient and cost effective delivery of mail and packages. This means providing the best service at the right price. Our vision is to maintain our # 1 ranking through strong leadership, continuous innovation, the latest technology & excellent client service. We began the use of a post office box service, also known as the “Smart Address” service over 15 years ago. Today we serve over 60,000 clients across Latin America & the Caribbean. We are the largest provider of this type of service.

We've discussed the details and requirements of moving to Panama with Pets on the email groups at least a dozen times. I've collected up some of the most salient points and included them in this recap.

There are a few legal hurdles and things to consider if you plan to or want to either buy a bun here in Panama when you arrive, or bring one with you when you come. This subject was recently discussed at length in the Americans in Panama Yahoo! group, and Susan was nice enough to capture it all for this article. Thanks, Susan...

Contact Mabel Gambarelli at Inter-Cargo Systems in Houston, mabel @ shipICS.com or 713-688-4549. Are you shipping other things besides a car? If so, you could put the car in the container with your other things.

Immigrating to Panama for many of us, means bringing Household Goods/Cars from the United States; as permitted by the Pensionada laws of Panama. Here's an overview of some of the things you will need to consider.