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Sending luggage from Macau
Updated 3 November 2026
A bag that is cheaper to ship than to fly with, shopping that outgrew the suitcase, or a case you want waiting at the next hotel: these are the ways to send luggage from Macau that we could verify, and how each one works.
Key facts
- Fastest paperwork
- SF Express international services run from Macau to much of Asia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia and more, with door-to-door pickup.
- Cheapest and simplest
- Macao Post (CTT) sends international parcels by surface mail or airmail, plus EMS, from post office counters.
- How pricing works
- Couriers charge by the greater of actual weight and volumetric weight, so a big light bag can cost more than a small heavy one.
- Keep out
- Passports, cash, cards and anything you cannot replace travel with you, never inside a shipped bag.
How door-to-door sending works
With a courier, you book the shipment, the bag is collected from your hotel or address (or dropped at a service point), it travels as freight rather than as airline baggage, clears customs on its paperwork, and is delivered to the door at the other end. Price follows weight: SF Express, for example, charges on the greater of the actual weight and the volumetric weight (length x width x height in cm divided by 5000), in 0.5 kg steps for shipments under 20 kg. Measure and weigh the bag before you book, and leave documents, medication and valuables out of it.
SF Express from Macau
SF Express runs international services from Macau, not just to it. Its Standard Express (International) coverage lists Macau among the origins for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Australia and other destinations, and its Economy Express (International) offers door-to-door pickup with online tracking. SF also has service points and SF Lockers across Macau for drop-off and pickup of shipments. For a suitcase within the region or a heavier bag going further, it is the first quote to get: SF Standard Express (International).
Macao Post (CTT): parcels and EMS
The post office route is the unglamorous workhorse. Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) provides international mail services including parcels by surface mail or airmail and Express Mail Service (EMS), posted over the counter at post offices. Parcels and EMS come with a receipt and a tracking number, and for most destinations you file the customs information in advance through CTT's online declaration site or app, in English or the destination's official language. Slower than a courier, but simple, and it reaches almost everywhere: CTT postal services FAQ.
Send My Bag
Send My Bag is a dedicated door-to-door luggage service: you book online, they arrange collection of the bag and delivery to your destination address, aimed at travellers who want to move without hauling cases through airports and ferry terminals.
Full disclosure: we have applied to join Send My Bag's affiliate programme, and while that application is pending this is a plain link and we earn nothing from it.
Sources
Sources, checked 3 November 2026
- SF Express, Standard Express (International) coverage and charging: sf-express.com
- SF Express, Economy Express (International), door-to-door pickup: sf-express.com
- Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT), postal services FAQ: ctt.gov.mo
- Send My Bag: sendmybag.com