How much does it cost to move to Poland from the UK?

The price model in plain terms

DudzikSpeed prices a move to Poland in two clear parts, and there is nothing hidden behind them.

The first part is a £99 registration. That single payment brings a strong double-wall packing kit to your door and covers its delivery. It is non-refundable, but it is genuinely yours: if your dates slip or your plans change, the kit stays with you and the £99 is not money lost on nothing. Registering also opens your secure online account, where you upload your customs documents and, later, pay your balance.

The second part is the move itself, and it is priced by the mile. Every box and item carries a rate that is multiplied by the distance from your collection postcode to your Polish delivery address:

• Small box: 5p per mile.
• Medium box: 10p per mile.
• Large box: 15p per mile.
• Furniture and large items: 25p per cubic metre per mile.

This is why we do not publish one flat price. Two families sending the same number of boxes pay different amounts if one is going to Kraków and the other to a village beyond Stary Sącz, because the mileage differs. The fair way to handle that is to charge for the distance you actually use. You pay the balance once your final box count is settled, which is also what secures your collection and delivery slot on the monthly run. For the full route detail, see our UK to Poland overview.

Worked examples, with the arithmetic shown

The clearest way to see how the by-the-mile model behaves is to run the numbers. The distances below are examples only, chosen to show the method. Your real figure comes from the calculator once it has your two postcodes, because only it knows the mileage between your door and your Polish address.

Example one: ten medium boxes. Say you are sending ten medium boxes and the calculator returns a distance of 1,000 miles. A medium box is 10p per mile, so each box is 1,000 × £0.10 = £100. Ten boxes is 10 × £100 = £1,000 for the move, plus the £99 registration. Change the distance and the figure moves with it: at 1,200 miles each medium box is £120, so ten boxes is £1,200.

Example two: a small household with some furniture. Imagine fifteen medium boxes, five large boxes, and two cubic metres of furniture, with the calculator returning 1,100 miles. The medium boxes are 15 × (1,100 × £0.10) = 15 × £110 = £1,650. The large boxes are 5 × (1,100 × £0.15) = 5 × £165 = £825. The furniture is 2 cubic metres × £0.25 × 1,100 = £550. That totals £3,025 for the move, plus the £99 registration.

Example three: a few precious things. Sending four small boxes over an example 900 miles is 4 × (900 × £0.05) = 4 × £45 = £180, plus the £99 registration. Small senders are charged like small senders.

The table below gathers these side by side. Treat the totals as illustrations of the maths, not quotes. The pricing page and the live calculator give the real figure for your move.

Example moves and how the total is built

Example distances only. Your exact price comes from the calculator using your two postcodes.

What is and is not in the price

Knowing what the figure already includes is half of trusting it. Here is where the money goes and where it does not.

The £99 registration includes your double-wall packing kit and the delivery of that kit to your address. It also opens the secure account you use for documents and payment. It does not roll into the per-mile total later, and it is not refunded, because the kit has already been made and sent.

The by-the-mile total covers the transport of your boxes and items from any mainland UK postcode, or any Northern Ireland (BT) postcode, to the Kraków and Stary Sącz hubs, with onward delivery arranged from there to the rest of Poland. There is no separate fuel levy bolted on at the end and no surprise handling charge: the per-mile rates are the per-mile rates.

A few honest notes so nothing catches you out. Customs paperwork for the outbound move (your passport or ID, an inventory and proof of residence) is part of the process rather than a line you pay us for, and most personal-effects moves qualify for Transfer of Residence relief, which clears your owned and used belongings free of import duty and VAT. We guide you through it; the detail is in our guide on customs documents for a UK to Poland move. Any onward delivery beyond the two hubs, deep into Poland, is arranged from Kraków or Stary Sącz, and the calculator accounts for the full distance to your stated delivery postcode. You pay the £99 to register and receive your kit, then the balance once your final box count is known, which is what books your place on the once-a-month run.