How to send an item across Jeddah: a bag, a gift, a TV or a few boxes
Sending one item across Jeddah comes down to four things: three numbers, the right vehicle, good packing and two people who know the plan. Here is how to get each of them right.
You left a bag at your parents' place. You bought a TV from someone on the other side of the city. A friend's birthday is tonight, and the gift is still on your table.
None of this is a house move. It is one item, or a few, that has to get from one door in Jeddah to another. This guide to delivery in Jeddah covers what to measure, which vehicle to pick, how to hand the item over, and what cannot be sent at all.
Take it yourself or book a driver?
Can you take it yourself? As a rule, that makes sense when the item fits in your own car, you have the time, and the drive there and back is short.
A driver makes more sense when the item does not fit in your car, when you cannot leave work or home at that hour, or when the item is too heavy to carry alone.
Describe and measure the item
The person who carries your item has never seen it. Three numbers remove the guessing.
The longest side. Measure it with the packaging on. The size of a TV is given as the screen diagonal, and the box is larger than the screen.
The weight. For appliances it is on the label or in the manual. For boxes, a bathroom scale is enough.
The number of pieces. One bag, or a bag and three boxes? Count them, so nothing is left behind.
Note anything that needs care: glass, a screen, something that has to stay upright.
Car or pickup: the real limits
These are the limits the BeePlus app shows.
A car takes items up to 200 kg, and the largest item can be up to 200 × 100 × 60 cm. Enough for a bag, a gift, a few boxes, a small table or a TV in its box.
A pickup takes up to 600 kg, and the largest item can be up to 200 × 100 × 100 cm. Choose it when the item is bulkier than the car limit, such as an armchair or a desk, or when the boxes together weigh more than 200 kg.
Check all three sides, not only the length. An item 150 cm long, 80 cm wide and 80 cm deep is short enough for a car and still too bulky for it.
If the item is longer than 2 meters, or the load is over 600 kg, neither will do. There are five truck sizes for that: compare them in Dyna, pickup or truck. If the item is waiting at a store, the steps are in How to get your IKEA purchases home.
Prepare the item and plan the handover
Packing, as a rule:
Close every bag and tape every box.
If the original box of a TV is gone, wrap it in a blanket or bubble wrap and mark the screen side.
Write the receiver's name on each piece. With several boxes, it helps to number them: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3.
The handover needs two people who know the plan.
At the pickup. Someone has to be there, with the item ready at the door. If that is not you, tell that person the time and what is being collected.
At the drop-off. Someone has to be there to receive it: nobody rides with the items in a car or a pickup.
Contact. Give each of the two people the other's number.
The door. The name of a building is not enough. Send the floor and the door number to both sides, and enter them in the order.
If you are buying from another person, check the item before it is loaded, not after it arrives. And pay the seller yourself: cash cannot travel with the order.
What cannot be sent
The BeePlus Terms of Use list what must not be sent. The list includes:
cash and other monetary instruments;
jewelry, precious metals and other valuables;
hazardous materials, flammable liquids and chemicals;
weapons, illegal drugs, counterfeit or stolen goods;
artworks, and perishable items that need specialized storage.
The full list is in the Terms of Use, section 5.3.
So ask for the wallet to be taken out of a forgotten bag, and hand over gold or jewelry in person.
The job is done by partner drivers, and the driver who carries out the order is responsible for the items. BeePlus does not offer compensation or insurance for the items.
How the order works in the BeePlus app
BeePlus works in Jeddah only, and orders are placed in the app, not by phone.
Enter the pickup and the drop-off address, each with the floor and door number.
Choose a car or a pickup by your three numbers.
Look at the estimate. The price has three parts: distance, a booking fee, and the actual loading or waiting time. The app shows the estimate before you confirm. More on each part is in Moving cost in Jeddah.
Order for right now, or book any day and time. For same day delivery in Jeddah, order for right now. A driver is found within 15 minutes on average.
Follow the driver on the map, with the arrival time. The driver waits 10 minutes free of charge, so have the item ready at the door.
Cancelling is free before the driver arrives. Payment is in cash after the job is done, with no prepayment and no card. In the app you choose who pays, the sender or the receiver, so agree on it in advance and make sure that person has the cash ready.
Before you send: a short list
Measure the longest side, find the weight, count the pieces.
Compare them with the limits: a car, a pickup, or a truck for anything bigger.
Pack and label every piece. Take out cash, jewelry and anything else on the prohibited list.
Tell the people at both doors the time, and send them the floor and door number.
Open the BeePlus app, enter both addresses, look at the estimate and confirm.
Sending a packed parcel rather than a loose item? The choice between a courier company and a driver is in Parcel delivery in Jeddah.
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