- Transportation
Luggage Forward
Luggage Forward is a door-to-door luggage delivery company that expanded formally into the camp market in 2026 after two decades shipping for camp parents and luxury travel brands like Holland America and Viking. It ships luggage, sports equipment, and boxes across more than 150 countries and is integrating its service directly into leading camp management systems. The camp push is led by co-CEO Audrey Kohout.
- Transportation
LugLess
LugLess is a luggage shipping service that lets camp families send trunks, duffels, and boxes directly to camp and back, pitched as a cheaper alternative to traditional shippers. It provides instant quotes based on home and camp addresses and emphasizes affordability and convenience for camp travel days. LugLess is a business affiliate of the American Camp Association.
- Transportation
Ship Camps
Ship Camps is a door-to-door luggage and trunk shipping service built for summer camp families, letting parents send bags, trunks, and boxes directly to camp and back home. It partners with FedEx, UPS, and DHL, includes complimentary insurance on shipments, and offers home or camp pickup. The service positions itself on convenience and bypassing airport bag-check for camper travel.
- Transportation
ShipAndStorage
ShipAndStorage offers summer camp shipping for camper gear and luggage, with scheduled pickup and delivery, durable containers, real-time tracking, and optional post-camp storage. It emphasizes compliance with individual camps' shipping policies and end-to-end handling of camp logistics for families.
- Transportation
Summer Camp Shipping
Summer Camp Shipping is a luggage delivery service focused exclusively on camp logistics, providing pre-filled tags and lanyards, account-based tracking, and pickup-to-delivery handling of camper belongings. The company markets more than a decade of camp-shipping experience and offers a direct channel for camp directors seeking a parent shipping partner.
- Transportation
Trunks 2 Bunks
Trunks 2 Bunks is a white-glove camp luggage delivery service that ships campers' trunks door-to-camp and back, working with professional movers and its own drivers with dedicated dispatchers per route. It serves Northeast overnight camps such as those in the Berkshires and Poconos, and handles building/doorman pickups for New York City families. A portion of every shipment is donated to SCOPE, a nonprofit funding camperships for kids who couldn't otherwise attend camp.
Questions camps ask about this category
- What is transportation?
- Transportation covers moving campers and staff: chartered buses for arrival and departure days, day-camp routes, trip and excursion transport, and vehicle supply or leasing. Driver screening, capacity on the two heaviest days of the season, and route planning are the usual points of difference.
- What should a camp look for?
- Ask how the work is scoped and what a normal year with them looks like: who does the setup, what happens in your busiest fortnight, what the exit looks like if you leave, and what the price does when your numbers change. Ask two or three companies the same questions and compare the answers rather than the brochures. We don't nominate a best one, here or anywhere.
Nothing above compares these companies to each other, because a directory entry is not a basis for that comparison. What it is good for is knowing who exists. Each company's listing shows who it says it works with, in its own words, and any questions it has answered in public. Start there, then ask the two or three of them the questions your own year actually turns on.
Last updated 10 October 2026. Companies are listed alphabetically; the order carries no meaning.