As a method of showing affection, balikbayan boxes are bit inconvenient, Marie conceded. “You can’t go home without a box.”The contents of Amy Guzman's two balikbayan boxes at her home in Long Beach. The boxes: Large door-to-door balikbayan box companies like Atlas, LBC, and Starkargo have professionalized the practice of sending balikbayan boxes via shipping container or airmail. For many overseas Filipinos, balikbayan boxes became the best way to to bridge that distance. At least 400,000 balikbayan boxes are sent every month, according to the Door to Door Consolidated Assn.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 28, 2018 09:56 UTC