Finding the best long distance moving companies

March 10, 2010 4:45 am admin Home and Family

vMy daughter just graduated from school, and we spent a great deal of time looking for reliable long distance moving companies to help move her to college. The majority of local movers were willing to deliver within a fifty mile radius of the area we lived, but being that she was going to be staying at a school twenty hours away from home, we had to find long distance moving companies willing to cover that distance. Once we had established a list of candidates, I began to compare costs estimates and online opinions on the quality of their work. Both are major considerations, cost especially. The difference between an in city move versus cross country is significant, so I had to carefully examine all long distance moving companies to find the right one. As compared with local movers, long distance moving companies use trucks that are able to cover long distances. The drivers need a place to sleep, typically in the semi cab, and of course the food and fuel burned over a forty hour round trip cost a lot of money.

As frugal as I was trying to be, I also had to be certain that the long distance moving companies were reliable. Timing was important; her furniture needed to be there the day we planned to drop her off, and we wanted her belongings safe. As I talked to each of the long distance moving companies, I began to see that they were priced fairly competitively. The long distance moving companies estimates were all in the same ballpark, so I did a little research on personal experiences with each of the long distance moving companies. So, I chose one of the long distance moving companies with the most positive feedback. I ended up paying a competitive price for a mover who had the best feedback.