There are many options available for you to ship your car. From driving it yourself to hiring a driver or by transporting it in a truck or train. With so many possibilities as well as transport companies, how can you know which are the reliable ones?
While in the search of choosing the right auto transport service , you will find yourself with two options: auto shipping brokers and vehicle shipping load boards. If you want to manage the process yourself, load boards will let you post your own requests and connect directly with drivers to sort out all the details of your shipment. On the other hand, choosing an auto shipping broker will sort out all the details of your shipment like: contacting the driver, setting the time, coordinating the shipment, ensuring on-time delivery and customer service.
Great! You have a found an auto broker, so... What's next? The next step is to request a quote with the specific details of the auto transport you require. This is going to take around 24 - 48 hours for you to get the quote, which might not be very appealing at first but at the end it is gonna be worth the wait. What do we mean by this? Sure! You can go to the search engines and find large amounts of companies that offer you an instant quote with a price estimate. At the end you are going to find yourself with quotes that have a price that isn't "tuned" with the real prices being charged for that service. So, going back to the auto transport broker quotes you are going to find that they are much accurate to the specific needs you have.
The auto transport broker you hired is going to take care of all the details and logistics of the shipment of your vehicle. They are the ones keeping track of your vehicle and giving you important updates on the status of your shipment.
Nowadays, shipping a vehicle is more affordable than ever... However, many factors influence the cost of shipping a car, including: availability of carriers, timeframe of the shipment, pick up location, destination, etc. Want to know how much does it cost to ship your vehicle?
Distance in Miles/Calendar Days
0 – 200 / 1 – 2 days
200 – 600 / 2 – 4 days
600 – 1000 / 3 – 5 days
1000 – 1500 / 4 – 6 days
1500 – 2000 / 5 – 7 days
2000 – 2400 / 6 – 8 days
2400 and up / 7 – 9 days
There are many things you have to do before your car is already to be loaded on to the shipping truck, many of which will save you money and protect your vehicle.
By this point you should be expecting to get your car delivered and drive into the horizon.
Take into account that the delivery process varies depending on the transport option you chose (Door-to-Door or Terminal-to-Terminal).
On the day of the delivery before you sign off on the delivery form, check your car´s conditions and verify that they are the same as the day of the pickup when you handed it to the shipping company.