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Finding a Trustworthy Car Shipping Company

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

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When it comes time to move your vehicle, the major difficulty is probably to find the right company. With so many around, both online and in the real world, how do you go about finding the best one for you? What’s more, how do you go about choosing a trustworthy company that will take care of your vehicle and deliver it safely without charging you a fortune for it?

Look online for options. Simply Googling “car shipping company” will give dozens of results. Visit the different websites and read around. See what the company offers (enclosed vehicle shipping, international car shipping, motorcycle delivery) and what the conditions are. Then Google the company’s name to see if you can find customer reviews or complaints about it.

Narrow it down to a few companies and then ask each one for a copy of their license. Licensed companies are fully insured and have to meet some requirements that will improve their quality of service and customer satisfaction. The older the license (make sure the renovation date is recent), the more years the company has experience in shipping vehicles.

Get quotes from several car shipping companies and compare what you get for the price with each one. If a car transport company is too cheap compared to the others, move with caution and find out why. Are they licensed? Are they new and trying to build up a clientele? Remember shipping a vehicle cost the car transport companies money as well for things such as gas, paying driver and so on. So when the price is to low proceed with caution.