Shipping Companies

Finding shipping companies is not a hard thing to do. All you have to do is either open your local directory or conduct an online search and you will be presented with hundreds of shipping companies prepared to give you shipping quotes based on whatever your criteria might be. The freight shipping company that you eventually end up hiring should be a combination of the best price, for the most services specialized in the area of your choice. Unless the company is willing to meet your demands, you should not sign any contract.

Getting shipping quotes is the most basic thing to do when you are preparing for an overseas removal. You will quickly see that shipping companies will give very different prices for seemingly the same kind of service. However, do not be fooled, no one will offer a terrific service for a very low price. You should definitely resist the temptation to hire the cheapest estimate that you get. It is not unusual for a freight shipping company to offer an unrealistically low estimate for a move, only to hit their customers up for more money after the contract has been signed by charging for what should have been included in the contract in the first place. Another very common occurrence is for a freight shipping company to charge a very low price and then once your belongings are on their truck, they hold the items hostage until you pay more for them to release the goods. While such events might seem impossible, they have happened and that is why you should always be wary of a price that seems to good to be true.

Shipping companies will also sometimes charge by the hour. If this is the case make sure that the freight shippingcompany you hire books more than two men to your job. If you only have two men assigned to your move then you can expect the move to take nearly all day and you will end up paying far more in the long run than if you simply paid for a couple of extra men up front.

If you have valuables or instruments such as pianos, then you might want to consider hiring a more specialized shipping company to help with those aspects of your move. Although you might want to save money by having one shipper move everything, sometimes it is worth hiring shipping companies specialized in moving valuables and instruments to take care of certain items. It might tag on a little more to your final total, but you will have the peace-of-mind of knowing that your belongings are being moved properly.

Lastly, when it comes to shipping companies, getting an agent to actually come to your home to give you a quote is the only real way to get a truly accurate estimate of how much your move will cost. Although you can always shortlist shipping companies based on an initial quote, once you have those, then you will want to invite the more interesting ones to your place to give you something more substantial.

We can help get you started by providing you with up to five, free quotes from shipping companies in your area as long as you fill out our one, simple form.