What's the cheapest way to move a 1BR apartment's worth of furniture across the country?
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M$At http://www.budgettruck.com/Truck.aspx they quote $1394.10 for a 10' truck from Nashua to Santa Monica. You'd have to pay extra if you're towing a car, but you did not mention a car, so I did not price it out.
Penske https://www.pensketruckrental.com/application.html quotes $1539 for the same dates and locations. If you're a AAA member you will get a 12% discount from that, coming to $1354.32.
U-Haul http://reservations.uhaul.com/resweb01/Summary.aspx quotes $1667 for the move with a 10' truck, and provides 11 days rental based on the distance.
Ryder only rents out trucks if you return them to the same location, so they're out for this run.
The bottom line is that Budget is likely your best bet, unless you're a AAA member, in which case Penske is slightly cheaper.
Keep in mind you need to budget for other expenses, some of which you can simply do yourself and save money at the expense of your time and effort, or accepting risk.
- Boxes and packing supplies
- Insurance for the truck
- Movers to pack your stuff
- Movers to load the truck
- Movers to unload the truck
- Fuel for the truck
- Meals along the way
- Accommodations along the way
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Wow! Great answer @opher. I just moved 5 states less than a year ago and those prices are dead on.
Mike - the only way I can see this getting any cheaper would be to get rid of your couch and bed (the two big items) and rent an smaller cargo van as I did. Regardless, It'll be a long move. Drive safely and take your time!
Thanks @bunnyphuphu.
Mike, another option similar to what some have suggested (including @bunnyphuphu) would be to sell the furniture, package the clothes and kitchen stuff, and ship those UPS Ground. For a 100 lbs box they charge just under $100 (there are some limits on box sizes so you'd need to plan how to mix high-density items such as books with lower density items such as clothes in each box). If you only have 200 or 300 lbs, you could have those in Santa Monica in 5 days for under $300. Of course if you have a car and are driving, you could reduce the price further by putting some or all of the stuff in the trunk. If you have no car, you just need to add the cost of a plane, train, or bus ticket (depending on how desperate you are to save money and how willing to spend time to save it) to get yourself to California.
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Jonno is absolutely right. Thirteen years ago I moved from upstate NY to southern CA. Moved 92 boxes and furniture. The first 18 months that I lived in California, I only ended up unpacking 20 of the boxes and ultimately ended up replacing all but 3 items of furniture. By the time I moved to my second residence, I got rid of nearly all the unopened boxes (the only things I saved were photo albums, and the like) and had replaced nearly all my clothes (kept my ski jacket and a pair of boots). Had I just sold everything and shipped the 20 boxes, I would have probably saved close to $3000 in moving fees.
Since you only have a minimal amount to move.Most big moving companies will offer a smaller charge if you share a truck with another cross country move.
You would be given a delivery date depending on where on the truck your stuff is. You will have either one or more other peoples stuff on the truck and it would be loaded based on the drop off of each customer. I would guess that it would not be to hard to find a company willing to do this.
OR try this site-
http://cheapmovingcompanies.org/
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M$Or maybe sell all your stuff and not have to move it at all. When you get to your location visit a second hand furniture store. You would save gas and not have to worry about your stuff being stolen along the way.
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Personally I'd just sell it and give the rest to Goodwill (or equivalent) -tax write-off. Then buy new furniture in your new place, there's a lot of good furniture deals today because of the economy.
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If you are doing the move yourself to save money, you're looking at the cross country trip, cost and labor to do that. It's a couple of days and may be worth the effort and expense. However, if you are hiring a professional moving company, they would most likely fit your stuff in with other people's because it isn't worth it to run a truck to the west coast only a quarter or half full. You might have some delays on that end. In addition, you have the cost of getting yourself over there.
If you can get new or used items of similar quality for a comparable price, you might save yourself the headache of packing it all up, transporting, and unpacking on the other side.
I know this doesn't quite answer your question - other people seem to have done that pretty well. I just wanted to throw this out to give you an alternate idea.
Best of luck on the move.
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"When you rent a truck from Penske, you get superior service, professional assistance and an expertly maintained and serviced truck. You also get discounts and incentives that make your rental an even better value. Our dedicated partners offer deals on all the extras: packing supplies, moving help, storage space and more.
With Penske Truck Rental, you can count on finding your Penske moving truck ready to roll at pickup. That's because more than 3,500 Penske-trained technicians at close to 700 Penske service facilities nationwide put their expertise behind preparing every truck. Penske vehicles are the cleanest, newest, best-maintained trucks on the road, so they're not just in top shape; they're fuel efficient and eco-friendly, too."
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Thanks for this suggestion! I wasn't too familiar with these types of services but it seems like it might be the cheapest.
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