Household Goods / Personal Effects / Residential Moving
Options: (lowest cost/fastest to highest cost/slowest)
- USA and Canadian truck terminals; 100+ lbs, next to 7 day transit time
- air freight terminals; 100+ lbs, 3-10 day transit time
- ocean port terminals (less than container load consolidations); 500 + lbs 3 - 10 week transit time
- air express facilities. 10+ lbs, next to 7 day transit time
door to door freight: lift gate pickup from curb/driveway, or storage facility delivery to curb/driveway of boxed, palletized, crated goods. Includes the following type of terminals/shipments:- USA and Canadian residential truck service;
- air freight from residences in the USA to foreign air terminals;
- USA ocean port terminal service including USA truck pickup from residence, to foreign ocean port terminal (foreign door delivery of household goods is arranged by consignee or foreign terminal);
- air express service from door USA to door international, includes clearing but not VAT or DUTY which is generally not applicable for HHG/PE household goods, personal effects.
full service, door to door moves: (options)
- includes packing and loading at residence or storage facility;
- cost of packing and loading may exceed the costs of transport;
- expect to pay higher retail price for packing supplies than do it yourself and minimum hourly labor rate of $100.00 per hour for packing and loading;
- generally, movers wait until they have a full load going to a certain region or along a route before sending the truck out, may take 30+ days to transport;
HYBRID OPTIONS: - shipper boxes most cargo, terminal supplies palletizing and/or crate
- shipper hires local service as found on www.craigslist.com [labor/move] to pack, load and/or deliver to terminal; craiglist providers are frequently moonlighters who have worked for full service moving companies.
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