Moving company recommendations?

[QueenTrident]

Anyone have any moving company recommendations or know what I should look for in a moving company? We just want one to load, move and unload our stuff. We'll do all the packing. It is an interstate move and will likely require an overnight hold of our items.

Any guidance would be appreciated - I'm at a loss and there are hundreds of entries in my yellow pages.

 

[monkeyboy]

http://www.moving.com/

 

[dennis99ss]

Talk to friends and neighbors. I've used United for intra city and intercity moves, and had good experiences.

 

[Virgo10]

Originally posted by monkeyboy
http://www.moving.com/

I'm also going nuts with worry about the moving company. We've heard so many BAD stories. Thanks for the link!

Roberta

 

[geetey]

Jenn,
We have used Graebel and loved them! VERY good. Recently we used Beltmann Group/North American. Not as thrilled with them. We had some small damage with Beltmann and the driver tried to get us to take cash for the piece so we wouldn't file a claim. Very unprofessional IMO. We used the companies moving state to state. Good luck!

 

[lulugirl]

We also used Graebel and they were great! It was for a cross country move, we were very concerned but they really were professional and offered a decent rate.

 

[RadioNate]

We've used both Allied (once) and North American (twice) as they are who DH's company contracts with. I prefered Allied to North American.

 

[safetymom]

We used Allied and they were fantastic!!!! We packed most of it but fragile things we let them pack.

We moved from PA to FL. and nothing happened to anything in the move. They were here exactly when they said they would be.

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

You have to remember that just because you hire "United" or "Bekins", they are usually franchised out...My friend moved from FL to TN a few years ago and used Bekins..well, along the way they stopped at a truck stop and picked up someone for a helper ( all unknown to my friend)...when they got to TN and started to unload the stuff...the guy was missing...they found him OD'd in the upstairs bathroom. So here, the day my friend moves into her new POSH neighborhood right down the street from Johnny Cash's house there are police and fire and rescue units everywhere...way to meet the neighbors!