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January 31, 2014
Across the Map: Montana Car Transport Services
Known as "Big Sky Country," the state of Montana offers people who visit or live there the opportunity to really get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Home to just over one million residents, the state of Montana ranks 4th in total area, yet 44th in total population numbers - and 48th in...
January 28, 2014
Why Booking With a Carrier is a Bad Idea
If you type in "auto transport broker vs carrier" in Google you'll get a few different websites that all say different things regarding which is better, a broker or a carrier. It really depends on who's running the website, because most brokers and quote providers will tell you a broker is the way t...
January 23, 2014
Vehicle Shipping to Bismarck
The city of Bismarck is the capital of North Dakota and the second-largest city in the state after Fargo. Founded in 1872, Bismarck was named the state capital when North Dakota was formed into a state in 1889 and has remained the state capital ever since. Bismarck, when first founded, was a small a...
January 19, 2014
Across the Map: Missouri Auto Transport Services
Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern U.S., though its status as a "Midwestern" state is rather up for debate. It's location would certainly place it close to, if not within, the Midwest, but the people and culture of Missouri is much less Midwestern and much more Southern, particularly in t...
January 13, 2014
Across the Map: Minnesota Vehicle Shipping Services
The state of Minnesota is the 12th largest state in the U.S. in terms of total area, yet ranks 21st in total population and 31st in population density. Much of Minnesota's population lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area (colloquially known as the Twin Cities). The Twin Cities region is the c...
January 7, 2014
Across the Map: Michigan Vehicle Shipping Services
The state of Michigan is located in the Great Lakes region of the U.S., ranking 11th in total area and 9th in total population among the 50 states. Michigan is the only state comprised of two peninsulas and because of this the state of Michigan features the longest freshwater coastline of any politi...
January 5, 2014
Auto Shipping to Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is a city located in south-central Florida, along Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando. Home to over 94,000 residents it is far from the largest city in the state, but it is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven metropolitan area, home to over 584,000 people. Founded in the 1870's...
January 3, 2014
The Auto Transport Broker Horror Story
Everyone has a horror story about auto transport, or knows someone who had a bad experience - it's the way it goes when you move around the higher social circles. With thousands of transportation brokers and thousands of carriers working to get cars moved all across the country, it's not surprising ...
December 28, 2013
Auto Transport Routes: Seattle to Anchorage
Believe it or not, Seattle to Anchorage auto transport is pretty popular. However, shipping a vehicle to Anchorage can be quite an undertaking, both for you and your shipping company. The reason why is simple: shipping a vehicle to Alaska requires shipping it overseas as opposed to overland. The onl...
December 26, 2013
Across the Map: Maryland Car Transport Services
The state of Maryland is the ninth-smallest state in the Union in terms of total area, though with a population of over 5.8 million residents it ranks 19th in total population and 5th in population density. Much of Maryland's population lives in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas,...
December 24, 2013
Vehicle Shipping Tips to Grand Junction
The city of Grand Junction is the county seat of Mesa County, in western Colorado, and is the largest city in Colorado west of the Rocky Mountains. Home to over 58,000 residents as of this writing, Grand Junction is a major tourist destination as well as a major producer of fruit; tourism and agricu...
December 16, 2013
Auto Transport Routes: Las Vegas to New York City
[caption id="attachment_5451" align="alignright" width="150"] Las Vegas, Nevada[/caption] Most of the time, when you plan on driving from one city to another hundreds or thousands of miles away, you will plan the route you want to take, generally based on how fast it will get you there. And for most...