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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 24, 2014
Auto Shipping Glossary: Snowbird Auto Transport
We've talked about snowbirds before on this website but there are a few things that you should be aware of if you're routinely shipping your vehicle down to Florida or Arizona in the fall or winter and then shipping back in the spring or summer. Auto transportation companies that run snowbird routes...
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 20, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: What You Need For Pickup
The auto transportation industry is fairly lax in terms of what you'll need on-hand come pickup time. Obviously you'll need the vehicle there, but aside from that you really don't need to show much of anything in terms of proof of ownership and the like. Because of how many different businesses util...
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 15, 2014
How to Avoid An Auto Transport Scam
The auto transport industry is an interesting industry, but if you don't know much about it it can seem pretty daunting and scary thanks to the many stories of unscrupulous businesses floating around the dark corners of the internet. Car transportation is just one sector of the U.S.' logistics and f...
January 14, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: Preparing Your Car
People ship cars from one city and state to another every single day, but you'd be surprised at how many of those people don't properly prepare their vehicles for the rigors of overland auto transportation. Whether you're shipping the minivan you drive every day or your two-seater sports car that yo...
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 12, 2014
Auto Shipping Glossary: Licensed
When a company is licensed it means that they are federally certified to do the job that they advertise. If a company that makes boats wants to sell boats, they have to have a license. Anyone that owns or runs a business needs a license or a permit or whatever it may be. The reason why is so that th...
January 8, 2014
Auto Transport Tips: What to do When Brokers Don't Stop Calling
Before we get into the subject of today's post, we need to add a little caveat to it. We talk a lot about auto transport quote providers in this post, and while the information contained here is still very much accurate, it's safe to say that quote providers are slowly fading away. Years ago, auto t...
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...