Any moving companies reco? I’m relocating from NY to LA

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I made a cross country move to LA a little over a year ago. I had more than two bedrooms of stuff (I have kids), so it isn’t apples to apples. However, I can give this advice if it helps:

1. Get multiple moving company estimates. I got a few and they were all over the place in terms of price. I ended up using North American and was satisfied overall with their service.
2. Negotiate. I got them down quite a bit.
3. Schedule the move as far in advance as possible. It will give you much more flexibility on available dates (which impact price - although perhaps with covid, maybe people aren’t moving as frequently and you won’t have to worry as much about available dates as I did?).
4. Before selecting a company, get clarification on what they cover in terms of loss/damage. At first glance, all the bigger moving companies look like they give roughly the same coverage. However, there are differences when you look a little deeper.

Good luck. And welcome to LA! You won’t need to bring your Canada Goose jacket for the LA winters. 😃

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Goodbye snow hello earthquakes! 😍

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I actually used Uhaul. They’re Ubox holds a lot and I just needed one when I made the same move, and still had room to spare. Pretty cost-effective, they’re customer service was great. They even have partnerships with moving companies that you can use. Highly recommend. I’m probably using them for my move back to NY!

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Allied or Atlas. Don’t recommend Colonial. Avoid small companies. I’ve done 3 cross country moves.

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I just used PODs to move across the country. It’s a bit more expensive than UBox, but much nicer. Also, your stuff can chill in storage while you find a new place. I’d use them again for future big moves.

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I used Dumbo moving for the same move last year. Call them and negotiate the online quote down a bit also.

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Use moveeast.com

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I used them as well about 2 years and was happy with the results. The price was the best (although I pared down as much as possible), nothing was broken, my stuff actually got to LA faster than expected, and I was able to easily communicate with the company which was a big stress reliever.

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I actually used Amtrak to ship the majority of my things when I made the same move and saved a ton of money. It’s definitely inconvenient getting all the boxes dropped off at the right place but we ended up being able to just spend $300-400 on it and they made it to LA pretty quickly. Then we just brought our essentials out here in our luggage and bought all our furniture once we got here. Tried to buy a mattress beforehand as well but my bf insisted on waiting a bit and it got there a day late so that was a miserable night sleeping in our freezing apartment on top of a mountain of our clothes 😃

But if you have a car, I know a few people who have just shipped their cars full of their stuff and it comes out to $1k+

Oof then it’ll be hard to drop off all the boxes if you want to use Amtrak 😭 but you may want to consider renting one to do it!

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Congrats, you’re living my dream 🙂

Thank you! 🎉

How many rooms are you shipping? Do you have expensive items (furniture, art, etc)? Have used someone before but $$$ but well worth the service. Also, where in LA are you moving to? Last mile also has impact.

2bedroom with tons of art and moving to west hollywood area

I’m moving to LA from NYC on Friday and I’m using Flatrate. Good luck!!

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