I'm getting quotes from moving companies like Atlas. Some are way cheaper than others and I'm not really sure what I'm going right or wrong here.
I have a 2br apartment. At the moment, I plan on only bringing:
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1 king bed
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3 side table drawers
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a love seat
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Stand mixer, few pots and pans
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Maybe 2 dozen smaller boxes (clothes, games, books, crap)
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Collapsible Desk & computer
I'm getting quoted for $5,500~6,500 to move from California to Montreal for all of this from two major moving companies. Other smaller companies or self-pack (UPack) containers are giving me quotes like $4,000 which seem more reasonable. It sucks because I budgeted $3,000 to move but clearly I won't be making that work...
Has anyone moved across countries like this before such a long distance and had similar pricing? Ive searched around and people even on /r/frugal were like "upack is so cheap for cross country!". But, I have family in Pennsylvania. I did a quote with Upack to their door, and it came out to be $3500 from California. That's only a grand less than one company quoted to Montreal directly and they would help pack too! Upack seems to totally rip me off, and I remember that being the case moving here too.
I'm beginning to think I need to sell everything and just drive myself, ship anything via UPS myself to my inbetween in PA. Then drive it all up from there. It's such a pain though, Im super anxious and I hate selling to random strangers.
One alternative I'm considering is UHaul trailer. I'm considering driving back to the east cost, and if I do, it would only cost me ~$350 to install a hitch and $500 for a trailer. This seems to be my best option beside selling, but I'm terribly worried about transporting my own stuff cross country and having the trailer stolen or something X.x
September 29, 2017 at 01:47AM
