need a moving company recommendation

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This is will be our first big move halfway across the country (16 hrs). We are looking for a company that can do some degree of packing in addition to the move.

Any recommendations? Cost is not so much an issue as DH new job has a pretty good relocation package so we are looking for companies that is reliable. Our previous moves just within the state has been terrible, for some reason we always end up with movers that don't show up or get in a bad accident the day before (

TIA

[pamela]

The biggest thing is not the company as a whole (like Allied, Mayflower, etc), but how is the LOCAL affiliate of that company. Our company used Budd Van Lines the last time and they seemed better than our previous with Allied, but that's not the say the next crew from Budd wouldn't have been as good.

[dawnyp]

If the move is for work see if the company has a mover they frequently used. When I have moved for work my company provided a list of movers that offered a corporate discount.

Not sure where you are currently located, I have used Gentle Giants in the past. www.gentlegiant.com/Locations.aspx

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Oct 10, 2012 10:15:58 GMT -5 @dawnyp said:

If the move is for work see if the company has a mover they frequently used. When I have moved for work my company provided a list of movers that offered a corporate discount.

Not sure where you are currently located, I have used Gentle Giants in the past. www.gentlegiant.com/Locations.aspx

I initially the company said that they have a few companies they work with, but when we called to finally set that up, they said they don't do that anymore. We need to get quotes from a couple companies that we choose and then send it to them for approval.

We are in Michigan. My husband wants to go with Mayflower but only because its the only one he knows, a family used them like 10 yrs ago!

[Pom]

When we moved from Michigan to Texas we used Two Men and a Truck. We got a smoking deal since we shared a truck with another family. Our recent local move 6 hours within Texas, we used Allied and then did a good job. I agree that it depends on who you have to deal with locally and how attentive they seem to your move.

[WOT?*]

We used Graebel which was recommended by a couple corporate clients. They weren't the lowest price but were midrange of the four estimates I got. We actually got money back because we overestimated the weight of what was shipped. Our stuff got here timely with no loss or damage, even after getting caught in a major snowstorm.