Get to your next place intact, sane and with extra cash in your pocket. We'll show you all ranges of moving prices coupled with real reviews from actual customers. After a decade of curating tens of thousands of moves, we're handing over all of our moving knowledge so that you can know exactly what to expect - including if there's a better option for you out there. That's why Moving 101 exists.
Check out Moving Options to read about the three different types of existing moves and how much each one costs. We've even gotten approximately how much time each one takes down to a science!
Moving 101 has three comprehensive, readily updated guides on Rental Trucks, Moving Containers and Freight Trailers. You can find out absolutely everything about the competition - real user reviews, truck sizes and way more. This way, you'll be a pro before you even make your first call.
Finally, our Moving Cost Calculator is directly linked to our massive database of pro movers and transportation options. Just answer three questions about your potential move and you'll instantly see a list of estimated quotes for every single way to move in your area. Yep, it's basically magic.
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MOVING COST CALCULATOR
MOVING OPTIONS COMPARISON
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D.I.Y. Move
You Load
You / They Drive
Avg. Cost$0$5000$660Average CostLocal Move: $273Med. Move: $576Long Move: $1921
Avg. Time0h72h31hrsTime EstimatePlanning: 6hrsPacking: 13hrsMove Day: 12hrs
Very cost effective, and you have complete and utter control over every aspect of your move.
You have to ask your friends & family to help you move, again. There goes your weekend, and maybe even your back!
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Hybrid™ Move
Movers Load
You / They Drive
Avg. Cost$0$5000$910Average CostLocal Move: $523Med. Move: $826Long Move: $2171
Avg. Time0h72h21hrsTime EstimatePlanning: 5hrsPacking: 13hrsMove Day: 3hrs
You won't break your back or the bank! Takes minutes to book movers on your phone through HireAHelper.
You have to take more time to research your options and spend a little more than the DIY move.
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Full Service Move
Movers Load
Movers Drive
Avg. Cost*$0$5000$2568Average CostLocal Move: $1300Med. Move: $3000Long Move: $6000
Avg. Time0h72h51hrsTime EstimatePlanning: 48hrsPacking: 2hrsMove Day: 1hrs
Someone else does all the work on moving day!
Takes days rather than minutes to get quotes. You may have to file for bankruptcy after the move. Seriously.
HYBRID™ & DIY MOVING COMPANY GUIDES
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Synonymous with moving, their orange trucks are all over the place (as are their many moving services.) Call them for truck rentals, storage containers, equipment and more. -
A major force in the moving world, these transportation gurus offer competitive rental rates for their fleet of yellow trucks. They provide a wide variety of moving supplies and customer discounts. -
Authorities in the truck rental business, from flatbeds to moving trucks. Budget rentals are many people's go-to for completing a Hybrid Move. -
The Rent-A-Car giants offer up moving and transportation options with their Truck Rental division, which is flush with a wide variety of rental trucks to transport virtually anything imaginable. -
A steady hand in the freight trailer moving business. Easy to book moving trucks for your local moving needs. -
Need to keep your things somewhere while you move? PODS provides portable containers so you can pack, store and have your things picked up and delivered, all on your own schedule. -
Storage containers that are delivered and driven away at your beckoning. They are the official storage containers of Lowe's Hardware and are often paired with professional labor to complete Hybrid Moves. -
An original pioneer in the storage container industry. Door to Door has been storing and delivering container units since 1996, largely retaining a west coast presence. -
Local storage container company with a personal touch. Provides a large variety of container options wherever they operate, including the industry's largest sizes for portable storage. -
A growing storage and moving solution to keep your things safe while they're moved, near or far. A great company to combo with a Hybrid Move. -
U-Pack offers a little known way to move your stuff across the country: shared storage space shipped together in a freight semi-trailer. -
Veterans to the trucking industry for over 80 years, SureMove is Estes’ attempt at providing a Full-Service move option for personal moving across the country. -
Driving across the country since World War II, the Old Dominion freight trailer line has spent the last decade renting out space on their white and green trucks to people moving long distance.
Recent Customer Reviews
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0 1 2 3 4 5 Movers were hard working, efficient and professional Other companies wanted to send three people to do the job, but these two guys filled the entire 16' Pod with a mix of furniture and moving boxes in less than three hours. Very impressive. I would definitely use them again in the future.
Move Details
Distance 40 miCost $3,000Per. Mile $75.00SqFt. Moved 2,400 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 Good service. New truck. Only complaint was when I picked up the truck, I was not shown where the lights, etc., were. I ended up driving it back at night with the cab light lit up.
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Distance 30 miCost $40.00Per. Mile $1.33SqFt. Moved 750 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 Pack Rat showed up on time on both ends of the move, and were helpful with a reschedule of the delivery of the full container. Their container was effective way to move my mother's belonging from AZ to NY. Mom packed it up in AZ, and I coordinated unpacking in NY. The container and local storage option made it easy to schedule convenient dates for loading and unloading. And we even had to move the unload date, and there was no problem in doing so. I would use this company again.
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Distance 2,300 miCost $3,800Per. Mile $1.65SqFt. Moved 1,400 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 Excellent and courteous service and reasonable pricing. Made our move smooth by allowing for storage (with out need to offload trailer) at our destination while we found a place to stay. Will definitely use again.
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Distance 450 miCost $1,300Per. Mile $2.89SqFt. Moved 2,500 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 Overall, we were very pleased with our PODS experience. We didn’t need the container for a whole month but that’s the least amount of time you can rent it for. For initial delivery and pickup in Nashville the drivers called me when they were on their way. The drivers for redelivery and final pickup in Tacoma did not call, and it would have helped me if they had. New apartment complex has no assigned parking nor loading zone, so I ended up sitting in my car, taking up three spaces, for four hours waiting for container delivery. When the delivery window passed and I hadn’t received a call, I spent 20 minutes on the phone with a helpful rep who could eventually confirm that the driver was on his way. Two days later the truck arrived for pickup just as I was starting to sweep out the container. So again, a call while en route would have been nice. But all drivers on both ends of the move were totally professional and courteous otherwise. Belongings shifted a bit in the container but remained dry.
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Distance 2,430 miCost $3,600Per. Mile $1.48SqFt. Moved 1,200 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 I usually use Uhaul just because they were close to my old neighborhood. Their in store service is sometimes lacking but they make up for it with helpful staff at their call centers. When the system tried to have me return my truck over an hour away the call center staff made sure I made it to the proper department who manually changed the route so that I could take it somewhere much closer.
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Distance 538 miCost $459Per. Mile $0.85SqFt. Moved 2,000 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 They didn't make the window for delivering the cube, 8-12; arrived about 12:45. If you are hiring helpers, plan for the day after delivery, especially since it gets dark early this time of year. Other than that, their customer service has been excellent and I recommend them.
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Distance 1,250 miCost $1,437Per. Mile $1.15SqFt. Moved 1,000 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 We got a 22' truck from Penske, along with a car trailer, and everything about the rental went very smoothly. We hired a professional driver to drive it for us (Robert Burke from Acumen Driving) and added him as an authorized driver on the truck, and he picked it up at Penske with no problem. They don't have a limit on miles like other rental truck companies, and give you several days to complete the trip.
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Distance 450 miCost $750Per. Mile $1.67SqFt. Moved 1,000 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 I rented a 23 feet truck. It was diesel, the truck was ok, pick-up was not very good, but I don't know if we coud expect better pick-up from other providers.
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Distance 300 miCost $400Per. Mile $1.33SqFt. Moved 1,500 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 The Pack Rat phone staff and drivers were great. They were professional. The driver called upon arrival for the drop off and the driver texted me that the container was picked up. They much nicer about explaining the pricing than PODS.
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Distance 1,500 miCost $3,200Per. Mile $2.13SqFt. Moved 1,400 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 ABF dropped off & picked up on time at source and destination loacations. Friendly, professional, and polite people. Easy website to use, excellent tracking and text updates.
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Distance 1,588 miCost $3,615Per. Mile $2.28SqFt. Moved 800 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 ABF Upack was a great alternative to hiring a moving company for my move from Rhode Island to Ohio. I got several quotes from moving companies, which ranged from $5,700-$11,000. These quotes did not include packing. I did all the packing on my own. I then looked into using ABF Upack, and it seemed like a much more cost effective option. Both drivers who dropped off the trailer in RI and OH were very courteous and personable. They showed me exactly what I had to do and made sure I didn't have any other questions before they left.
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Distance 600 miCost $1,400Per. Mile $2.33SqFt. Moved 1,218 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 The truck has seen better days. We received the truck below "E" and had to find the nearest diesel gas station for a 26' truck, which wasn't as easy as you would think. Was the truck as nice as a competitor truck? No, it had tape all in the side covering or holding broken parts and feared the engine was pieced together the same way. Did the truck serve its purpose? yes it did. The truck got our items moved from point A to point B without any issues and we did save $500 by using budget opposed to a competitor. Was it worth using Budget? You decide.
Move Details
Distance 450 miCost $1,200Per. Mile $2.67SqFt. Moved 1,300 -
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0 1 2 3 4 5 Doing a hybrid move was the cheapest option. I was able to secure a truck in the size that I needed about a week out from my move. The pick up and drop off locations were both convenient. I ended up using this company because they had a discount coupon which made them affordable.
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Distance 200 miCost $220Per. Mile $1.10SqFt. Moved 1,200
