Auto transport doesn’t have to be a headache. Here are ten key steps everyone should take to make sure that your car moving experience is safe and pain free. Read and apply our tips:

1. How to Find a Car Transport Company

Car transport companies are usually listed under the following titles: car transport, vehicle shipping, and autotransport.

2. The Most Important Things to Consider when Hiring a Car Transport Company

When hiring a car transport company you have to consider some issues specific to vehicle transport, unlike your other possessions cars have some precise requirements like additional car insurance and vehicle inspection reports before dispatch may be needed. We think the following are important:

* Fast shipping – Some auto transport companies may take longer than others, even weeks or months to put your vehicle on a carrier, some will get your vehicle on the road to its destination in days! It is all about the price and type of service you want
* Will they provide Door-to-Door pick up and delivery service or will you need to deliver to them?
* Do they have an online car transport tracking service so that you will be able to see the progress of your vehicle and always know where it is?
* Will they provide fully enclosed nationwide automobile transport or do their carriers only use open carriers?
* Do they give guaranteed pick up and delivery dates as standard or are these available at a premium?
* Is your automobile or motorcycle insured by the carrier for damage during vehicle transport at no additional cost, or is it extra?

3. How to Get the Best Car Transport Experience

Car transport companies are more likely to cooperate with you if they believe you are trying to work fairly with them. Be reasonable, but firm.

4. How to be Sure to Get a Trustworthy Car Transport Operator

Car transport companies will usually be listed with local Better Business Bureaus or chambers of commerce so look them up. They should also make it clear that they have proper licensing and insurance.

5. Be Sure to Get and Vet a Contract with them Before Signing

Car transport companies have contracts in which both parties must agree to before a vehicle can be moved. This saves both the car transport companies and the customers a lot of trouble and ensures the safe transport of the car.

6. Companies Differ in Their Geographical Range so Take Care to Match Your Company Choice to Your Requirements

Car transport companies may operate within a state, nationwide or internationally.

7. Take Care to Select Your Transport Company by Transport Type

Transportation can be by carrier (open or closed), rail or by a driver driving the vehicle.

8. The Best Features Which When You See Them Should Recommend a Company to You

The best car transport companies have an image to protect. They rarely, if ever, let just anyone handle their vehicles and employees will go through strict background checks before being hired. When you talk to them they will always act in a manner to carefully guard their reputation.

9. Check for their Policy on Accidental Damage

As far as damages are concerned, they are always a possibility no matter how much care is taken, but most dependable companies will have measures in place to significantly decrease the occurrence of accidental damages.

10. Auto carriers are NOT licensed to carry household goods or personal items.

Any damage to your vehicle due to household goods shifting or breaking in the vehicle will not be covered by insurance.