What is the cheapest and easiest was to move cross country?|172361

I have to move from Maine to Colorado...I have quite a bit of stuff! Any ideas?

a. Do your parents live in Maine? Pick out the stuff you really want or need, and leave the rest with them. When they come to visit maybe they can bring something each time so you don_t have to worry about it all at once. Drive a U-Haul

b. Pack everything up and let the movers do the loading and offloading for you. You fly - let them drive.

c. Pick out the things you really want and need and yard sale the rest for extra cash. Drive.

Hi, I just moved from Pennsylvania to Charlotte,NC. I rented a truck from uhaul and attached my car to the back of it. They give you estimated miles and cost and it is usually right. Plus they have a free dolly to help you move large things and low truck beds. Or you can have a company move it all for you and you will not have to drive a big truck....though I am not sure of the way they charge.

Depends on if you want to drive or not. I would not want to drive that distance myself. Cost of gas is a big factor as well as meals and lodging....

I moved 2200 miles years ago and used a container service to move and it was cheaper than a uhaul truck plus I had storage available until I found a new place without reloading the container or emptying the truck.........

Before that, I rented a truck for a 1400 mile move but had less stuff and less kids so it worked...It was a shorter drive than the move you are considering.

Do a web search and you get quotes from several companies that lease the containers or use door to door or similar comapnies. The quotes are free and then you can compare to see what would work better.

Good luck in Colorado.

Driving, renting a U-Haul truck.

I would have professional movers do it and just pay it and forget about it, You never know how much stress and danger await renting a truck, packing then loading, then unloading and unpacking, not to mention the driving for days across unknown territory.
Pay the money and move on , figure out a way to make up for it later, It is just money, where the other is quite an adventure that you never know what may happen.

I just moved from Michigan to Georgia, and I drove. I found a place that rented trailers for a week for really cheap, and I drove my car and my mom pulled the trailer behind her. It was less expensive than Uhaul and worked great. I got mine at a local hardware store, maybe you could check places like that. I was able to get everything between the two cars and the trailer. But the downside was that she had to drive it back.

get rid of all of your stuff and start afresh in colorado. i did.

Drive ( rent a uhaul)

Well, sort through the stuff? Get rid of all of the non-essential stuff [hint, if you have not looked at it in 3 years --- get rid of it]

Look into PODS where you can pack a trailer pod and they will move it to you when and where you need it. Drive your care (lightly packed -- fuel is high). Find a small place where you will reside (keep expenses low at first --- you can always upgrade after a year --- learn to live in your new area on a very small budget). Have PODS move your container to where you are --- move it all in or move what is essential and leave the rest packed in the POD --- wait a year --- if you have not used the junk in a POD --- hold a garage sale from the POD --- put all money from sale in a bank.

Covered Wagon....
haha, jk....uhaul is pretty well priced

Renting a big cargo van and driving there yourself would be cheapest. If that isn_t big enough for all your stuff you should rent a u-haul. It will be cheapest if you do everything yourself. Enlist friends and family to help you pack. Good luck!