Blue Event Horizon wrote:
Any opinions on whether Bekins or Mayflower would be better to go
with, if I have a choice for a very short notice move? The paperwork
is rushing along fine, everything else seems to be slower than
molasses in January. Will be transporting cars as well as household
stuff if that makes any difference.

There's one Bekins for Orange County, CA and more than one Mayflower
affilliate to choose from if anyone happens to be knowledgeable about
the local choices.

Insurance tips and info for interstate moving welcome too.

BEH

Some random advice:

Mayflower owns (or is owned by) one of the other big names (Allied?
United?) so don't be surprised if that's the name on the truck that
shows up. Should you care? Who knows!

Ideally you'll fill the truck entirely with your own stuff and there
will be no intermediate stops. This greatly reduces chance of loss. Ask
about this upfront. (If your cars are going into the truck, this is
probably more likely.)

Have a friend around during loading and unloading whose job is nothing
more than standing around outside watching the truck; otherwise there
will be moments when it is open and unattended. How bad that would be
depends on the neighbourhood, of course.

Chip C
Toronto

No experience of either Bekins or Mayflower, but United Van Lines did a
good job for us on a move from Detroit to Long Island, NY about 8 years
ago -- only household stuff; there was a car in the back of the trailer,
but it wasn't ours.

Perce


On 01/08/05 12:14 am Blue Event Horizon tossed the following ingredients
into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

Any opinions on whether Bekins or Mayflower would be better to go
with, if I have a choice for a very short notice move? The paperwork
is rushing along fine, everything else seems to be slower than
molasses in January. Will be transporting cars as well as household
stuff if that makes any difference.

There's one Bekins for Orange County, CA and more than one Mayflower
affilliate to choose from if anyone happens to be knowledgeable about
the local choices.

Insurance tips and info for interstate moving welcome too.