Moving belongings to the States

[Stubby and Rio 4]

I got a great deal from United Van Lines, they were on their way from Toronto to Florida and agreed to fill the remainder of their truck with my stuff. It was worth the expense to not have to worry about driving all the way to GA

good luck

My belongings are in storage right now, I will be using United Van Lines to go from Ontario to Texas .... for me the expense is worth not having to worry about doing the drive myself...

[NikLR 13,227]

I'll be honest, the drive SUCKED. If it had been over a day, I would have shipped the stuff down as I wasn't' importing a car! But then... Wyoming is BORING!!!! Montana wasn't so bad but ugh Wyoming. LOL

[Citygirlbeachboy 4]

I packed up my apartment and left my job at the end of August 2012. My stuff has been in a PODS container in their warehouse since that time.

PODS.com/canada. The container is 16 feet long and about 8 feet wide and 8 feet tall. (they have smaller containers, but only the 16' ones are taken across the boarder). They delivered it to my apartment building parking lot and I had movers take my furniture down the elevator and load the container. The container was picked up the next day and taken to one of their warehouses (mine is in Toronto near the airport). I visit it every once in a while to take out/ put in seasonal clothes, etc. in the meantime, I have been either visiting my fiancé or staying with my parents. (Our processing got delayed for about 6 months for various reasons). PODS will transport the container to Florida. I have to cross the boarder first and provide documentation to PODS to go with the shipment. The container will go into a warehouse in Florida until I arrive there in October. (Spending the rest of the summer in New York). The container will then be delivered to our driveway for as many days as we require to empty it. They have cross boarder specialists to provide you with the necessary paperwork and logistics. They've told me to allow 7 days for it to reach Florida from Toronto.

We had considered driving a UHaul. It's two 12 hour days of driving, and with a UHaul we figured it would take 3 days. The down-side seemed to be long days, uncomfortable seats, additional costs for meals and hotels, etc. The extra cost seemed worthwhile, especially since I also needed my items stored, and it avoided having to load up and unload a storage locker, load up the truck, etc.