Car Transport to Florida

Shipping a car to or from Florida experiences some of the biggest price swings of any car shipping route in the USA. The reason is the huge changes in the volume of cars moving into or out of the state during what is known as "Snowbird Season". In the late fall going into Florida so many people are shipping their cars to Florida that the fight for space on trucks gets hard and prices skyrocket, coming to a peak in the days just after the Christmas holiday. The spring going out of Florida is similar but more spread out. The good news is that shipments that run the opposite direction during those times are dirt cheap and ship extremely quick. Prices to and from the Northeast, for example, can swing from as low as $550 to as high as $1250 for a regular car. It's best to get your prices close to the time that you are actually shipping as there's no one to avoid those spikes by booking in advance the way you would with the airlines.

Shipping a car from nearby states to or from Florida will only take a few days. Car shipment from states in the Midwest and Northeast may take 5 to 7 days and a car shipping from the Pacific Northwest will average 7 to 10 days

Yes, your car is always insured during transport. At Ship a Car Direct we not only verify that all of our car carriers have the proper insurance and that it's up to date, we also back them all with the Car Shipping Industry's only Damage Free Guarantee.

There are many factors that will affect the cost of shipping your car. The main ones are the vehicle size, the distance of travel and the accessibility of the cities being shipped to and from. Obviously, gas prices will be a large factor at the time of your car shipment, with the summer car shipping prices being higher than shipping a car in the slower winter months.

Shipping a car to or from Florida will have the same requirements as shipping a car to any other state in the USA. The car will need to at least roll, brake and steer in order to be transported on a traditional car carrier, but as always, it's always preferred (and cheaper) if the run and drive and can be loaded onto the auto transport carrier under their own power. You don't need to give a car shipping company any special power of attorney or anything, the transport driver will simply need your permission - and the keys.

You certainly can ship personal items in your vehicle when you ship it, but it's important to keep in mind that the drivers may charge extra for those items and that they are not covered by the car carrier's insurance. We never recommend that you put anything of monetary or emotional value in your car when you ship it.

Shipping a car on an open carrier will always be the most cost effective way to ship a car to or from Florida. However, if your cars value is in excess of $50,000, then you'll want to start considering an enclosed car shipment just to be sure that you get a carrier with the necessary amount of insurance per vehicle to cover your car in the very rare event of an accident.If your car's value is in excess of $100k then we would definitely recommend an enclosed car carrier.

There are no special documents needed to ship a car to or from Florida. If you're permanently moving to Florida you will need to contact the Florida DMV to change your registration, but when a car is up on a car carrier being shipped, it doesn't even need license plates on it.

It's best to remove all personal items and give the car a car wash before you load it on to a car carrier for shipment. A good clean car will help with the initial inspection report, even though the car will always be filthy from the trip and need another wash when it gets to it's final destination.

We recommend reading as many reviews as you can of the car shipping companies that you are contacting, paying particular attention to Yelp and the BBB. Those two websites will give you the most accurate insight into how your relationship with the car shipping company will be handle because they are notoriously hard to post fake reviews and they also allow you to read the company response to any and all car shipping reviews on their site.

Major cities like Orlando, Miami, and Jacksonville are good locations to ship a car to or from in Florida. We can also ship to other locations in Florida, but keep in mind the more remote you are, the more difficult it will be to get a carrier to go to your area and will increase the cost of the move.