Cross Country Moving, Interstate Moving, Nationwide Moving... just what sort of moving service is it?
Moving is something that everyone handles differently. Some people go through a major stress cycle with every move while other people seem to take everything in stride. No matter how much of a moving pro you happen to be, there is a big difference betwixt moving locally in Tulsa and Oklahoma City and moving interstate. A local move is something you may be able to handle by yourself with numerous car trips and a few friends to assist. However, moving across the country or even just a few states over will require packing your belongings into a single trip, including all the big furniture, which means you will need a moving van, a lot of packing material, and most likely a team of professional movers to make sure you do not smash yourself with your own dresser or scratch up the floors on your way through.
But which moving service should you pick? If you are paging through a series of choices, especially for nationwide moving, it might appear like there are lots different types of moving services for long distances and they all go by different names. Literally, every moving company in the business in your current town, your destination town, and every place in between has a special name for their non-local moves. You may see Nationwide Moving offered, Cross-Country Moving, or Interstate Moving indexed right beside quirky unique names like The Long Move or Anywhere-to-Anywhere. What if you are moving far but not physically crossing state lines? Do you need a special service for moving coast to coast or to a remote area? Finding out the variation between these services, or even if different names mean anything at all, can cause a major headache.
But don’t freat. The truth of the matter is that these are all different names for the exact same service. Yes, the specifics of what every company has to offer will fluctuate from moving company to moving company, but what they are offering is not a wide variety of location-specific services. A long-distance move by any other name is still a long-distance move. The important part is the differentiation between this and 'local' moves which follow a different type of pricing and planning policies.
Knowing that you are evaluating the same levels of service every time is a welcome breather for stressed out professionals and families about to start a life-changing move, but all these different names do make it difficult to look for and contrast the services. To assist, here's a quick list of all the different ways that we've seen long-distance moves named. There are probably a few we've overlooked because some moving companies get creative, but this will give you a baseline.
Do not let all these different names bewilder you. While the search engine results could fluctuate, these are all similar services supplied by different moving companies using slightly different wording. Each one of these services simply means that you will be moving more than a few blocks or towns from your current location in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
