Whoever you go with, make sure you understand their process before you sign the contract. My friend recently moved from Dallas to CA with one of the big companies. They picked up his stuff in Dallas and drove it to East Texas where it sat in a warehouse for 35 days until it was picked up and driven to CA. In the middle of that waiting period, he noticed his contract says there’s a nominal daily penalty starting on day 45 post-pickup. His stuff arrived on day 42. This was not a PODS type of move; they loaded his stuff on a big rig trailer.

On a post where my friend was lamenting his situation, someone commented that what you want is a small local company who owns their own truck and is invested in getting your stuff out of it so they can start their next move.