Prices to move from California to Illinois?

Question

My husband is going to be getting out of the Marine Corps soon and we are talking about moving me back to Chicago during his 2nd deployment this summer. I'm just wondering if anyone knows how much it would cost for a moving company?

Answer 1

I moved from southern CA to GA (in 05) and back again (in 06)...Had more stuff on the return, so it was a bit more, but for a 2-bedroom apt, it was about $2500.00 coming back...This was just for household goods...To ship a vehicle to IL, figure about $800.00 at today's fuel prices.

It was worth every penny of it...Our movers, United Van Lines in Columbia, SC, did a great job and I highly recommend them.

All the best and thank you for your service.

Answer 2

I recently made a couple of major moves and I can tell you that unless you have lots of big furniture, boxing your stuff and shipping it via the post office will be your least expensive way. It comes out to less than $1 per pound.

In my experience, moving companies charge no less than $1,500, and that's for the contents of a 1-bedroom or studio apartment.