Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Auto Shipping by State: New York

We've talked about New York City on this blog before, but unless you've read our Auto Shipping to New York article on our website, you may not know about the intricacies of shipping a vehicle to New York state, which can be a problem for you - which is why we're writing this blog post, so you can be informed and know a bit more about what you may be getting into when you're shipping a vehicle to New York state.

Most customers that ship a vehicle to New York state want to ship to somewhere near New York City, which is completely understandable considering just how many people live and work in the city itself. But New York is a big state, and auto transport to places in western New York like Rochester or Buffalo can be a bit harder. Upstate New York can be difficult too, considering that there's a giant forest preserve cutting through much of the northern areas. You should definitely talk to your car transport representative about where in New York you're shipping to or from and how you can save some extra money when shipping to or from the state.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Auto Shipping by State: An Intro

Just like we started the city spotlight series (and you can check out our first post in that series via last week's post), we're starting up our brand-new auto shipping by state series, which will focus on the auto transport process when shipping to or from specific states in the U.S. We're going to be adding them on Wednesdays, of course, and we'll be alternating between our City Spotlight and Auto Shipping by State posts every week, so make sure you keep coming back for more.

Every post in our Auto Shipping by State series will cover a state that we have an article about, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington D.C. You'll learn some of the finer details, such as how seasonal shipping can affect your automobile shipping quotes and rates, as well as some cool information regarding each state. You can read about each state yourself via our auto shipping by state index, in case the state you're shipping to or from has yet to be covered in our blog.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

City Spotlight: New York City

New York City, the City that Never Sleeps, the Big Apple - there are so many nicknames for New York City that I can't even list them all. It's the most well-known city in the U.S., home to over 8 million residents in the city proper. Four of its five boroughs (The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens) have over a million people living in them and would rank in the top 10 cities in the U.S. if they were independent cities.

The mass amount of people makes getting auto shipping quotes to or from the city relatively easy, though getting into the city itself can be a challenge for auto transport carriers. Because of its long history, New York City's streets are relatively narrow and auto transport trucks have a hard time maneuvering within them. It doesn't help that in areas like Manhattan they can't even go there at all, due to city ordinances preventing large trucks from roaming the crowded streets of New York's busiest area, but it's easy enough to get quotes to ship near New York, or to one of the other boroughs - so long as the truck can get there.

You can fill out our free form to get quotes from multiple reliable auto shipping companies who can give you the full lowdown on shipping to New York City, and you can also visit our own New York Auto Shipping page on our website if you're looking for more information.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Introducing City Spotlight

We're unveiling one of new recurring topics here on the ASQ blog - the City Spotlight! Each installment of the City Spotlight series will focus on one of the top 200 auto transport destinations in the United States, to help you if you're shipping to or from that particular city. Insightful information will always be presented, and we'll also provide links to each individual city's auto shipping article on our homepage.

We'll cover things that you need to know about shipping a car to each city that we spotlight; for instance, if we're discussing Fargo, North Dakota, we may make mention of the fact that shipping your vehicle to Fargo in the winter time can be hard to find and expensive to do because shippers don't like the cold weather. That's just an example, of course, but it's a very important example.

You can check out our entire list of cities by visiting our auto shipping by city index, which is a long list of every auto shipping by city article we have on our website - we're still working on getting the ordering right, but a simple Ctrl+F function can find a specific city for you with relative ease. Check it out!