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Pricing

How Long-Distance Pricing Works

A move inside the DMV is billed by the hour. An interstate move is not. Once your shipment crosses a state line we quote one flat rate for the whole job, and that number is built from your inventory, not from a clock.

What moves that number is your inventory, the access at both addresses, and the date you pick. A fourth-floor walk-up takes more crew hours than a townhouse with a driveway, and the same load costs more in July than it does in February.

The rate covers the crew, the truck, fuel, mileage and every toll on the route. Packing labor and materials are quoted separately, so you can pack yourself and keep that off the bill.

You get the number before move day, not after. Each of our route pages lists the ranges we have actually quoted on that lane.

Local and interstate moves compared
Local moveOut of state
BilledBy the hourOne flat rate
Starts at$150 an hour, 2 movers$700 for the job
You know the totalWhen the job endsBefore you book
Fuel, mileage, tollsIncludedIncluded

Who does the move

Your Own Truck, and the Same Crew at Both Ends

Two questions decide whether a long-distance quote means anything. Is the company on the phone the company that shows up, and does your furniture stay on one truck.

AT Movers truck cab door lettered with USDOT 3455533 and MC 1126253
USDOT 3455533 and MC 1126253, on the cab door

A Carrier, Not a Broker

We hold our own interstate household goods authority under USDOT #3455533 and MC #1126253, and you can look both up on the FMCSA site. Your job does not get sold on to whoever bids lowest that week.

A Truck to Itself

Your shipment rides on one truck from our fleet of 26-foot box trucks and sprinter crews. It is not combined with other households, so it never waits in a warehouse for a load heading your way.

The Same Crew at Both Ends

It is never handed to a second company at a state line. The movers who wrap your sofa in DC are the ones who carry it up the stairs at the other end.

Routes from DC

Where We Drive from Washington DC

We publish a page for every lane we run regularly, with the starting price and the delivery window for that specific route.

Not on the list? Call us. We quote anywhere in the lower 48.

What's included

What Your Flat Rate Covers

In your flat rate

Included at No Extra Cost

  • Labor and the truck
  • Fuel, mileage and every toll on the route
  • Moving blankets and shrink wrap
  • Floor and door-frame protection
  • Taking apart and rebuilding the furniture that needs it
Quoted separately

Only If You Want Them

  • Packing labor and materials, so you can pack yourself and keep that off the bill
  • Storage between homes, if your closing dates do not line up

How Your Belongings Are Covered

Released Value Included

Pays 60 cents per pound per item, at no cost to you.

Full Value Protection Extra

Covers what your belongings are actually worth.

Federal law gives you both options on any interstate move, and we put them in writing before you book. Every interstate mover is also required to hand you the FMCSA booklet "Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move," and we do.

We carry $2 million in general liability, which is the figure most DC and Arlington buildings name on a certificate of insurance. We issue those certificates at no charge.

Delivery dates

Why Delivery Dates Vary So Much Between Quotes

Ask three companies how long the same move takes and the answers can be weeks apart. That spread is almost never about how fast anyone drives.

AT Movers truck parked at a delivery address
A dedicated truck You get a delivery date

A carrier moving your household on its own truck can name the day, because nothing else has to happen first.

A shared trailer You get a delivery window

A company consolidating several households into one trailer depends on when that trailer fills and which order the stops fall in.

We quote a date. On the short lanes out of DC, that is same day or next day.

Moving day in the DMV

Moving Out of DC, Maryland and Virginia

Wherever you are heading, day one usually goes wrong at the curb, not on the highway.

Parking in the District

In the District you need an Emergency No Parking permit from DDOT to hold space for the truck. It costs $50 through the TOPS portal, and the signs have to go up 72 hours ahead on an unmetered block, 24 hours on a metered one. We file these as a matter of course.

Building Rules

Buildings add rules of their own. Most want the freight elevator booked ahead, many restrict which hours a move can run, and plenty want a certificate of insurance on file before the crew gets past the lobby.

What happens at the other end changes city by city, so each route page covers the destination rules separately.

Why AT Movers

Why People Book Us

Proven & Trusted

Awards & Accreditations
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Customer Reviews

Every move is followed up with feedback, and we surface those verified stories here so you know exactly what to expect when you book AT Movers.

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

By the job, not by the hour. We build a flat rate from your inventory, the access at both addresses, and your dates, then give you that number before you book. Hourly rates apply only to moves that stay inside DC, Maryland or Virginia.
A date. Because your shipment travels on its own truck, we do not have to wait for a trailer to fill before we set off.
Yes. Your load is not combined with anyone else's and is not transferred to another company partway.
A carrier. We hold interstate household goods authority under USDOT #3455533 and MC #1126253, both verifiable on the FMCSA site. Brokers arrange moves and pass them on. We do the move.
Sometimes, and it depends on what you are comparing. A container is a rental: you load it, you unload it, and you handle the permit and the building rules yourself. Our flat rate includes the crew doing all of that. If your own time is worth counting, price both.
A quote given without anyone asking what you own. A deposit demanded before you have seen a written estimate. No USDOT number, or one that does not match the company name on the FMCSA site. And a delivery window of two or three weeks on a two-day drive, which usually means your things are waiting for a trailer to fill.
Anything flammable, corrosive or explosive. That covers propane tanks, gasoline, paint thinner and pool chemicals. Ask us about plants and anything perishable, since some states inspect those at the border. We go through the list with you before move day.
Yes, in both directions on every lane we run. Tell us which way you are going when you call.

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