Understanding how pricing and quotes work is ESSENTIAL to getting everything you want on your transport.

Here are some of the factors that will influence the pricing:

• The narrowness of your date requirements
  A tight date range selection for your pickup request often leads to a reduction in the amount of viable trucking options that may be available or able to meet your needs. By shrinking the number of trucks that could possibly move your order by having a narrow date range, you're are also typically inflating the price to some extent also. If your goal is to achieve the best possible rate, then you almost always need great flexibility, specifically as it relates to your "pickup window". And by pickup window we mean the range of dates that the unit can be available to be picked up within. So for example, a tight date range request would be a pickup on 04/22-23 , while a flexible / generous pickup window would be 04/22-30. The likelihood that we can source a viable, yet cheaper option , is far greater with the larger pickup window. Booking your transport months or multiple weeks in advance is NOT the same as having a flexible pickup window. Do not confuse auto transport with airline tickets, they are not the same.


• Remote locations VS large cities
  Trying to move a vehicle to or from a remote location, that's for instance well off a major highway, can often be challenging and take considerably more $ to move. This is because the availability of trucks in such areas, or trucks that want to move orders in these areas is very sparse. Trucks want to be able to seamlessly load 5-8 cars and move coast to coast or region to region. Even a 2 hour diversion off of a major highway can cost a truck an entire day. So for these reasons remote locations almost always will require a higher premium to move. Especially if you are looking to move a unit rapidly (Within 1-3 days). Here again, though, the most important factor is your flexibility on the pickup window. With great flexibility, eventually a truck will more then likely move through that area, and with few loads in that same remote location to choose from, that truck is now far more likely to pickup your order for a lower rate, as they are already there anyway, and you are not paying extra for them to divert off their main route. But this can take anywhere from 1-3 weeks in many cases depending on the specific location.


• The type of vehicle you are trying to move
  Let's be honest here. A 2018 Honda Civic, or a 2020 MINI Cooper is not the same as a 220 Inch 1960's Cadillac. One unit weighs 4-5000 pounds, is 3-5 feet longer, likely doesn't start on the first crank, doesn't maneuver as easily onto a trailer, and is just likely to be more of a hassle in general for the transporter. You are not going to find too many transporters too eager to move the old Cadillac. The Honda however, is easy to load, small, lightweight and doesn't take near the precision or care to load then the Cadillac will. This matters to transporters, dispatchers and drivers. So even with a very strong premium one may be willing to pay to move the Cadillac, there will absolutely be far fewer options to move it. Many companies just don't want to even hassle with those cars. So you are reducing the available options that are out there regardless of what price you are willing to pay. You have to accept this reality when moving certain types of vehicles. Other notable examples of more difficult to move vehicles are:
  
  
  • Large Trucks
  • Large / Old Suv's
  • Large Vans
  • Inoperable Vehicles
  • Larger / Longer / Heavier Classic Cars
  • Older Cars in general
  • Auction or damaged cars
  • Exotic Cars
  • Heavily Modified Cars
  • Lowered Cars
  • Race Cars
  • Lifted Trucks / SUV'S
  
  
  • Understanding the rate quote you receive on airRyd.com
    It is essential that you understand that initial quote projections are exactly that, "close approximate projections" based on the most recent moves that have occurred of similar styles of vehicles travelling on similar routes. So we can closely estimate where your transport will fall based on this data. On better then 90% of our orders, we are able to locate options within $100 of the initial quoted rates. Probably around 15-20% of our orders are actually moved beneath the quoted rate. So you must understand that you have to simply accept a small range of flexibility, of say, $100-250 on your transport, and trust that the company you are working with has your best interest in hand. Selecting a company based on a low quote will almost for sure lead to you having a bad experience since most of the ultra low quotes you'll find online, will likely never move your vehicle anyway. However, we are more then happy to attempt to move any unit at any price a customer would like us to. But if you veer too far beneath where we are quoting your order at, your order will likely not be picked up by a carrier, or the options to move the unit will be subpar. If we cannot locate an option with $150 of our quoted rates, we are more then happy to refund you on the initial deposit of $89 if you do not want to go with any of the options we present to you.