Moving Company Quotes
                     Terms Used in Moving 
Company Quotes
� To find the best movers, you will probably ask your friends and family for 
recommendations or choose a reliable online platform like Moversfolder. 
� Upon filing your requirements, you will get a refined list of movers and 
get free moving company quotes from them to compare and find the 
right mover for you. But many of us don't understand moving quotes 
terminology and get frustrated while comparing them. 
� If you are among them, keep reading to learn all the terms used in 
moving companies quotes. 
� This is also important because you have to read all the documents 
provided by your movers before signing them and if you don't 
understand the basic meaning, you probably won't understand the 
terms stated in the contract.
Moving Estimate:
• A moving estimate is a price issued which is based on different factors and may 
be subject to change. 
• These estimates never have and will never be constant, so you should be 
prepared to pay beyond these estimates even though you use them to determine 
the budget for your move.
Binding Quote: 
• The price quoted on the binding quotes is the amount that you pay. Unlike 
moving estimates which are based on a guess, binding quotes are provided by 
conducting an in-home survey of your home and are fixed in nature. 
• This means the moving company cannot charge you more than the amount of the 
binding quote.
Flat Rate: 
• A flat rate is the price of your entire move, no matter whether it takes an hour or 
a whole day, the price will not change. This rate is determined only after an in-
home evaluation of your belongings. 
• After evaluating your belongings, the distance to be covered, the layout of the 
environment, the estimator from the cheap long distance movers will offer a 
“price point” guaranteeing that the move will not exceed that amount.
Hourly Rate: 
• Most local movers quote based on an hourly rate and contrary to most people’s 
belief,  hourly rates are not the cheapest. 
• This is because the movers will start the clock the moment they leave their 
facilities which means you will be paying them to drive to your house even if they 
stop to grab a coffee on the way to your new home or when they tell you they 
were stuck in heavy traffic till they deliver your belongings to your new home.
Total Cost:  
• Total Cost is the overall cost of the move. This cost is the final cost which 
involves, adding additional services fees like packing, flight charges, long haul 
and so on, exact price after determining the cubic feet or weight of the inventory 
and distance be covered.
Surveys: 
• The types of survey used to determine the price quotes on the moving  quotes is 
also mentioned in them. 
• It is Self Survey if the client provides an inventory of items and also estimate the 
volume by completing a tick sheet.
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