DIY Truck Move vs Professional Movers to Mexico: Real Cost Comparison

Picture a driveway in Phoenix with a borrowed trailer half-loaded. Someone has just worked out that the “cheap” DIY move to Guadalajara needs a customs broker, a vehicle permit, Mexican insurance and four nights in hotels. This guide compares the real cost of a DIY truck move to Mexico against professional movers. It covers line items, risks and scenarios so you can choose without guessing.

Why the DIY vs Professional Mover Question Is Different for Mexico

Most people get their sense of “DIY is cheaper” from domestic moves. A one-way truck rental, a few friends, pizza and beer, and you are done. Moving across an international land border into Mexico is a different kind of job. The parts that make DIY cheap at home often don’t apply here, and new costs appear that nobody warns you about until you are standing at a customs window in Nuevo Laredo.

I learned this the slow way. My first move south was a carload plus a small cargo trailer from Texas. I spent more time on paperwork, waiting at the aduana, and phoning a customs broker in broken Spanish than I spent driving. None of it was a disaster. It just looked nothing like the “rent a truck and go” plan I had in my head.

The Rental Truck Problem Nobody Mentions Until the Counter

The first shock for most would-be DIY movers: the big US one-way truck rental chains generally do not allow their vehicles into Mexico. Check the fine print on any domestic truck rental agreement and you will almost always find a clause restricting travel to the US, sometimes Canada, and explicitly excluding Mexico. Their insurance doesn’t follow the vehicle across the border, and they have no way to recover a truck abandoned in Querétaro.

So “DIY truck move” to Mexico usually means one of three things. You drive your own vehicle, often with a trailer you own or buy. You buy a used pickup or box truck outright, intending to keep or sell it later. Or you do a split move: rent a truck to a border city like Laredo, El Paso or San Diego, then hand the goods to a cross-border freight service for the Mexican leg. Each option has its own cost profile. None of them is the simple one-way rental people picture.

This changes the comparison immediately. With a domestic move, you weigh a rental fee against a moving company’s quote. With a Mexico move, you weigh the cost of owning or acquiring a suitable vehicle, plus everything needed to legally get it and its contents across the border, against a door-to-door quote. That is a much closer contest than most people expect. For a deeper look at how this plays out from the US specifically, see Moving to Mexico from the US: Hiring Freight vs Driving Your Load Down.

Customs Changes the Math More Than Mileage

The second big difference is Mexican customs. At home, your furniture is just furniture. At the Mexican border, a trailer full of household goods is an import, and Mexico’s customs authority wants to know what it is, what it is worth, and why you are bringing it in.

If you are a new temporary or permanent resident, you may qualify for the menaje de casa, Mexico’s one-time duty-free import of used household goods. It is a genuinely valuable benefit, but it comes with paperwork. Usually that means an itemised inventory, filing at a Mexican consulate, and a licensed customs broker handling the crossing. If you enter as a tourist with a vehicle stuffed with furniture, you have no menaje. Anything beyond your personal travel allowance can be assessed for duties and IVA on its declared value, and an inspector can ask you to unload.

Professional international movers handle this as routine. They know which border crossings their brokers use, how the inventory has to be formatted, and what triggers a physical inspection. As a DIY mover, you either learn all of that yourself or hire a broker separately, and that broker becomes a line item in your DIY budget. Our guide Menaje de Casa in Practice: Timing Your Consulate Filing Around the Shipment walks through the sequence in detail.

Who Usually Asks This Question

In my experience, three types of people agonise over DIY versus professional movers to Mexico. The first is the budget-conscious retiree heading to Lake Chapala or San Miguel de Allende with a lifetime of furniture and a strong instinct to save money. The second is the younger remote worker who owns very little and wonders whether a professional mover is overkill for a dozen boxes and a desk. The third is the family relocating for a job in Monterrey or Mexico City, where the employer may or may not be covering costs.

Each group starts from a different place, and the “right” answer genuinely differs. A single person with a carload of belongings is in a very different position from a couple with a three-bedroom house. The rest of this guide is built so each of those readers can find their own answer rather than a one-size verdict.

The Real Cost of a DIY Truck Move to Mexico

Let’s break the DIY option down honestly. The danger with DIY budgeting is that people count the obvious costs, fuel and maybe a hotel, and miss the expensive, boring ones. I have watched friends budget only for gas and tolls, then discover at the border that they needed things they had never heard of.

Line Items Most People Budget For

These are the categories you should expect in any realistic DIY truck move from the US or Canada into Mexico. Not every move will hit every line, but you should consciously decide whether each one applies to you.

1. Vehicle cost. This is ownership or acquisition of a vehicle that is legally allowed to cross. It might be your own car with a hitch, a trailer you buy, or a pickup or box truck you purchase for the move.
2. Fuel. This is significant on both sides of the border. Heavily loaded vehicles and trailers burn far more than your normal commute suggests.
3. Tolls. Mexico’s toll highways, the cuotas, are the safer, faster choice for a loaded vehicle. Tolls also scale with axle count, so a trailer can increase what you pay at each booth.
4. Mexican auto insurance. Your US or Canadian policy will not protect you in Mexico in the way you need. You will need a Mexican liability policy, and ideally broader coverage for the load.
5. Lodging and food. Long drives with a heavy load are slower than you think. Most people need several overnight stops, and it is wise not to drive at night in many regions.
6. Customs broker. If you are importing household goods under menaje de casa, or paying duties on goods outside it, a licensed agente aduanal is typically involved.
7. Temporary Import Permit fee and deposit. If you are bringing a foreign-plated vehicle beyond the border zone, Banjercito charges a permit fee and holds a refundable guarantee deposit.
8. Packing supplies and labour. Boxes, tape, stretch wrap, moving blankets, straps, and possibly paid help to load and unload at each end.
9. Contingency. Repairs, tyre blowouts, a broken trailer bearing in the middle of Zacatecas, or an extra night because the aduana closed early.

Take tolls seriously, because route choice changes both cost and safety. A loaded vehicle on a free road through small towns is slower, rougher on your suspension, and more exposed. See Driving in Mexico: Toll Roads (Cuotas) vs Free Roads (Libres) for how those routes differ on the ground.

Of everything on this list, the customs broker surprises DIY movers most. Plenty of people assume they can just “declare things at the border.” In practice, a household-goods import under menaje de casa typically runs through a broker, and finding a good one at a busy crossing like Laredo or Nogales is a project in itself. Read Why You Need a Customs Broker (Agente Aduanal) for a Mexican Import before deciding you can skip this step.

The Temporary Import Permit and Deposit

If you drive a foreign-plated vehicle into the interior of Mexico, you will need a Temporary Import Permit, usually called a TIP, issued through Banjercito. This is one of the few DIY costs with clear, published figures, so it is worth looking at precisely.

Banjercito charges a permit fee of US$51 plus IVA when you process the TIP at an IITV module at the border or at a Mexican consulate. If you complete it through Banjercito’s official website, the permit fee is US$45 plus IVA. On top of the fee, Banjercito holds a guarantee deposit tied to your vehicle’s model year, which is refunded when you properly cancel the permit on exit.

Vehicle Model Year	TIP Guarantee Deposit	Refundable
2000 and older	US$200	Yes, when the permit is cancelled correctly on exit
2001 to 2006	US$300	Yes, when the permit is cancelled correctly on exit
2007 and newer	US$400	Yes, when the permit is cancelled correctly on exit

TIP Permit Fee	Where Processed
US$51 plus IVA	IITV modules at the border and Mexican consulates
US$45 plus IVA	Banjercito official website

Three practical points. First, the deposit is refundable, but only if you cancel the permit properly when the vehicle leaves Mexico. People lose their deposits every year by driving out through a crossing and forgetting to stop at the Banjercito module. Second, the permit is tied to the vehicle’s registered owner and your immigration status, so the name on your title, your passport and your permit need to line up. If your vehicle is financed, expect to need paperwork from the lienholder. Third, if you are towing a trailer, ask at the module how it must be registered rather than assuming the car’s permit covers it.

The TIP also has longer-term consequences. Temporary residents can generally keep a foreign-plated car on a TIP while their residency is valid, but the rules change if you become a permanent resident. Before you drive your family SUV south intending to keep it forever, read Driving a Foreign-Plated Car Into Mexico: TIP Rules and Deposit Refunds.

Adding It All Up Honestly

Here is where DIY budgets usually fall apart. Someone adds fuel and tolls, sees a modest number, and declares DIY the winner. Add every category from the list above, and the picture is different.

For a typical DIY run from a US origin into Mexico, the full set of line items commonly totals $2,150 to $8,300+ before you count the refundable TIP deposit. Once the deposit is held, the cash you need available rises to $2,350 to $8,700+. The difference at each end is simply the deposit: US$200 for an older vehicle at the low end and US$400 for a 2007 or newer vehicle at the high end. That deposit comes back to you if you cancel the permit correctly, but you still need the cash for the duration of your stay.

DIY Budget View	Low End	High End
All DIY line items, excluding the refundable TIP deposit	$2,150	$8,300+
Refundable TIP guarantee deposit held by Banjercito	$200	$400
Total cash required, including the refundable TIP deposit	$2,350	$8,700+

The spread is wide because DIY moves vary enormously. The low end is someone driving their own older car with a small trailer, packing themselves, and taking a direct route to a border state. The high end, and the plus sign matters here, is someone buying a vehicle for the move, paying for loading help at both ends, using a broker for a full menaje de casa import, and driving deep into the south or the Yucatán. These figures are indicative ranges for planning. Your own fuel, toll and insurance costs will depend on your route, vehicle and load, so get current numbers for your specific trip before you commit.

The range also leaves out several things people rarely price. Your time off work is not counted. Wear and tear on your vehicle is not counted. If you bought a truck for the move, the loss you take when you sell it is not counted either. Neither is the cost of anything that breaks because you didn’t wrap it professionally. I’ll come back to these hidden costs in the comparison section, because they are often what tips the balance.

What Professional Movers Actually Charge For

Now the other side. When people say professional movers to Mexico are “expensive,” they often mean they got one quote that made their stomach drop. One quote tells you very little. International moving prices vary widely between companies, routes and service levels, and the only way to know what a fair price looks like for your move is to compare several. That is exactly where Sirelo becomes useful, and I’ll explain how later.

How International Moving Quotes Are Built

A professional international moving quote to Mexico is usually built from a handful of components. Understanding them helps you compare quotes properly instead of just staring at the bottom line.

1. Volume or weight of your goods. This is the biggest driver. Movers estimate cubic feet or cubic metres, often from a video survey or an in-home walkthrough, and price accordingly.
2. Origin and destination. Distance matters, but so does accessibility. A move from Houston to Monterrey is a very different job from a move from Seattle to Oaxaca.
3. Transport method. Most US and Canadian moves to Mexico travel by truck across a land border, but some go by sea container into ports such as Manzanillo or Veracruz, particularly from overseas or the US East Coast.
4. Packing service. Full professional packing costs more but greatly reduces breakage and usually affects insurance terms.
5. Customs handling. Reputable movers include or arrange the customs broker and menaje de casa paperwork. Some quote it separately.
6. Destination services. Unloading, unpacking, debris removal, reassembly of furniture, and dealing with access problems at your new home.
7. Insurance or valuation coverage. Usually optional, priced as a share of declared value, with terms that vary widely between providers.

When you line up several quotes, make sure each one covers the same components. One mover’s “cheap” quote may simply omit destination services or customs, while another’s higher number includes everything. Our breakdown Comparing International Removal Quotes for Mexico: Line Items That Hide Costs is a useful companion when you have quotes in hand.

Door-to-Door vs Partial Service

Professional movers to Mexico generally offer door-to-door service, and often a range of partial options too. Door-to-door means the mover packs at your origin, transports, clears customs and delivers to your new home. Partial options might include port-to-port shipping for sea moves, delivery to a warehouse near your destination, or terminal-to-terminal service where you handle the last leg yourself.

For a land move from the US or Canada, door-to-door is usually the cleanest choice. The handoff points in partial moves, especially at the border, are exactly where things go wrong for people new to Mexico. If your goods sit in a bonded warehouse in Nuevo Laredo waiting for you to arrange onward transport, storage fees can accumulate quickly.

Partial service can make sense in specific cases. If you live close to the border and have a reliable contact on the Mexican side, it may work well. It can also work if you plan a hybrid approach and drive part of your belongings yourself, which I discuss near the end of this guide.

Where Professional Quotes Hide Surprises

Professional movers are not immune to hidden costs either. The common ones on Mexico moves are storage charges if your goods arrive before you have keys, and fees for extra handling at destination when a truck can’t reach your door. Customs inspection costs can also appear if your shipment is flagged, and on sea moves, demurrage or detention fees if a container is held at port.

The destination access issue is especially relevant in Mexico. A long-haul truck simply cannot drive down many colonial-centre streets in Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende or Oaxaca. Plenty of apartment buildings in Mexico City have no freight lift and narrow stairwells. In those cases, movers transfer goods to a smaller vehicle or carry them further, and that labour may be billed. See Delivery Day in a Mexican Building: Access, Stairs, and Colonial Streets to prepare for this.

The fix is straightforward: ask every mover explicitly what is excluded, and get it in writing. For a full catalogue of the extra charges that catch people out, read Hidden Costs in Mexican Moving Quotes: Customs Agents, Storage, and Demurrage.

Side-by-Side: DIY Truck Move vs Professional Movers

With both sides laid out, let’s compare them directly. The honest answer is that DIY can be cheaper in pure cash terms for small moves. Professional movers often win on total cost once you price in risk, time, and the realities of Mexican customs, especially for larger households.

Cost and Risk Comparison Table

This table captures the trade-offs I’ve seen most often among expats moving into Mexico. It deliberately includes non-cash factors, because those are what people regret ignoring.

Factor	DIY Truck Move	Professional Movers
Upfront cash outlay	$2,150 to $8,300+ in line items, or $2,350 to $8,700+ including the refundable TIP deposit	Varies widely by volume, route and service level, so compare several quotes
Vehicle access	Must own or buy a vehicle allowed into Mexico, as most US one-way rentals are barred	Mover supplies the truck or container
Customs and menaje de casa	You arrange a broker and paperwork yourself	Usually handled or coordinated by the mover
TIP fee and deposit	Your responsibility, at US$51 plus IVA at modules and consulates or US$45 plus IVA online, plus a US$200, US$300 or US$400 deposit by model year	Not needed for the goods if you are not driving a foreign-plated vehicle in
Packing quality	Depends on your skill and materials	Professional packing with better protection
Insurance for goods	Hard to insure a self-packed load comprehensively	Valuation or full-value coverage usually available
Time commitment	Days of driving plus packing, loading and border time	Mostly survey, paperwork and being present at pickup and delivery
Physical risk	Driving long distances with a heavy load, sometimes on unfamiliar roads	Shifted to the mover
Flexibility	Total control over timing and route	Pickup and delivery windows set by the mover
Best fit	Small loads, older vehicle you intend to keep, border-adjacent moves	Full households, valuables, families, deep-interior destinations

The cash outlay row is the one people fixate on. The vehicle access, customs and insurance rows are usually where the real decision gets made.

Three Realistic Scenarios

Numbers in a table only go so far, so here are three composite scenarios based on people I have met and helped over the years. They are illustrative, but each one reflects a pattern I see repeatedly.

Scenario one: the minimalist remote worker. Dani works remotely and is moving from Austin to Mexico City with a laptop, a monitor, clothes, a bicycle and a few boxes of books. Dani owns a reliable car built after 2007 and plans to keep it during a temporary residency. For Dani, DIY is the obvious choice. The load fits in the car, there is no real furniture to import, and the extra costs are mainly fuel, tolls, Mexican insurance, a couple of hotel nights, the TIP fee of US$51 plus IVA at the border module, and the US$400 deposit for a 2007 or newer car. Dani lands near the low end of the DIY range. A professional mover would mostly be paying for a service Dani doesn’t need.

Scenario two: the retiring couple with a full house. Margaret and Tom are leaving a three-bedroom home in Ohio for Ajijic, on Lake Chapala. They have furniture they love, artwork, a piano and decades of kitchenware. On paper they could buy a used box truck, hire loaders, drive south and arrange a broker for the menaje de casa. In practice, that plan puts two people in their late sixties behind the wheel of an unfamiliar heavy truck for several long days. It also means a self-packed load of artwork and a piano with limited insurance, and a border crossing with an itemised inventory they have to prepare themselves. Then they would need to sell the truck in Mexico or drive it back. Once they priced the vehicle, the loss on resale, labour at both ends, insurance gaps and the sheer exhaustion, their DIY plan sat at the very top of the range and climbed past it. Several professional quotes came back in a comparable bracket, with packing, customs and insurance included. They went professional and never regretted it.

Scenario three: the hybrid family. The Riveras are moving from San Antonio to Querétaro for a job. They have a two-bedroom apartment of furniture, two kids, and two cars. They chose a hybrid. A professional mover handled the furniture and boxes door-to-door with a menaje de casa import. The family drove one car south on a TIP with the kids’ essentials, the family’s important documents and the things they didn’t want out of sight. They sold the second car in Texas. The result was a smaller professional quote, because the mover wasn’t shipping vehicles. They had control over the precious items and no need to drive a heavy truck. For many families, this middle path is the sweet spot.

The Hidden Price of Your Own Time and Stress

DIY spreadsheets almost never include your time, but it is real. A DIY move from the northern US to central Mexico can easily consume a week or more once you count packing, loading, driving, crossing and unloading. If you are self-employed or losing paid days off, that time has a cash value. If you are a remote worker, it means a week of not working, or working from roadside motels with patchy Wi-Fi.

Stress compounds the time cost. The border crossing with a loaded vehicle is the moment I hear the most anxiety about. Long queues at the aduana, the possibility of a red light at the semáforo fiscal triggering an inspection, and conversations in Spanish about the value of your belongings all wear people down. A missing document can mean a night in a border town and a second attempt the next morning. None of that is dangerous in itself, but it is draining, and it often lands at the end of an already exhausting drive.

Finally, there is risk to your goods. A self-packed trailer on a long drive with speed bumps, the famous topes, and the occasional rough stretch of road will move things around. Professionally packed and loaded goods generally arrive in better shape, and if they don’t, a properly structured valuation policy gives you a path to compensation. To understand how that coverage works for Mexico shipments, see Moving Insurance for Shipments to Mexico: Coverage, Valuation, and Claims.

How to Use Sirelo to Get a Fair Professional Quote

This is where I stop being neutral. Whatever you decide, you should not make the DIY versus professional decision based on one mover’s quote, or on a gut feeling that professionals are “too expensive.” You need several real, comparable quotes for your specific move. The most efficient way I know to get them is Sirelo.

Sirelo is a moving comparison platform. Instead of researching dozens of international movers, emailing each one and waiting for replies, you describe your move once and receive quotes from multiple moving companies that handle your route. It also publishes reviews and ratings of movers, which matters enormously when you are trusting a company with your belongings across an international border. For details on how the service works and what it currently covers, check Sirelo’s own website.

Step-by-Step: Requesting and Comparing Quotes

Here is the process I recommend to anyone weighing up a move to Mexico. It takes an evening of focused effort and can save you a great deal of money and stress.

1. Make a rough inventory first. Before you request anything, walk through your home and list the major items room by room, plus an estimate of the number of boxes. This makes the quotes you receive far more accurate and makes it easier to compare them.
2. Decide what you might drive yourself. If you are considering a hybrid move, decide now which items would travel in your own car. Leave those off the professional request so you are comparing like with like.
3. Submit your move details through Sirelo. Enter your origin, your Mexican destination, your approximate volume and your preferred timing. Be honest about access problems at either end, such as stairs, no lift or a narrow street.
4. Collect quotes from several movers. As the quotes come in, put them side by side in a simple spreadsheet. Use columns for packing, transport, customs, destination services, insurance and exclusions.
5. Check reviews for each mover. Use the mover reviews on Sirelo to see how each company has treated previous customers, especially on international moves and on how they handled problems.
6. Request a video survey from your top two or three. A survey turns an estimate into a firmer quote and gives you a feel for how organised and responsive each company is.
7. Compare against your DIY budget. Line up the professional quotes against your realistic DIY total, which is $2,150 to $8,300+ in line items or $2,350 to $8,700+ with the TIP deposit held, adjusted for your actual route and vehicle.

The step most people skip is the last one, and it is the whole point. You aren’t using Sirelo just to hire a mover. You are using it to find out what a professional move to Mexico actually costs for you, so the DIY decision rests on real numbers instead of fears.

Questions to Ask Every Mover Before You Sign

Once you have quotes, ask each shortlisted mover the same questions in writing. Their answers often reveal more than the price.

1. Is the customs broker included, and who are they? Which border crossing or port will my shipment use?
2. Will you prepare the menaje de casa inventory, and in what format do you need my consulate paperwork?
3. What happens if my goods arrive before I have keys to my new home, and how is storage charged?
4. Can your truck reach my address, and if not, how is the shuttle to my door handled and billed?
5. What insurance or valuation options do you offer, and how do I make a claim from Mexico?
6. What is not included in this quote that customers are most often surprised by?
7. Who will be my point of contact once the goods are in Mexico, and do they speak English?

A good mover will answer these calmly and specifically. Vague answers, pressure to sign quickly, or a reluctance to put exclusions in writing are all reasons to move on to the next quote on your Sirelo shortlist. If you are planning the move around a residency application, line your timing up with An International Move to Mexico: The 12-Week Planning Calendar so the mover’s pickup, your consulate appointment and your arrival don’t collide.

Using Sirelo Quotes to Pressure-Test a DIY Plan

Here is a perspective that surprises people. Even if you are fairly sure you will do it yourself, requesting quotes through Sirelo is still worth doing. A professional quote is a useful reality check on your DIY plan.

Suppose your quotes come back well above your honest DIY total, and your load is small and not especially valuable. DIY may well be the right call, and now you know that with confidence. If they come back close to your DIY number, or even below it once you add hidden costs like vehicle resale losses and time off work, you have just saved yourself a week of driving and a stressful border crossing.

I have seen this happen many times. A friend in Arizona was ready to buy a pickup for a move to Puerto Peñasco and beyond. She ran her numbers against professional quotes gathered through Sirelo and realised the gap was much smaller than she had assumed, especially once she factored in what she would lose selling the truck. She booked a mover and spent the week she saved finding an apartment instead.

Making the Final Call

By now you have the full picture: what DIY really costs, what professionals charge for, and how to get comparable quotes. Let’s turn that into a decision.

When DIY Genuinely Wins

DIY makes clear sense in a few specific situations. The first is a small load, roughly what fits in your own vehicle or a small trailer, without heavy furniture or fragile valuables. The second is when you already own a suitable vehicle you plan to keep in Mexico on a TIP during a temporary residency, so the vehicle isn’t an extra cost. The third is when your origin is close to the border and your destination is in a northern or central state, keeping driving days short.

DIY also suits people who find the logistics genuinely interesting and are comfortable with Spanish-language paperwork. If you are the kind of person who enjoys planning a road trip, has crossed the border before, and doesn’t mind sitting at the aduana while a broker handles your inventory, the experience can be part of the adventure. For border-state origins in particular, Moving to Mexico from Texas and the Southwest: Land Border Freight Costs lays out how short the land leg can be.

Even then, remember the TIP. Pay the fee of US$51 plus IVA at an IITV module or consulate, or US$45 plus IVA through Banjercito’s website. Budget for the deposit of US$200, US$300 or US$400 depending on your model year. Above all, cancel the permit when the vehicle leaves Mexico so the deposit actually comes back to you.

When Professionals Are the Smarter Spend

Professional movers are usually the smarter spend when you are moving a full household. They also make sense when you own furniture, art or instruments that would be expensive or painful to replace, or when you are heading deep into southern Mexico or the Yucatán. And they are the clear choice if the thought of driving a heavy vehicle for days fills you with dread.

They also make sense for anyone who values their time highly, or who simply wants the move to be someone else’s problem while they focus on getting set up. That includes families with children, people starting a new job immediately, and anyone whose employer may reimburse moving costs. In those cases, the cleaner the documentation, the better, and a professional quote gives you that.

If you fall into this group, the best next step is to request quotes through Sirelo, compare them carefully using the questions above, and choose the mover whose reviews, communication and inclusions give you the most confidence. That is not always the cheapest one.

A Hybrid Approach

For many people, the right answer isn’t strictly one or the other. The hybrid approach from the Riveras’ scenario is underrated. Let a professional mover handle the bulky household goods door-to-door, with a proper menaje de casa import and insurance. You drive one vehicle south with your essentials, documents, valuables and anything you can’t bear to be separated from.

The hybrid keeps the professional quote smaller, because you aren’t shipping a vehicle or your most portable items. It gives you a car in Mexico on a TIP if you want one. And it avoids the hardest part of DIY: driving a heavy, unfamiliar truck with a fully loaded household across an international border. You still need to budget for the TIP fee and deposit, fuel, tolls, Mexican insurance and a couple of hotel nights for your own drive. Those are far lighter than a full DIY move.

Whichever route you choose, base it on real numbers rather than assumptions. Price your DIY plan honestly, using every line item rather than just fuel and tolls. Then use Sirelo to get several professional quotes for the same move and compare them side by side. Make the decision once both sides of the comparison are real. That one evening of comparison is the cheapest insurance against regret you will find on the whole journey south.

Disclaimer

This article is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Laws, prices and regulations vary by location and change over time. Consult a qualified professional for guidance on your specific situation.