I had a great experience with Long Distance Movers. I found LDM via its good Yelp reviews, and…read moredecided to give them a call for my move from Massachusetts to Texas. Their pricing is fairly straightforward, you provide inventory and they give you a price that's locked-in and does not change (as long as your inventory list and your move logistics are accurate), and then a day before your booked move date they give you a call and tell you a time window when they'll come.
The movers themselves seem subcontracted in a way, but in any case they were professional, careful, friendly, and quick. Your goods are placed on a truck, taken to a facility, and moved to another truck for long-haul moves (consolidating shipping with other goods). They are transparent about this. If you have any goods that need to be crated (e.g., I had a 77" TV), they will wrap it in blankets at the scene and crate it at the intermediate facility prior to loading onto the 18-wheeler.
I had a small hiccup during the pickup where my move was reclassifed as a "long carry" due to the distance between front door and truck. However, I completely agreed with this reassessment. It was a *long walk* to the truck. The additional fee was hefty, but fair ($600, based on the number of steps required over ~150 I believe).
They provide a 14 business day delivery window, and within that window you should remain available the entire time. You can set your first available date up to ~30 days in the future (in case you don't immediately go to your destination, or have other commitments in between). However, once the goods are on the truck you get regular, daily updates on the location of the shipment via text and you can respond to the text with any questions you might have. In my case, I set my delivery date 2 weeks in the future because I had a vacation between. However, the truck was quickly approaching Texas, and I was able to coordinate a delivery much earlier than I expected. Great stuff, LDM!
On delivery, the movers were obviously out of a different office in Texas. They were friendly, quick, and professional. They placed my items by majority all on the 2nd story of the destination house; they also reassembled all furniture they disassembled for the move (this is included in the price).
Overall, I would recommend LDM to others. I had a great experience, timely move, good communication. The only suggestions I would have--for LDM-- would be a transparent breakdown of how your move price is calculated. All they provide is a final price, and you can work with your sales representative to figure out how to cost-optimize, but you don't get a detailed breakdown of how the price is calculated at any point (e.g., how much is for distance, vs. movers, vs. per-item, etc.).