The cost to ship a car from Washington to San Antonio is typically $1,550 to $1,850 on an open trailer, and takes between 6 to 8 days in transit time over about 2,250 miles. Seattle, Tacoma, Lakewood, Olympia, Bremerton and Everett all sit at that same figure. Bellingham is the one exception at $1,600 to $1,900 in 7 to 9 days. Expect the upper end if the vehicle is a big one or the date is locked.

Because a carrier builds his whole load inside one metro before he points the truck south. Whether your car joins him in Seattle or Olympia barely changes his week, so there is nothing there for him to charge for. Bellingham is different only because it sits about 90 miles north of that sweep, close enough to the border that collecting there is a deliberate trip rather than part of the round.

Less than anything else leaving this state, and it is the most useful thing on this page. Carriers run south on I-5 through Portland and into California before turning east. So Snoqualmie, White and Chinook passes are not on the road at all. Neither is the Wyoming high plains stretch that shuts I-80 several times most winters. A San Antonio delivery booked in January behaves much like one booked in July.

On most of our Washington lanes that would be sensible advice. On this one it costs you money. The route stays low the whole way, so winter does not hold it up, and booking in the quiet season usually gets a better price and a faster pickup than waiting for April when everybody else is moving. If your dates are flexible, the off-season is the better buy here.

South first, then east. Down I-5 through Portland into Northern California, then across on I-80, I-15 or I-40 depending on where the rest of the trailer is headed, joining I-10 for the run into San Antonio. The eastern half varies load to load, which is normal on a trip this long and does not change what you pay.

Six to eight days on the road once the car is loaded. Your collection window comes before that, six days on standard or three on expedited. A driver on his own could cover 2,250 miles in three long days. A car carrier cannot: federal hours-of-service rules cap the daily distance, and he has eight to ten other vehicles to load and unload along the way.

The same $1,550 to $1,850 in 6 to 8 days. That covers Fort Sam Houston, Lackland AFB and Randolph AFB, all part of JBSA and all roughly 2,250 miles from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Military discounts apply on this lane. Ask about it before your price is confirmed rather than after, because it is simpler to apply up front.

Often, and it is one of the more common jobs on this route. The vehicle usually travels separately from the airman: we collect from a family address in Washington and deliver in San Antonio on a date that suits the graduate rather than the truck. Give us the widest delivery window the class schedule allows and we will build the timing around it.

Call the Lakewood office on 253-200-5645 and tell us early, rather than starting a fresh quote. Orders change, it is completely routine on a PCS lane, and the sooner we know the more options there are. If a carrier has not yet accepted the order there is nothing to pay and nothing to undo.

Dates, not an hour. Six days standard, three expedited, running from the day you pick. The reason is that nine or ten cars share the trailer and a single route has to serve all of them. A call comes the evening before with a real time. A wider spread is precisely what lets a driver drop your car into a run already taking shape.

Two to three weeks is comfortable here. The tightest stretches are late August and mid-May, when the university calendars at both ends move at once, and the weeks around a major PCS cycle. Winter is genuinely the easy season on this route, which is not something we can say about our other Washington lanes.

Yes, a staffed one at 5607 Boston Ave SW, Lakewood, WA 98499, on 253-200-5645. It is an office rather than a yard, so your car is collected from your address and never parked with us. The value of it is somebody on Pacific time who can reach a driver while he is still in the state. San Antonio at the far end is a delivery region, on the national line 888-709-9078.

Statewide. Bellevue, Everett, Lynnwood, Kent, Renton, Federal Way, Auburn, Puyallup, Olympia, DuPont, Gig Harbor and Bremerton all come off the same runs, and we go further out to Spokane, Vancouver, Yakima and the Tri-Cities. For a rural address, a meet-point in the nearest town off I-5 or I-90 often gets the car moving a day or two sooner.

In most of both cities, easily. The ones to flag are Capitol Hill, Ballard, Queen Anne and Fremont, along with Tacoma's North End and Stadium District, where steep grades and resident parking leave a full-size carrier nowhere to turn. We agree a spot minutes away on a wide arterial or a retail lot, settled before the day and at no extra cost.

Usually without any trouble at all. A wide grid and Loop 1604 make San Antonio one of the easier big metros to deliver into. Alamo Heights, Stone Oak, Helotes, Schertz, New Braunfels and the 1604 suburbs are all routine. The exceptions are the River Walk blocks and the King William historic district, where the streets are narrow and the lots tight. There we use a nearby lot off South Alamo or Cesar Chavez.

Not the transport itself, but it is worth a moment's thought at your end. San Antonio summers run well past 100 degrees, and drivers plan their loading and unloading around the worst of the afternoon. If your car has been standing for a while before pickup, check the battery and the tire pressures so it starts cleanly when it arrives.

The carrier hauling it. The cover is Carrier Cargo Insurance, held by the carrier rather than by us, and it travels with the truck the full 2,250 miles. Its certificate comes to us the day the order is accepted and we will forward it whenever you ask. If you would rather check independently, SAFER is the FMCSA's free public lookup and it will show you any carrier's authority and insurance from a USDOT number. Ours is 2887232, MC 969368.

It does not. Your car goes on a trailer in Washington, comes off in San Antonio, and one driver handles both ends. Nothing is parked in a yard in between and no other company ever holds the keys. That single-driver arrangement is the reason there is nowhere on this route for responsibility to blur.

Open for almost every vehicle, and it underpins every figure here. It is the trailer dealerships take new stock on. Enclosed runs about 80 percent more, because a hard-sided trailer carries two to six cars instead of ten. Where it earns that is a classic, an exotic, fresh paint, or a car that sits too low for an open ramp.

It depends where your time pressure sits. Expedited halves the collection window from six days to three and changes nothing about the drive, because driving hours are set federally. Across six to eight days on the road, the window is the one stage with any slack in it. So when a report date or a lease start will not move, those three days are the only ones genuinely yours to buy.

Usually yes, within reason. Most drivers will take a few things as a courtesy. Keep it under about 100 pounds, pack it neatly, and keep it out of sight from outside the car. Think a few boxes in the trunk rather than a carload. The one thing to know is that you are paying to move the vehicle, so the carrier's insurance covers the car itself. Keep anything you would hate to lose with you.

Yes, provided the wheels turn, the steering works and the brakes hold, and provided the trailer has a winch on it. No set surcharge, but budget $200 upward of the running price. Flag it when you ask for the quote so we send a winch truck rather than find out on the driveway.

Wash it, so the driver can see what he is writing down. Run the tank down to about a quarter. Fold the mirrors, take the roof bars off, empty the cabin. He needs one key and nothing else. Take your own photos before he pulls up, which is two minutes well spent. Say at booking if the car sits low or has been modified.

No. We do not make outbound sales calls or send sales texts to people who use the quote form, and we do not pass your details to anyone who will. What you will get is contact about the shipment itself once it is booked, because your driver has to reach you to arrange pickup and delivery. If you would rather talk it through now, call Lakewood on 253-200-5645 or the national line on 888-709-9078 and we will quote you on the phone.