Lakewood to Orlando car shipping runs $1,850 to $2,000 for an operable mid-size vehicle on an open trailer, over roughly 3,100 miles, based on our own recent shipments as of September 2026. Kissimmee prices the same, since the two are eighteen miles apart.

About 8 days in transit once the car is collected. Pickup happens inside a window that starts on the date you ask for: six days on Standard, three days on Expedited. That makes the whole thing about ten days to two weeks from booking to a car in your driveway.

Lakewood is one of our four staffed offices and Kissimmee is another, so this is the only Washington to Florida pairing where both ends are ours. In practice it means someone is working your shipment in Pacific hours at the start and Eastern hours at the end. Your car still goes door to door; it is not dropped at either office.

Because a lot of the trucks live in Florida. The state has one of the largest concentrations of carrier companies in the country and its growth has made it one of the busiest destinations anywhere. Those drivers work loads across the whole country and then head home, so your car is often riding with someone already going that way.

No. They are eighteen miles apart on the same side of the metro and take the same figure. Winter Garden, Celebration, St Cloud, Winter Park and Lake Buena Vista all price here too. Only when you get out toward Daytona or down to the Gulf does the number move.

Open for anything you drive daily. Plan on about 80 percent more for enclosed, so roughly $3,400 against a $1,900 open move. An open trailer holds ten cars where an enclosed one holds two to six, so each car carries more of the cost. Enclosed earns it on a classic, an exotic or fresh paintwork.

Your vehicle travels under Carrier Cargo Insurance from the moment it loads in Lakewood until it comes off in Florida. The coverage belongs to the carrier rather than to Smart Auto Move. Once your order is assigned to a truck, the certificate is on file and we can send it to you right away. It covers the car, not what is inside it.

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.

Wash it, take dated photos of all four corners, leave about a quarter tank of fuel, and switch off the alarm and toll tag. A quarter tank is the standard request across the industry. Your Washington toll tag will happily bill you across the country, so bag it or take it out.

Three to four weeks ahead from October through December, which is when the southbound traffic fills up. Two weeks is comfortable the rest of the year. A collection window of two or three days rather than one fixed date does more for both price and timing than booking early does.

Yes, as long as it rolls, brakes and steers, and the trailer carries a winch. Tell us when you ask for the quote so we can match the right equipment. There is no flat fee for this. It typically runs $200 or more above the price of shipping the same car running.

A deposit is due when you book and the balance is paid to the driver at delivery, usually by cashier's check, money order or cash. You can also put the whole amount on a credit card at booking. Cancel any time before we assign a carrier and your deposit comes back to you. After that it carries over to a later shipment instead.

We give you GPS tracking when the carrier and truck support it, the driver's phone number so you can call or text for an update, and email updates along the way. Be careful with companies that promise live tracking on every shipment. No one booking your shipment controls whether a carrier runs tracking, and plenty of trucks are not equipped for it.