The cost to ship a car from Texas to Florida is typically $900 to $1,350 on an open trailer, and takes between two to five days in transit time. The city pair sets it: Houston to Jacksonville runs $900 to $1,050 over about 890 miles, and Dallas to Miami runs $1,150 to $1,350 over about 1,360 miles.

Two to five days on the road. Houston to Jacksonville, Tampa or Orlando is two to three days. Dallas, Fort Worth or Austin to Orlando is three to four. Miami adds a day at either end of the state. The pickup window runs first: six days on Standard service, three on Expedited.

Because the two states are wide. El Paso to Pensacola and Dallas to Miami are both Texas to Florida, and they are nearly a thousand miles apart. Pricing by city pair gives you a number you can actually plan against.

Houston, on this route. It sits directly on I-10 and starts the trip already pointed east, so Houston rows price lowest. Dallas and Fort Worth run south to meet the corridor first, and Austin and San Antonio join it in between.

Yes, and it gets its own quote. El Paso is several hundred miles further west than the rest of the Texas metros, so folding it into these rows would give you the wrong number.

Yes, row for row. Our Kissimmee to Houston and Kissimmee to Dallas pages carry the northbound version, and the Florida to Texas page covers that direction as a whole.

Vehicle size first. A sedan or small crossover sits near the floor, and a full-size pickup, a lifted truck or a three-row SUV sits near the ceiling. A single fixed pickup day and a rural address do the rest.

Give three or four possible pickup days, ship a standard running car, and use an address near a metro on I-10. Flexible dates save more on this lane than anything else you can do.

I-10 does nearly all of it, east through Beaumont, Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola. Florida then splits the traffic three ways: I-75 south to Tampa and Naples, I-95 south to Jacksonville and Miami, and I-4 across the middle to Orlando and Kissimmee.

There is not a mountain grade on the whole run, so it stays open all year. Storm season is the only thing to plan around, and it moves a delivery date rather than the shipment.

The driver holds your car on the trailer and waits the storm out instead of driving into an evacuation. It usually costs a day. Ship in August or September with two spare days in the plan and it stays a non-event.

June and July. The seasonal traffic has cleared by then and trucks are easy to place. Fall and April are the busy windows, so book two to three weeks ahead in those months.

Yes. They are 350 miles south of the state line, which is why the Miami rows price higher and run a day longer. Everything else about the trip is the same.

Almost always. Florida is flat and built wide, so a full carrier reaches most addresses directly, including Orlando, Kissimmee, Jacksonville, Ocala, Fort Myers, Naples and The Villages.

Miami Beach, Key West, the older downtown grids in Tampa and St. Petersburg, and gated or 55-plus communities that limit commercial vehicles. The driver picks a lot a few minutes away, and the handover takes about ten minutes.

In the suburbs, yes. Wide arterials and newer subdivisions suit a nine-car trailer. Downtown cores are tighter, so the driver picks a broader street or a retail lot nearby. Tell us the suburb rather than just the metro and the day gets planned around it.

Yes. Our staffed Kissimmee office is at 2095 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, about twenty minutes from downtown Orlando and an hour from Tampa. The number is 407-377-6073.

Houston and McKinney are Smart Auto Move service areas, so pickups there are arranged through the national line on 888-709-9078. The Houston car shipping page covers that end in more detail.

No. It goes from your Texas address onto the carrier and stays on it until Florida. No yard stop in between, which means fewer hands on the car and one continuous trip.

Open handles nearly every car here and it is what these prices reflect. Enclosed suits a classic, an exotic, fresh paint or a low front end, and it adds about 80 percent, so a $1,000 open move is roughly $1,800 enclosed.

Yes. The carrier's Carrier Cargo Insurance covers it from the Texas pickup through the Florida delivery, and the certificate comes to you once your truck is assigned.

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, photograph all four sides and the odometer, and leave about a quarter tank of fuel. Take off a toll tag, a roof box or a bike rack, and mention an alarm or a starting quirk.

Yes, at both ends, so the car can be released and the condition report signed. It can be any adult you name, and we just need their number at booking.

Within 10 days of establishing residency, according to the state. Line up insurance from a Florida-licensed agent first, because the state asks for it before you can title and register.

No. Florida runs no vehicle emissions testing program, so that is one appointment you never have to make.

A physical VIN inspection on a car from out of state, which a law enforcement officer, a military police officer, a licensed Florida dealer, a county tax collector employee or a compliance examiner can do. Bring the Texas title and registration, and expect a one-time initial registration fee.

Two weeks covers most of the year on a lane this busy. Allow three in the fall and in April, when seasonal moves fill the trucks. Expedited brings the pickup window down to three days when your date is locked.

You pay a deposit up front and the balance to the driver at delivery, by cashier's check, money order or cash. A card can also cover the entire amount at booking.

Cancel any time before we assign a carrier and your deposit comes back to you. Once we assign one and send you the driver's details, that money is spoken for. It is not gone, though. You can push the move back and use it on a later shipment.

It ships the same way, on a truck with a winch, and that puts $200 or more on top of the running price. Note it on the quote request so the right equipment is booked.

Yes. We send you the driver's number for a call or a text, our emails follow the trip, and GPS tracking is available when the carrier's truck has it.