Guaranteed Auto Transport services certify that they will pick up or deliver your vehicle on am exact day you specify with the auto transport company. This is a service for time sensitive situations, where the person will only be available or needs it by specific dates in either location.

You see quite a bit, offers from auto transport companies that are giving you Guaranteed Auto Transport pick up and/or delivery services with you Selecting the actual dates. You also see similar offers calling same day auto transport. It is wise to not take all these at face value and make sure you do your homework when looking for guaranteed dates. This guide will explain the process of guaranteed auto transport services.

Guaranteed Auto Transport – How It Works

By now you may have been searching around for this type of service and have gotten quite a few different answers. That’s normal because you’re either dealing with sales people that can be a little stretchy with the truth, or those that tell you flat out no, that it’s based on an average timeframe. Both are right at least partially, as there is a way to do this but there are limitations you should be aware of so you can be ready.

While you can be offered a guaranteed pick up or delivery date, keep in mind that the time it takes to arrive from pick up to destination will not be faster.

A guaranteed pick up or delivery date can be misleading because there are a lot of moving parts in auto transport. Expedited shipping is closer to what the guaranteed date would be in reference to wanting either ASAP or pick up on a certain day. For example, if a vehicle is being shipped for $575 on a normal pickup and the price to the carrier is raised by $100 by the auto transport broker, there will be a bunch of truckers that are going to be knocking on their door to get that vehicle first. Either through the auto transport company network of carriers (if they have one) and / or the load board. On the listing, the specified date will be there and most likely that vehicle will have a few carriers that can get it on that exact day. So that’s exactly how you guarantee a pick up date.

Delivery times can be a little more tricky. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a carrier that will in writing guarantee an exact date. If a full-size auto carrier is traveling with a load of 10 vehicles there could be a number of delays that pile up and push delivery an extra day. Let’s say that there’s bad weather, followed by heavier than usual traffic in one of the cities they are going through, and to top it off a car doesn’t start thanks to a dead battery, which happens to be stuck in back of yours on the trailer. Combine all those delays and you could lose an entire day. It happens all the time. It’s a lot harder to have a carrier agree to be there exactly at a certain time because they haven’t even began the trip yet. When a carrier is already at the pick up location it’s easy for them to guarantee that and sign off that they will get your vehicle exactly on that day because they may just be a few miles away. If they have a local yard, they may even send a flatbed to come get it and hold it for you until the truck gets there.

Best Practice to Guarantee the Date You Want (Or Close To It)

The best practice is to understand that in auto transport situations the shipper can control one side of the shipment, but not both. So while you can use expedited rates to guarantee a pick up to be exact, delivery should be based on a “no earlier than“ date t o avoid frustration.Meaning that if it’s because you won’t be there until a certain day then the carrier will be required on their contract to not deliver before that date. That means they are contractually obligated to do so, even if they arrive early. This leaves a window of usually +24 to hours let’s say, which is very reasonable.

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