Charter Van Lines

I’m so glad my friend referred me to Charter van lines. It turned out that hiring them was one of the best decisions ever. Great customer service and moving and packing skills make this company one of the greatest service providers I’ve ever dealt with. Everything was pretty straight-forward with them – transparent pricing, quality and timely service, great communication, friendly but professional approach. Now all I can say is that I will recommend these guys with all my heart to all my coworkers, friends and relatives. I will use them again for sure if I have to move house again. They are definitely one of the best in the business.

Charter Van Lines is a moving broker who contracted another (awful) company for my move out of NYC. I was told one thing on the phone when booking the move, and when the movers showed up the entire opposite was true and they tried to charge me $1k more. Of course I when I emailed Luke, who scheduled my move, to tell him they need to understand how the moving companies they are contracting to ACTUALLY work and bill, I got no response. They'll say anything to get you to sign that contract and then it's all out the window. What a shame. Your deposit goes right to Charter for doing nothing and falling off the face of the earth, and then you pay another moving company on top of that. Just be aware!

Charter van lines movers helped me wrap some of the fragile and sentimental items I wasn’t sure how to pack. They ensured a painless move and I’m really grateful for it. I had a terrible experience with another company during my previous move and I even considered moving everything by myself this time. Luckily, a colleague of mine recommended Charter van lines saying that they were a great help for his family. He actually convinced me to give them a chance and at this point I’m glad that I did that. In order to keep me as a customer they even offered a free furniture disassembling service. Best movers ever!

I had a bad experience with Charter Van Lines, trust the user experiences on Yelp even if their company has an A+ rating on BBB. It's incorrect. They do not disclose a lot of information during the quoting process which resulted in me sleeping on the floor for 3 weeks without my belonging and the actual movers (some company contracted out of another state) overcharging me $200 the day of delivery, incorrectly too, but didn't find out until after the movers left. DO NOT TRUST THE DELIVERY DATE/WINDOW THEY TELL YOU: The real delivery times per the Bill of Lading Contract for the contracted movers (not Charter Van Lines) Bill of Lading Terms and Conditions--Carrier will attempt delivery within 10 (Ten) days for delivery within 500 miles, 14 (Fourteen) days for delivery within 501-1000 mils and up to 21 (Twenty-one) days for delivery within 1001-1500 miles and within 30 (Thirty) days for delivery over 1500 miles from the FIRST available delivery date requested. Which means, say the first available delivery date is the next day, no matter what. I went without my belongings for 3 weeks in an empty house. Had to sleep on the floor and put my guests visiting (who were excited to stay in my new place) up in a hotel. The broker agent will not care about responding or helping you after they've made their deal. A flight of stairs equals 10 steps, if you have a landing in between each floor then the moving company will count that as 2 sets of stairs. So when I told the agent I was on the 3rd floor, he didn't ask if there was a landing and when I negotiated the price down by the amount of additional floors. What they really did was deduct the $60 fee from their own brokerage profit and left the 1 flight of stairs so the movers ended up recharging me for the additional and more stairs than expected at delivery. The contracted movers threatened me into paying the additional fees: "Either pay me an extra $200 or I leave all your things outside on the ground" I paid $2,600 just to wait for my furniture for 3 weeks. And had to go buy basic living items during that time. If it's going to cost you about that much to hire local movers at each location to load and unload, a U-Haul and 2-3 days driving time. I would suggest you just move your own things, you'll save on the heart and headache.

My husband and I used Charter Van Lines for our recent move to Boston. We decided to find our own moving company after reading some of the reviews of the movers his employer was willing to pay for. This company was great at communicating with us every step of the way. There was an issue with one of the drivers at the pickup site. He was rude and on his personal cell phone for the majority of the time he was at our house. We called and spoke to their customer service after the pickup was completed and they assured us this would be addressed as they do not tolerate this type of behavior. We later found out that mover was fired and they made sure the driver and the crew that arrived for delivery was A+. We did have a few items show up scratched which was easy to fix on our own so we did not file a claim for. I would rate them 4/5 stars.