Moving Company Recommendations - UK to USA

[Marcq]

Hello all, I hope you are well
Myself and my wife will be moving to Texas (Austin) from the UK (North West) at the end of the year. I am looking for any recommendations of moving companies to use (or not use!).
I thought I have found one, but they have become quite unresponsive, which I take as a bad sign. Thankfully have not yet been paid.
We don't have much furnitre, mostly clothes, so volume wise I would guess a 1 bedroom apartment (say 12 m3?).
It appear that prices have also risen quite rapidly recently, so any alternative ideas are very welcome!

[Rich_AR]

Having moved around quite a bit, I ended up selling most of my stuff and buying new when I got there, especially furniture.

[Marcq]

Yeah I completely agree. We did the same moving back to the UK from Switzerlandm Sadly we've accumulated some quite cool items, and my wife a lot lot of clothes, so I'm not sure that is an option this time!

[Rich_AR]

Marcq said:

Yeah I completely agree. We did the same moving back to the UK from Switzerlandm Sadly we've accumulated some quite cool items, and my wife a lot lot of clothes, so I'm not sure that is an option this time!

North West England to Texas... she ain't gonna need half of those clothes. Get rid.

[NMNeil]

Maybe see if they will ship the POD from the UK to the US.
They drop off a POD at your house, you fill it, they collect it and deliver it to your new address where you unload it. Simple concept and very popular here.
https://ukpods.co.uk/moving-and-storage/

[Marcq]

Rich_AR said:

North West England to Texas... she ain't gonna need half of those clothes. Get rid.

Haha I agree, fur coats will not be required!

NMNeil said:

Maybe see if they will ship the POD from the UK to the US.
They drop off a POD at your house, you fill it, they collect it and deliver it to your new address where you unload it. Simple concept and very popular here.
https://ukpods.co.uk/moving-and-storage/

Thank-you, I'll check it out. Does look quite convenient!

[MisanoPayments]

Interesting, not heard of that box method before. OP, if you use them can you come back and let us know? Sometimes clients ask me for suggestions, thanks.

[Marcq]

The pods seem good, reviews are good, however, they only do domestic shipping sadly!

[unrepentant]

I used Pearson's. They were excellent, packed everything including antiques, clocks, paintings etc.. very carefully and delivered at the other end. That was in 2010 mind so who knows now.

[Slateski]

If you're still looking for options, check into 3 movers - they're based out of the U.S. but do a lot of international moving so they might be a good option. Definitely steer away from any companies that become unresponsive. Moving overseas involves a lot and any company that doesn't totally have their bases covered is one you should avoid. Best advice I can give is to find a couple good options and get estimates from all of them to see where they are as far as price. I'd probably ask a few questions of them too, just to make sure they know what they're doing.