Removal Firms Uk Long Distance?

[cleoval]

Hi I will be moving down to the South West from Sheffield.We don't have a Car.Would a Removal firm let my husband and I sit in the van with them as I don't want one of us to travel on ahead alone the day before.? I am willing to pay extra.Thanks.

[DTCwordfan]

Why don't you rent a car....? The trouble removals have is that there is usually two to four of them, size of move depending.

[cleoval]

I don't have a license anymore.

[carrot99]

Would you be happy to let a neighbour or relative wait in your house and oversee the removal? Then you could both travel down together the day before.

[Buenchico]

Most large removal vans have three seats in the front, with three employees occupying them. So it's simply not possible to accommodate customers in the vans. (I travelled in the van with the driver when I moved from Sheffield to Suffolk but that was only possible because I was using a 'man with a van' service, rather than a proper removals firm, to shift my relatively few belongings and small amount of furniture).

Pickfords, for example, provide advice on planning your journey but they don't offer any direct assistance with customers own travel:
https://www.pickfords.co.uk/moving-to-the-other-side-of-the-uk

CrossCountry trains, on their Edinburgh to Plymouth route, run directly between Sheffield and Exeter (if that's where you've finally decided to move to), with Advance tickets available from £59.40 per person. (That fare uses a sample date of Thursday 2 September, leaving Sheffield at 0956 and arriving at Exeter St David's at 1444).

[douglas9401]

I doubt customers would be welcome in the domain of the removal men.

[Hopkirk]

I suspect their insurance won't cover passengers who are not employees.

[barry1010]

When are you moving?