FL Auto Transport

Orlando Car Shipping

Door to door car shipping in and out of Orlando. Open or enclosed, $99 deposit locks the rate, balance on delivery.

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About Car Shipping in Orlando

Orlando, FL is one of our busiest pickup and drop-off cities in the Southeast. We move cars in and out of Orlando every week, with door to door service on open carriers and enclosed trailers.

Whether you are moving across the country, buying a car online, sending a vehicle to a college student, or shipping a classic to a show, Whipshipper handles the Orlando route end to end. You get the same broker who answers the phone the whole way through.

We pick up at your address in Orlando and drop off wherever your car is going. No terminal runs, no surprise fees, no auction-house mystery pricing. $99 locks your rate, the balance is paid to the carrier on delivery.

Car Shipping Rates

Real numbers, no surprises. Final quote depends on lane, season, and vehicle size.

DistanceOpen TransportEnclosed TransportTransit Days
0 to 500 mi$450 to $700$700 to $1,1002 to 4 days
500 to 1,000 mi$700 to $1,000$1,100 to $1,5003 to 5 days
1,000 to 2,000 mi$900 to $1,400$1,500 to $2,2005 to 7 days
2,000+ mi$1,100 to $1,800$2,000 to $2,9007 to 10 days

Estimates only, your exact rate comes from the live carrier load board. Get an instant quote at the top of the page for real numbers.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to ship a car in or out of Orlando?

Most Orlando car shipments fall between $700 and $1,400 on an open carrier, depending on distance and vehicle size. Short hops under 500 miles run $450 to $700. Coast to coast from Orlando typically lands $1,100 to $1,800 open, or $2,000 to $2,900 enclosed. Get a live quote in 30 seconds to see your real number.

How long does Orlando car shipping take?

Pickup in Orlando usually happens 1 to 3 business days after you lock the rate. Transit time depends on distance: short lanes are 2 to 4 days, mid distance is 3 to 5 days, cross country is 7 to 10 days. We give you a real window when you book, not a vague promise.

Is the $99 deposit refundable?

The $99 deposit locks your rate and starts the dispatch process. It is fully refundable until a carrier is assigned to your load. Once we dispatch a carrier and the driver is on the way to Orlando, the deposit covers our broker work. The balance is always paid to the carrier on delivery.

Do you pick up at my address in Orlando?

Yes. We do door to door pickup and delivery for every Orlando shipment. The carrier comes to your driveway, apartment building, dealership, or storage yard. If a side street is too tight for a 75 foot car hauler we will meet at a nearby parking lot, but you tell us where, not the other way around.

Open carrier or enclosed trailer?

Open carriers move about 95 percent of all cars in the US, including new cars from the factory. They are safe, weather tested, and cheaper. Enclosed trailers are for classics, exotics, low ground clearance cars, and anything you do not want exposed to road dust. We will recommend the right one for your vehicle when you quote.

Is my car insured during transport?

Yes. Every carrier we dispatch carries active cargo and liability insurance. You see the carrier's insurance certificate before the truck rolls. If anything happens in transit, you file a claim against the carrier's policy and we help you do it.

What is the most popular lane out of Orlando?

Orlando to Miami is one of our most run routes. We dispatch trucks on that lane most weeks. If your route is something different, we still run it. Most cities in the lower 48 are 5 to 10 day delivery from Orlando.

Can I get a quote without giving my email?

Yes. Our quote form gives you a real price in 30 seconds with no email gate and no phone gate. You only share contact info when you are ready to lock the rate with the $99 deposit. Look around first, no spam.

Shipping a car to or from Orlando

Orlando sits on 55 priced lanes in our network, reaching 29 states directly. That number is the useful one when you are comparing quotes, because carrier depth on your corridor determines how long you wait between booking and a truck actually being assigned, and waiting is where most of the frustration in this industry lives.

The best value run out of Orlando right now is Orlando to Memphis, TN, 683 miles in 1-3 from $776, which works out near 114 cents a mile. Rates that low only exist where trucks already run the route.

Access and equipment around Orlando

Freight through Florida moves on I-95 down the east coast, I-75 down the west, I-4 and I-10 across, and how close your address sits to those corridors affects your price more than the mileage does.

Florida is the destination end of the largest seasonal vehicle migration in the country. Inbound rates climb from October and outbound falls at the same time, and the whole thing inverts in spring.

Roads are generally wide, modern, and carrier friendly, which is a genuine advantage. The complications are gated retirement communities and coastal developments with height restricted entrances and HOA rules that prohibit commercial trucks. Those are worth checking before pickup day rather than at it.

Timing a Orlando shipment

Hurricane season, June through November, is the thing that actually disrupts southeastern transport, and it does it suddenly. When a storm is named and tracking toward the coast, carriers stop accepting loads into the projected path days before landfall, and the backlog afterwards takes a week or more to clear. Booking during a quiet stretch of that season is fine. Booking with a storm already on the map is not.

Best window: Late spring is the cheapest inbound window. Autumn is the cheapest outbound one. Both are the opposite of when most people book.

How much does it cost to ship a car from Orlando?

Worked against Orlando’s own lane mix rather than a national average, using the shortest, middle, and longest well supplied routes we currently run out of the city. Vehicle multipliers are the ones our quote engine applies.

VehicleTo Savannah, GA (245 mi)To Columbia, SC (378 mi)To Memphis, TN (683 mi)
Sedan$450$600$775
SUV$525$675$900
Pickup$550$700$925
Luxury$950$1,250$1,625
Motorcycle$250$325$425

Open carrier starting rates. Enclosed adds about sixty percent, non running adds one to two hundred for the winch. An instant quote on your exact addresses will beat any table for accuracy.

Shipping a car into Orlando

Inbound is not the outbound rate reversed. Corridors run heavier one way than the other and carriers price the light direction lower, so quote the exact direction you need. These are the origins with the most movement toward Orlando.

FromDistanceTransitOpen, from
Memphis, TN683 mi1-3$776
Virginia Beach, VA654 mi1-3$751
Nashville, TN614 mi1-3$717
New Orleans, LA533 mi1-3$648
Raleigh, NC525 mi1-3$641
Charlotte, NC463 mi1-3$681
Atlanta, GA402 mi1-3$617
Columbia, SC378 mi1-3$592
Columbus, GA346 mi1-3$558
Augusta, GA343 mi1-3$555
Macon, GA326 mi1-3$537
Warner Robins, GA312 mi1-3$523

Comparing the wider picture? Florida car shipping carries the statewide lane table and the seasonal detail for this region.

Popular Orlando car shipping routes, with real distances and rates

Orlando sits on 55 priced lanes in our network, reaching 29 states directly. These are the routes with the most carrier movement out of Orlando, which in practice means the shortest wait between booking and a truck actually showing up.

Every route below is a live page with its own pricing and pickup window. The rate shown is the open transport starting point for a standard sedan.

RouteDistanceTransitOpen, fromEnclosed, from
Memphis, TN683 mi1-3$776$1,240
Virginia Beach, VA654 mi1-3$751$1,200
Nashville, TN614 mi1-3$717$1,145
New Orleans, LA533 mi1-3$648$1,035
Raleigh, NC525 mi1-3$641$1,025
Charlotte, NC463 mi1-3$681$1,090
Atlanta, GA402 mi1-3$617$985
Columbia, SC378 mi1-3$592$945
Columbus, GA346 mi1-3$558$895
Augusta, GA343 mi1-3$555$890
Macon, GA326 mi1-3$537$860
Warner Robins, GA312 mi1-3$523$835
Charleston, SC305 mi1-3$515$825
Dothan, AL304 mi1-3$514$820
Albany, GA268 mi1-2$476$760
Savannah, GA245 mi1-2$452$725

Read those numbers as a starting point rather than a promise. Distance sets the floor on a rate, but it is not what moves the price week to week. Carrier supply on the specific corridor does, and you can see it in the table above: Memphis, TN prices at about 114 cents a mile while Savannah, GA runs closer to 184 cents. That is a 1.6x difference on the same trailer, and none of it is explained by mileage. It is explained by how many trucks are already running each route.

The 16 routes above average 419 miles at an average open rate of $597. Enclosed on the same lanes runs roughly sixty percent higher. Quotes built only on mileage are the ones that get renegotiated at pickup, because mileage is the one input that never changes and everything else does.

Shipping into Orlando rather than out of it? The rate is rarely identical in both directions. Corridors run heavier one way than the other depending on the season and the local economy, and the light direction is usually the cheaper one. Quote the exact direction you need rather than assuming a round trip average.

Orlando sits inside a bigger network

Most people shipping a car out of Orlando are not committed to Orlando specifically. They are moving to or from a region, and the pickup point is negotiable by an hour or two. That matters, because a neighbouring metro on a heavier corridor can be cheaper and faster than the closest one, and a driver already routed through the area costs less than one sent for you.

Start with Florida car shipping for the statewide picture, then compare the cities below.

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