You're moving out of the Coastal Bend, and the car (or the second car, or the boat, or the motorcycle) has to get there too. You can't drive two vehicles at once, and a long solo drive across the country isn't how you want to spend the week of your move.
Half Price Movers is a Corpus Christi moving company, and vehicle transport is something we help our moving customers arrange. We're not a car-hauling company ourselves — we connect you with reputable, properly licensed auto transport carriers and coordinate the timing so your vehicle and your household goods arrive on schedules that actually work together.
Let's be straight about how this works, because the industry is full of companies that blur it. Vehicle transport (also called auto transport or car shipping) means a specialized carrier loads your vehicle onto a car-hauling trailer and delivers it to your destination. It's a distinct business from household moving, with its own trucks, its own licensing, and its own insurance.
Here's our honest role in it:
Common things people ship alongside a household move: a primary or second car, a motorcycle, a boat or jet ski (Coastal Bend life), a classic or project car, or an RV. If your search was for car shipping Corpus Christi, auto transport near me, or vehicle movers, this page explains how we fit into that.
When you talk to an auto transport carrier, the first question is usually open or enclosed. Here's the plain version so you're not negotiating blind:
A reputable carrier will tell you which makes sense for your vehicle. So will we.
This is where being your moving company actually helps, versus calling an auto transport broker cold:
Because we're handling your household goods, we know when you're leaving Corpus and when you'll arrive. That lets us help line up the vehicle pickup and delivery so they make sense with the rest of your move.
The auto transport industry has a lot of brokers and some bad actors. We'll steer you toward carriers with real track records, proper licensing, and insurance — and tell you what questions to ask.
Lowball quotes that get re-priced when no driver will take the job at that rate. Vague delivery windows. "Deposit now" pressure. We've seen it, and we'll help you read the situation.
You're already coordinating a move. Having your mover help line up the vehicle side means one fewer set of phone calls during the most chaotic week.
Auto transport is priced by the carrier, not by us, but the variables that drive your quote are predictable:
The single biggest factor. Corpus to Houston is cheap; Corpus to the West Coast is not.
Enclosed costs meaningfully more, often 30–50% more or beyond.
A compact car costs less than a full-size truck or SUV. A non-running vehicle (needs to be winched on) costs more.
Busy corridors (Texas to major metros) have more carriers competing and better rates. Remote destinations cost more because fewer haulers go there.
Flexible pickup windows get better rates. 'It must ship Tuesday' costs a premium.
Snowbird season (vehicles heading south in fall, north in spring) and PCS season tighten capacity and push prices up.
For a full picture of moving costs in the area, including how vehicle transport fits into a long-distance move budget, see our Corpus Christi moving cost guide.
We coordinate vehicle transport for moving customers throughout the Corpus Christi metro and the Coastal Bend.
Downtown, Southside, Calallen, Flour Bluff, Annaville, Bay Area, Padre Island.
Portland, Ingleside, Aransas Pass, Gregory.
Rockport, Fulton, Port Aransas.
Kingsville, Robstown, Alice, Bishop, Driscoll.
Vehicles can ship nationwide through the carriers we work with — the pickup happens here in the Coastal Bend, delivery happens wherever you're headed.
Family moving long-distance with two cars and two adults, but the timing meant only one could drive while the other flew with the kids. We handled the household move and helped them arrange open transport for the second car, coordinated to arrive the day after they did.
Service member shipping out of NAS Corpus Christi with a daily driver and a restored muscle car. Daily driver went open; the classic went enclosed. We coordinated both pickups around the household load-out.
Coastal Bend retiree relocating with a household, a car, and a trailered boat. We handled the household goods and helped line up specialized transport for the boat on a schedule that matched the home move.
Professional relocating for work, flying to the new city, no time to drive. We coordinated the household move and pointed them to a carrier for the car so they landed and had their vehicle within days.
You could call an auto transport broker yourself — plenty of people do. The reason to let us help is coordination and trust. We already know your move timeline, so we can help line the vehicle up with it instead of you juggling two separate companies that don't talk to each other. And because we deal with carriers in this space, we can steer you away from the lowball-and-reprice game that gives auto transport a bad name.
We're upfront that vehicle transport is handled by specialized carriers, not by our moving trucks. What we offer is the convenience of one coordinated move and an honest hand in picking who hauls your vehicle.
Planning a move and need your vehicle shipped too? Call us, fill out the online form, or reach out however's easiest. We'll talk through your move, the vehicle (or vehicles), where it's going, and your timeline — and help you coordinate the whole thing.
Your move and your vehicle, on schedules that actually work together. That's the convenience of coordinating it through one company.
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