Short-haul lanes inside Florida behave differently from every other corridor: the truck is often a smaller three- to seven-car rig, the drive is measured in hours rather than days, and scheduling is dictated by how many other Florida stops the driver has that week.
Primary highways: I-75, I-4, I-95, Florida's Turnpike, US-41 / Tamiami Trail, I-10
Seasonal behaviour on this corridor
In-state demand spikes twice: October through December as seasonal residents arrive and shuffle vehicles between Florida homes, and March through June as they consolidate before heading north. Hurricane season (June through November) can pause pickups for a few days when a storm is tracking toward the peninsula.
Transit and cost profile
Most Florida lanes complete in one to two days once the vehicle is loaded, but short moves frequently wait longer for assignment because carriers prioritise filling a full truck before running a low-mileage leg.
Per-mile pricing is at its highest on in-state moves — a 200-mile Florida hop rarely costs proportionally less than a 700-mile run, because loading, paperwork and driver time do not shrink with distance.
How this corridor actually runs
- Southwest Florida to the east coast (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach) runs on Alligator Alley (I-75) and can often be completed same-day.
- Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville lanes ride the I-75 and I-4 spine that every northbound carrier already uses, so coverage is excellent.
- The Panhandle (Pensacola, Tallahassee) is functionally a Gulf Coast lane on I-10 and behaves more like a Southeast route than an in-state one.
What affects the cost
We do not publish fixed prices, because an honest price depends on the vehicle and the specific move. These are the inputs that actually change what a carrier charges:
- Vehicle type, size and weight — a dually pickup or large SUV takes more space than a sedan
- Whether the vehicle runs, steers and brakes
- Open or enclosed transport
- How accessible the pickup and delivery locations are for a full-size carrier
- Time of year — snowbird season tightens capacity in both directions
- Carrier availability and current demand on the lane
- How flexible your pickup window is
- Distance and how far the endpoints sit from the main interstate corridor
Open, enclosed and door-to-door
Open transport
Your vehicle travels on a multi-car carrier, secured individually and exposed to the weather the same way it would be if driven. It is the most available and most economical option, and it is what most customers use. More about open transport.
Enclosed transport
A covered trailer, usually with soft straps and often a liftgate. It suits classic, collector, exotic, luxury and low-clearance vehicles, and anyone who wants to avoid road spray and winter salt. More about enclosed transport.
Door-to-door
The carrier comes to you rather than to a terminal. Where a 75-foot rig cannot legally or safely reach an address, the driver arranges a nearby meeting point — standard practice in dense cities and restricted communities. How door-to-door works.
Cities on the Florida corridor
Every city below has its own route guide in both directions — from Bonita Springs and to Bonita Springs.
- Jacksonville, FL≈ 320 miinbound
- Miami, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Tampa, FL≈ 140 miinbound
- Orlando, FL≈ 170 miinbound
- St. Petersburg, FL≈ 130 miinbound
- Port St. Lucie, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Hialeah, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Cape Coral, FL≈ 30 miinbound
- Tallahassee, FL≈ 370 miinbound
- Fort Lauderdale, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Pembroke Pines, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Hollywood, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Gainesville, FL≈ 270 miinbound
- Miramar, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Palm Bay, FL≈ 150 miinbound
- Coral Springs, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- West Palm Beach, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Lakeland, FL≈ 140 miinbound
- Pompano Beach, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Clearwater, FL≈ 150 miinbound
- Miami Gardens, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Davie, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Palm Coast, FL≈ 260 miinbound
- Boca Raton, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Plantation, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Deltona, FL≈ 210 miinbound
- Sunrise, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Fort Myers, FL≈ 20 miinbound
- North Port, FL≈ 60 miinbound
- Deerfield Beach, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Melbourne, FL≈ 160 miinbound
- Daytona Beach, FL≈ 230 miinbound
- Homestead, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Kissimmee, FL≈ 160 miinbound
- Doral, FL≈ 110 miinbound
- Miami Beach, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Boynton Beach, FL≈ 120 miinbound
- Largo, FL≈ 140 miinbound
- Lauderhill, FL≈ 110 miinbound
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