What the heck is Double Drive Time?!?

I know you're thinking it...what the heck is Double Drive Time?

Well...it's known in the moving industry as the way the PUC (Public Utility Commission) asks moving companies to charge for local moves (classified as under 100 miles between point a and b of move).

Your moving representative will take the time, one way, from point a, to point b of your move. Then they will double it. Then they will charge that time at the same per hour rate as your labor rate.

Double Drive Time pays for the time the moving company's employees: 1. Drive from your old house to your new house, 2.Drive past your old house on their way back to dispatch.

Double Drive Time is always charged separately from a 3 hour labor minimum.

Double Drive Time does not cover the cost of fuel for the truck. If your job is over 20 miles from point a to point b of your move, you will also incur a fuel surcharge to help cover this expense.

If a moving company ever trys to charge for the time from it's dispatch to point a of your move, or from point b of your move allll the way back to their dispatch, that's not what Double Drive Time is.

Hopefully that helps clear it up! But if not, I've found this article to be really helpful on Priority Movers Blog of San Diego, CA:
http://www.prioritymoving.com/blog/2010/04/11/double-drive-time/

Hope you have a happy hump day!

Warmest regards,

Nancy