When getting your car shipped to a new location, you will find that there are several things that you can do in order to get the car ready and to make the process go much more smoothly. You will find that with the car ready to go that there is less that the car shipping company has to do in order to get the car ready, which may mean that you can lower the cost of having the car shipped since you are lessening their work load. First off, the person needs to make sure that they remove all the extra weight from the car since the cost of the deal is based on weight. They will find that there is no need to have the two spare tires or the things that they may keep in their car for work in the car when it is being shipped. In fact, many companies prefer that there is nothing in the car since they do not want to responsible for the possessions in the car, they just want to be responsible for the car.
Once you do all of this, it is a good idea to have the car washed and detailed so that you know that when you drop this off that it is looking its best. It can make the process of the company taking pictures of the car for their records to prove that there was no damage caused to the car much easier when they do not have to do this through a cake of mud on the car. And it just makes you feel better about your car when you are dropping it off looking as good as possible, it makes other people want to take extra care of it as well since it looks so nice.
You should make certain that you have all the registration, tags and licenses in the car and ready to go within easy reach. The company will require some of this information and you will find it best if you simply leave this in the car in case they need to access this information later down the road. Also, consider leaving your spare key with the company and keeping your keys with you. You do not want to find yourself having to deal with the company losing your keys, which is rare, but it is better to be safe than sorry.
Overall, use your common sense to have the car ready to go and you will find that the process will be much faster and smoother.