I had always just moved myself, rent a truck, U-Haul it all in myself. That way I knew that my stuff would be safe, and when it would be delivered. But with moving cross country I knew that it would simply be a lot more expensive for me to do it myself, but I had a hard time finding a company I could trust to do the job right. My cousin recommended Great American to me because she moved with them last month, and I liked what I saw on their department of transportation page. The movers moved fast, and were out of there within three hours. I was told only an eta for delivery, but every time I called in I got concrete information about the delivery, and it ended up being only two weeks or so. It was a pretty smooth experience, making me think that self-service isn't the way to go with moving.