{"id":5104,"date":"2013-08-16T13:47:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2013-08-16T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T13:47:48","slug":"van-hire-isnt-the-only-cheap-way-to-move-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/5104","title":{"rendered":"Van Hire Isn&#8217;t The Only Cheap Way To Move Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?s=174595&amp;v=2673&amp;q=96555&amp;r=72569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cshow.php?s=174595&amp;v=2673&amp;q=96555&amp;r=72569\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/\">vanrental.co.uk<\/a> is dedicated to van hire, we&#8217;re always trying to help visitors find the cheapest, most effective way to move their stuff &#8212; and sometimes, van hire isn&#8217;t the best answer.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;d like to tell you about an alternative service that offers a real alternative to van hire.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, the idea is that you hire empty space in a courier van, and the courier will take your item and deliver it to its destination. The service is called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?mid=2673&amp;id=72569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Anyvan.com<\/strong><\/a> and it&#8217;s something I mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/newsletter.php?newsidset=7\">a recent vanrental.co.uk newsletter<\/a>, but in case you missed it, here&#8217;s a quick summary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">List your item online with details of its size, location and destination<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Couriers who will be in your area with empty space in their vans will provide you with quotes through the Anyvan system.<\/li>\n<li>You choose the best quote, then sit back and wait for your item to be collected&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and delivered to its destination &#8212; all without you having to drive anywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>To me, it sounds like an ideal way of collecting or delivering a large eBay purchase &#8212; maybe a sofa or wardrobe that won&#8217;t fit in a car.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In my view, there are two particular situations where you could save a lot of money by using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?mid=2673&amp;id=72569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anyvan.com<\/a> instead of hiring a van:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Your delivery destination is a long way away, so if you hired a van, you would have a lot of fuel to pay for, or would have to pay extra for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/onewayvanhire.php\">one-way hire<\/a>\u00a0and then catch a train or bus back home<em> -&gt; it&#8217;s all very expensive.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>You only have one or two items to move, but they won&#8217;t quite fit in your car, or you don&#8217;t have a car. If you hired a van, it would be 3\/4 empty but you&#8217;d still have to pay the full cost of the hire and fuel<em> -&gt; it&#8217;s all very expensive.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Regular users on Anyvan get eBay-style user ratings, so you can see how reliable other people have found their services. In some ways, the whole setup is a bit like eBay &#8212; and indeed, it&#8217;s ideal to use for large eBay purchases, as I mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/awclick.php?mid=2673&amp;id=72569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anyvan.com<\/a> is an interesting new service that I think could be worth a look if you have one or two large items that need to go in a van, but won&#8217;t fill it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyvan.com is an interesting service that allows you to get large items collected or delivered anywhere in the UK without needing to hire a van or travel with the item yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[1759,1678],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5104"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5108,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions\/5108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}