Terminal to terminal auto shipping is a less expensive way to ship your car. Larger auto transport companies will offer to transport your car directly to a large storage facility called a storage terminal where your car will be stored until delivery. This terminal is usually located in a large metropolitan city; the city closest to your address. Once the car has been delivered to the terminal, the auto transport company will notify you that your vehicle has been delivered. The car will be kept in a safe storage facility until you go and claim it.

Terminal to terminal shipping is especially useful in cases where door to door shipping won't work because you are not in a position to ensure you'll be able to receive the car when it arrives to your address. If you're going to be away from your address, terminal to terminal shipping provides a way to store your vehicle safely until you're ready to pick it up.

Terminal to terminal shipping is definitely a less expensive option, at least on the face of it. If you live close to the terminal and will be able to collect your car without spending too much on transportation, it should work fine for you. However if your address is far from the car transport company's storage facility, you might find that the cost of driving your car to and from the storage terminal negates any benefits you might have had from choosing terminal to terminal shipping. The savings in such a case are hardly significant and you're better off choosing the convenience of door to door shipping.