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Move of Parents from Hudson Florida to Philadelphia suburb. Outstanding overall. Salesperson Kenny Speroni a rare find, a consummate professional and great to deal with. He was appropriate and respectful in the manner he dealt with my 83 years young Father. Kenny represents Bekins Quite well. Packing team efficient, hard working and full of personality. Driver Carl was Excellent– serious about the job, helpful, yet had a great sense of humor. Unloading teams he selected at both legs were terrific. All went seamlessly. I used Bekins in 1993 for my move from Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia to South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida) and was very satisfied back then. However, this Sarasota team exceeded all expectations, was a pleasure to deal with, and made the move a lot more fun and a lot less stressful!

Hired this company based on the nice guy who came to bid the job and the price. A NIGHTMARE move, and I have moved plenty. We hired the company to pack us and the losers who came to pack us were useless. They packed like drunks who had never packed a box before. Which may have been true. When our stuff finally showed up (they missed a THREE WEEK window for delivery and were late, were not able to update us on the status or location of our goods, or provide a driver contact till the day before the delivery) the boxes they packed were smashed, packers never taped or shrink-​wrapped our plastic bins (as promised) so things were open and spilling out, many things were broken beyond repair and our fabric covered sofa (also not shrink-​wrapped or covered with a blanket) not only was packed on the truck upended on one arm, with book boxes stacked on the arm THE LENGTH OF THE SOFA, crushing the sofa arm, was covered in large dark grease spots and other mysterious substances THERE WAS A FULL SIZE 16-​ISH GREASY BOOTPRINT ON THE UNCRUSHED ARM. It was astonishing. It’s like they put our sofa in a vacant lot, used it for bum naps, then did whatever else they could to trash it. DO NOT USE THEM for interstate moves. THE WORST. As for claims, forget it. Read the fine print. SERIOUSLY DO NOT HIRE THEM!

Bekins is a pleasure to deal with! Whether you are considering a residential or company move, this franchise is as professional and talented as it gets! From the initial consultation with Jay up through the actual moving day itself, I felt confident and secure in knowing that the entire process from start to finish was in complete control! The quote was reasonable, there was no damage, and it’s obvious that the company has invested significantly in its operations, procedures and staff over the past years in an effort to provide folks coming to or leaving the Sarasota area with the very best service possible!

Ashley, Johnny and Doriann packed and moved me yesterday. They were wonderful– professional, hard working and kind. They made a very stressful moving day better than I ever thought it could be. Jennifer Mahlock was also great. She kept me posted every step of the way. As this is the first half of a cross-​country move, I’ll be back to confirm all went well on the other end, but please know I can not say enough great things about this Sarasota team. MY GREAT THANKS TO THEM ALL!

Used Bekins to make a intra city move very happy with the entire operation. Met with a gentleman named Kenny to get an estimate he was very courteous, arrived a few minutes early and gave us a fair and what we thought was reasonable quote. The day of the move the movers arrived on time and were very professional handling all of our belongings. Kenny even called while the movers were there to see if all was well and going as planned. When they arrived at our new location all of our belongings were the same condition as when they were packed. They set everything up in the house just as they had promised and even took some furnishings back out to the garage when we realized that we could not accommodate all of them in our new home. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone who is concerned about the treatment of their belongings while not in their possession. Prompt, courteous and Professional you can’t go wrong.

I had to move my grandparents closer to me due to my grandmothers progressive dementia, so needless to say there was a lot of stress and nervousness involved with the process, I am SO happy we went with Bekins, they were not only professional, and quick, they were very kind, thorough and gentle with my grandparents belongings. they did an amazing job packing everything. It all went so smoothly and it was without a doubt the best moving experience we’ve been through, given the circumstances, they made everything so much easier on us, from start to finish. In this situation, given the health Condition my grandparents were in, it was important that I was kept in contact and in the loop at all times so I could help coordinate, Kenny helped us the entire time and made sure everything was PERFECT and went according to plan. they were on time arriving and on time delivering.
I will recommend Bekins to anyone that’s looking to have a stress free moving experience!
Thanks Bekins!!!

We just moved with Bekins for the third time in 19 years, and would not consider using any other moving company. We have never had an item damaged, they are professional, helpful and considerate, and their prices have been very competitive every time. We were particularly happy with Bekins in this most recent move — Craig and his team were fast, efficient and careful as they moved us into our tri-​level home with spiral staircase (no elevator), all well within our community’s restricted moving hours! We have not stored our furniture with Bekins other than overnight in two of our moves, and everything went like clockwork! In addition, I would quote a recent reviewer, who said: «There were some additional last minute requests, and a couple of last minute time and date changes on our part, but Bekins sailed right through them and responded quickly and met our needs. The final invoice was exactly as quoted on the estimate.» This was exactly our experience, too. We would not hesitate to recommend Bekins A-​1 Movers of Sarasota.

Terrible experience. We hired them for packing and moving but fired them after they did a TERRIBLE job packing. They packed our stuff the way small children would. No thought given whatsoever to the job they did. One guy was unprofessional and took repeated smoke breaks on the clock after we specifically told them we would not tolerate smoking. When we called the manager (Ken) to complain, he was rude, unprofessional and threatened to just pull the whole job. So we did. We wasted more than $ 700 on a job we could have done better ourselves. They are NOT professionals. This is a SCAM!!!

BEWARE BEKINS MOVERS OF SARASOTA!!! The absolute WORST experience since coming to Florida 15 years ago was our hiring Bekins of Sarasota. Do not use these guys unless you want your furniture damaged. We stored all of our furniture with Bekins Sarasota for 18 months while we looked for a house. When we moved in, we had over 30 items that were damaged, many beyond repair. Our Tommy Bahama couch, which was new, is still sitting on the floor because Bekins LOST THE LEGS. We found expensive vases broken and wrapped in blankets. We found a very expensive headboard shattered beyond repair. Many items were missing. We added up over $ 10,000 in damaged/​lost items, many irreplaceable. Bekins told us we did not need insurance because they held a policy on any furniture they store or move… they forgot to tell us it only pays $.60 cents per pound! Ridiculous. These guys are the worst we have ever seen… did nothing to help us even though it is clear that our stuff was trashed by their employees while being stored. Bekins Sarasota displayed incredible incompetence and total disregard for the customer. We have since heard from others with similar experiences with this business… we do NOT recommend Bekins Sarasota to anyone, have persuaded all our friends to avoid doing business with them, and have reported them to the Better Business Bureau.