moving companies

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

those of you who've moved fairly recently - like in the last couple years - do you have any advice on moving companies? good experiences, bad experiences, who should i call, who should i avoid, that kind of thing. the last time i moved, i had a small enough amount of stuff that i rented a truck and my sister and i did it in an afternoon. i now have substantially more stuff and would rather hire professionals to do it, only i've never actually done it before. so i turn to you guys for help. :D