There are two snow bird seasons every year, one during the winter when the majority of people are leaving the Northeast and arrange for Florida auto transport; the other season in spring when everyone is escaping the soon sweltering heat of Florida.  During these times of years the rates will be different north and south along the east coast than any other time of the year.  If you are moving your vehicle in the direction of all the snow birds, your rates will always be more expensive.  This is simply a matter of supply and demand.  However, you can use this flux of directional auto shipping to your advantage.  For example, if you have a car in Florida that you need brought to Massachusetts and you are not in a rush, you can wait for the winter.  Since the majority of the trailers will be going south full, they will have empty spots going north.  This being the case you can take advantage of it and get a rate $100-200 less than you would pay in other times of the year.