If you are relocating to Valencia and want to keep your own car, motorhome or caravan rather than sell it and buy again here, driving it yourself is not the only option. A handful of companies do this for a living. Some post your route to a network of professional carriers who compete for the job. One specialises in sending a vetted driver to take the vehicle door to door.
This guide compares both models and six services that actually cover cars and motorhomes together, with real published cost ranges rather than a guess.
This is about moving the vehicle itself, not changing who owns it
A search for a car transfer service in Spanish often returns something else entirely: paperwork providers who handle the administrative process of changing a vehicle's registered owner, for a car that is already sitting in Spain. That is a real, useful service, and it is not this one. Everything below moves the physical vehicle from where it is now to Valencia.
Two ways to get a vehicle here without driving it
Every service on this page uses one of two models, and the difference decides what you are actually paying for.
Reverse-auction marketplaces for vehicle transport
You post the pickup and drop-off points and the vehicle type, and a network of carriers bids on the job. You pick a quote, the vehicle is loaded onto a car-carrying trailer or truck, and it travels without adding a single kilometre to its own odometer. Most carriers photograph the vehicle's condition at both ends, which becomes your record if anything is disputed. This model tends to be the cheaper option for a standard car, and it is also where the widest choice of carriers experienced with oversized loads, like a caravan or motorhome, sits.
Door-to-door driver relocation for your own vehicle
A vetted driver takes your own vehicle from your current address and drives it to Valencia, with or without your belongings and luggage travelling alongside it. Nothing is loaded onto a trailer, so there is no ramp, no crane and no separate carrier vehicle involved. The trade-off is that the vehicle does accumulate the mileage of the journey. This model needs the car itself to be roadworthy, under fifteen years old and carrying current documentation before a driver will take it on.
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Six services that move cars and motorhomes to Valencia
Grouped by model, so you can see which shape fits the vehicle and the route you actually have.
| Service | Model | Vehicle types | Typical cost | Standout feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clicktrans | Reverse-auction marketplace | Cars, caravans and motorhomes (specialises in oversized loads) | Free to post; carriers bid. Clicktrans's own published figures put average caravan transport at EUR 179 to 1,017, median around EUR 598, and international legs at roughly EUR 0.78 to 1.38 per km | Operating since 2010, with a network of over 64,000 verified carriers |
| ClickDriver | Door-to-door driver relocation | Any roadworthy car under 15 years old | Quoted per route rather than per weight or size | Covers Spain plus Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Portugal |
| Macingo | Reverse-auction marketplace | Cars and caravans/motorhomes | Free to post; competing carrier quotes | Cars and caravans on the same comparison platform, with a verified carrier network |
| Shiply | Reverse-auction marketplace (general transport, UK-founded) | Cars, caravans and motorhomes, among other cargo | Free to post; Shiply's own figures claim savings of up to 75% against a standard rate through competing bids | One of the largest general carrier networks of the six, not vehicle-specific |
| Car Transport Europe | Vehicle transport specialist | Cars and caravans/motorhomes | Route-based quote | Focused on Spain and Europe routes rather than general cargo |
| Eucarex | Caravan and motorhome specialist | Caravans, autocaravanas and campers only | Route-based quote | The only service on this list that transports nothing but recreational vehicles |
The figures above are each company's own published averages, not a fixed price for your vehicle. Get a fresh quote for your actual route and vehicle before booking anything.
What to prepare before you book a vehicle transport
The same handful of things matter whichever service you choose.
- Have the vehicle's registration certificate, proof of ownership and current insurance details ready, along with its home-country plates and paperwork if it is staying registered abroad for now.
- Photograph the vehicle from all four sides and note the mileage before handover, whichever service you use. That record is what settles a dispute if the vehicle arrives damaged.
- Check the vehicle is genuinely roadworthy if a driver is going to drive it rather than load it. A door-to-door service will not take on a car that cannot legally be driven.
- Confirm the exact drop-off point in Valencia. A true door-to-door quote and a quote to the port or a depot are not the same distance, and the difference shows up in the price.
- Decide before you book whether you only need the vehicle moved, or whether you also plan to put it on Spanish plates. If it is the second one, budget for that separately.
Moving the vehicle and registering it in Spain are two different jobs with two different costs. If you plan to keep driving your car here long-term rather than just having it available, our guide to registering a foreign car in Spain covers what that process actually involves once the vehicle has arrived.
Moving your household too, not just the vehicle
A car transporter or driver-relocation service only moves the vehicle. If you are also shipping furniture, boxes and the rest of a household to Valencia, that is a separate job with its own customs rules and container options, covered in our guide to shipping your belongings to Spain.
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About the author
Michael Bastin
Founder, ValenciaMove - Valencia since 2016
Michael moved to Valencia in 2016 and has helped dozens of families relocate since. He writes every guide on this site personally and verifies every fact against Spanish government sources before publishing.
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