Our Accessibility Commitment
Moving Company Guide aims to make its guides, calculators, checklists, templates, and navigation usable for a broad range of visitors, including people using keyboards, screen readers, zoom, and other assistive technologies. We're not claiming the site is fully accessible in every respect — this statement describes what we do today and where we know we still have room to improve.
Accessibility Standards
We use WCAG 2.2 Level AA as a reference point when designing, reviewing, and improving the site's accessibility. This is an improvement target we measure ourselves against, not a certification — we have not completed a formal third-party audit, and this statement is not an assertion of full conformance with that standard.
Screen Reader Support
Pages use semantic landmarks — header, nav, main, and footer — along with a heading structure intended to reflect the actual organization of the content. Form fields have associated labels, links are written to describe their destination, and data tables use header cells. We have not conducted formal testing with specific named screen readers, so we describe our practices rather than claiming compatibility with any particular product.
Text Size and Zoom
Text is set in relative units and page layouts are built to reflow rather than clip content as text size or browser zoom increases. We have not tested every page at every zoom level, so if you find a spot where text is cut off or overlapping, please let us know.
Color and Visual Readability
We aim for sufficient contrast between text and background, and every interactive element shows a visible focus outline when reached by keyboard. We try not to rely on color alone to communicate meaning — for example, a required field or a missing piece of quote information is described in text, not signaled by color alone. We have not verified every color combination on the site against a contrast checker.
Calculators and Interactive Tools
Our calculators and tools — including the Moving Cost Calculator, Moving Box Calculator, Truck Size Estimator, Moving Timeline Generator, and Moving Quote Comparison Tool — use labeled fields, native form controls, and grouped fieldsets where multiple related fields appear together. The Moving Quote Comparison Tool's "Remove" buttons have accessible names that identify which entry they remove, and status messages (such as confirming that a comparison was saved in your browser) are placed in a live region so assistive technology can announce them without moving your focus away from what you were doing.
Forms and Error Messages
Every form field has a real label, not just placeholder text. We avoid using placeholder text as the only way to identify a field's purpose. Where a field has extra guidance, it is written as visible helper text connected to the field so assistive technology can announce it.
Tables and Structured Content
Data tables — such as cost comparisons and quote comparisons — use proper table markup with header cells and, where useful, a caption describing the table's purpose. On narrow screens, wide tables scroll horizontally within their own container instead of forcing the whole page to scroll sideways or cramming columns unreadably. We do not use table markup for visual page layout.
Images and Graphics
Icons used purely for visual decoration are hidden from assistive technology so they don't add noise when a screen reader reads the page. We don't put important information — like instructions, labels, or comparisons — only inside an image; that content exists as real text. Social-sharing preview images are not part of the page content itself.
Printable Templates and Documents
Printable worksheets and checklists under Moving Templates are built from real HTML text and semantic tables or checkboxes, not from an image or a locked file format, so labels and structure remain understandable without relying on color. We do not currently offer these resources as downloadable PDFs, so we're not making any claim about PDF accessibility.
Motion and Animation
The site uses minimal animation — mostly short hover and focus transitions on cards and buttons. If your operating system or browser is set to reduce motion, the site turns off smooth scrolling and shortens these transitions accordingly.
Known Accessibility Limitations
We have not completed a formal, comprehensive accessibility audit or tested the site with a range of named screen readers. We continue to review the site as features change and may identify additional accessibility issues as we do.
How We Review Accessibility
When we build or update a page, we check that it works with a keyboard alone, that headings and landmarks follow a sensible structure, that form fields have real labels, and that the layout reflows at narrow widths and higher zoom levels without clipping content. This is an ongoing practice, not a one-time certification.
Accessibility Feedback
If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please contact us and tell us which page or feature you were using and what problem you encountered. It's helpful, but entirely optional, to also mention the page URL, what you were trying to do, and your browser. You never need to disclose a disability or explain why you're asking. We review accessibility feedback and use it to prioritize improvements.
Ongoing Improvements
We consider accessibility when we add new pages, tools, and templates, and feedback from visitors helps us prioritize what to fix next. We update this statement when our accessibility practices change in a meaningful way, not on every routine deployment.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this statement or need help using the site, use our contact form.