I used PODS when I moved from Long Island, NY. I had a 16 foot container in my driveway for about 2 weeks. We loaded what we were going to keep, with a lot of help from a neighbor and his son. It helps that they knew how to pack a container.
The company was supposed to pick up the PODS on the day that tropical storm Sandy was scheduled to hit. I called PODS and explained my dilemma. They came and picked it up on the Saturday before. If they hadn't, it would have been filled with 6 feet of tidal surge.
This post explains how it was unloaded here in TV.
I would definitely use PODS again. And the price is very, very reasonable.