There's nothing wrong with making life easier during a major move, especially if you're moving to a new city. There are a few ways you can go about simplifying your next move without having to turn to a full-on professional moving company. That's not to say that they don't offer some valuable services, but make certain you're only utilizing those services you need.

Transportation Options

For relatively short moves, such as across town, a few friends with trucks, or even a small moving van can do the job. For more distant moves, such as to a new city, you will certainly want to minimize the number of trips you'll need to make, so a larger vehicle will be necessary. Very long moves, such as to a new state or continent, will be made much easier with the use of shipping containers.

Using these guidelines will help simplify your decision making process, but to get the best deal you'll want to focus on the value and the services included. Make sure any service you're paying for includes things like moving blankets in their price quote, but use your own dolly when possible to avoid losing or damaging theirs. Use services that give a flat rate transportation fee, rather than one that can change based on fuel prices.

Packing, Loading and Unloading

With transportation taken care of, you can now look to the heavy lifting aspect of your move. If you have enough friends and family a local move can be a breeze where this is concerned, but long distance moves aren't likely to have such a reliable team waiting on the other side. If you're just moving around the corner, across town or even to a neighboring city you may not need to hire extra labor, but otherwise it's worth looking at.

Unless you have limitless energy, and nowhere else to be during your move, hire teams of two or more to help you. This will ensure that most everything in your home can be moved, stacked, loaded and packed into vans or containers without much trouble. In this case, it's actually a good idea to pay by the hour, and do all you can to expedite the process.

When using professional moving services, do as much of the work in advance as you can. Pack boxes, disassemble furniture, empty dressers, and drain fluids from yard equipment. This will ensure that once your moving van, containers or moving help arrive you'll be able to load it immediately, saving time and money in the process.

For more information, contact Movers 201 Inc. or a similar company.

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