Moving from one home to another is always rough, but add a long distance trip to the mix and it can be adding stress, overwhelming burdens and great responsibility to your already laborious undertaking. Finding the right organizing techniques, making preparations, and executing your assigned duties by your allotted time is indeed a strenuous task. But after you take a few therapeutic breaths, we at Good Time Moving & Storage would like to offer you some tips and advice on getting you moved to your new far off home without too much hardship or disaster.

1. Pack for Bad Weather & Travel Conditions

When traveling, your packed up belongings will be handled by multiple hands, endure long stretches of well paved roads, and perhaps even bumpy deteriorating roads. Your boxed up treasures will take some abuse. Containers within moving boxes should be well secured and sealed. Fragile property needs to be bubble wrapped and well cushioned. Boxes are best packed to capacity with organized placement, as boxes that are not can easily flop around and produce the contents from getting disheveled or worse. Quality moving boxes are a wise investment as opposed to the cheap, worn, used boxes accessible at your local markets.

2. Insure Property when Moving

Plan for the worst and hope for the best is a good code to follow when moving. Though you may have found the best rated moving company to assist in your quest, many things can happen on the road. Having your property insured can save you a lot of money in the event catastrophe strikes.

3. Pack Personal Items to Transport with You

When you are in moving to the new location, having an emergency suitcase can help save you if the moving truck is delayed. Carry in it your personal documents, for example, driver’s license, passports, billing information, bank information and other important documents, along with some toiletries and a few changes of clothing. Preparing for the worst situation can save you some grief.

4. Inspect Outside Furnishings Before Loading in Moving Truck

You’re outside furniture or other items can be contaminated with insect eggs, larvae or pests in general. When crossing state lines, such things are inspected to help prevent infestations and outbreaks. Have your belongings treated by a professional pest control technician to prevent insect transportation. Government pamphlets are readily available to help better understand the regulations.

5. Pack Mattress Carefully

Mattresses are one of the few things that most people don’t consider packing in a box due to the size. But on long travels mattresses can take some abuse with handling or in bumpy truck rides. Getting bent up and lumpy, a mattress could be in need of replacement if not adequately packaged.

6. Avoid Packing Up Food when Moving Long Distance

No one wants to waste money on partially or unused grocery items accumulating in the pantry. But resist the urge of packing up food products and liquids on a long distance move. Even canned goods can potentially be crushed or destroyed leaving an unsightly and frustrating mess to contend with. Donate unused foods to soup kitchens, and opened food toss or give to friends or family.

7. Organize & Label when Moving

When packing your home, package up your boxes with organization and label the box as to the general contents and appropriate room they belong in. It can save you loads of time and back breaking labor to put the labeled boxes in the appropriate places once ad opposed to over and over again, as well as knowing what boxes need to be prioritized when unpacked.

8. Include Name on Moving Boxes

Sometimes moving trucks might move additional families if they are going to the same location. Having your name obviously tagged on your boxes can eliminate confusion.

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We hope this will help you on your adventure to moving long distance. Good Time Moving & Storage are professional movers that can help your move be a smooth and less stressful transition. Call us today to schedule your move!