General Tips

Here are a couple general moving tips:

Ensure you understand the limits of liability insurance.

Inventory your goods before packing begins (List, photograph, or videotape belongings)

The "must view" moving checklist list.

This site is great. Print out the checklist and make sure you are prepared to move.

Here is a small section from the webpage:

One Month Before Moving

Fill out change of address order form for post office.
Fill out an IRS change of address form.
Make arrangements with moving company or reserve a rental truck.
Make travel arrangements, if necessary, with airlines, buses, car rental agencies and hotels.
Transfer memberships in churches, clubs and civic organizations.
Obtain medical and dental records, x-rays and prescription histories. Ask doctor and dentist for referrals and transfer prescriptions.
Set up a checking account in your new city.
Check into the laws and requirements of your new city regarding home-based businesses, professional tests, business licenses and any special laws that might be applicable to you.
Take inventory of your belongings before they're packed, in the event you need to file an insurance claim later. If possible, take pictures or video tape your belongings. Record serial numbers of electronic equipment.
Make arrangements for transporting pets.
Start using up food items, so that there is less left to pack and possibly spoil.

Here is the link to the full article/checklist:
http://www.2c.com/wb_hrpages/hr_gen_moving.html

Good Moving Website

Check out Moving.com for some great tips and resource for moving.

Here is some info from their website:

Our mission at Moving.com is to provide our users with helpful information about relocating. We'll breakdown the nuts and bolts of the moving process in order to ease your transition and do our best to help you turn a potentially stressful day into one that is more organized.

More moving tips from Michael Perkins

Tip #2
Be careful in selecting a mover. Start by asking friends who they may have used and had good experiences. Don't stop there. Every mover has done both good and bad moves, so check further. Your local 'Better Business Bureau should be a must. Make sure you deal with a reputable firm. Never use a mover who's main source of advertising are signs posted on trees and telephone poles.

Make sure the mover is properly insured. Many fly-by-night companies do not have workmans compensation which is required by law in most places. If this coverage is not in place and a worker gets hurt on your property, you could be liable for his injuries. He could end up owning your home!

If you want to use one of the national familiar firms, you must understand, most of these companies use 'agents' in most areas that are not really the company you may think you are calling. There is nothing wrong with this, it's how the industry works. The major van lines work with smaller local movers who sell the van lines services, and do local work for the van lines (packing, local pickups and deliveries, etc.) and often do limited hauling. It is common for a major van line to have more than one agent in a given location, so it is important you check out both the van lines AND the agent.

Also note, if you call a van lines agent for a local move thinking the van lines will do the move, you are mistaken. The agent will do the move on his own authority. Most van lines don't have the authority to do local moves. If you are moving internationally, you may not get the van lines you think you are getting either as most agents have no obligation to use their primary interstate van lines for international moves.

Great Moving Tips

I found this site made by Michael Perkins that offers great moving tips. Here is the address: http://www.avatar-moving.com/kb/doc_mikestips.html

Tip #1
Decide if you want to hire someone, or do-it-yourself. Look at all the costs carefully, don't assume you will save money if you do-it- yourself. Don't forget about costs for insurance and gasoline for the truck, not to mention the value of your 'sweat equity'. You may be in for a surprise.

There are serious safety issues to consider if you rent a truck. Make sure the truck you are driving has been properly maintained. Recent news reports, including a November 7, 1997 report on ABC's 20/20 program, suggest this is not always the case. Faulty equipment combined with inexperienced drivers (You!) can result in a very real personal disaster.

Sure, working for a moving company, I have a bias against the do-it- yourself method, but, that doesn't mean everything I'm saying isn't true.

Moving Tips

One Month Before Moving

Fill out change of address order form for post office.
Fill out an IRS change of address form.
Make arrangements with moving company or reserve a rental truck.
Make travel arrangements, if necessary, with airlines, buses, car rental agencies and hotels.
Transfer memberships in churches, clubs and civic organizations.
Obtain medical and dental records, x-rays and prescription histories. Ask doctor and dentist for referrals and transfer prescriptions.
Set up a checking account in your new city.
Check into the laws and requirements of your new city regarding home-based businesses, professional tests, business licenses and any special laws that might be applicable to you.
Take inventory of your belongings before they're packed, in the event you need to file an insurance claim later. If possible, take pictures or video tape your belongings. Record serial numbers of electronic equipment.
Make arrangements for transporting pets.
Start using up food items, so that there is less left to pack and possibly spoil.

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