Pro Packing Strategies For Apartments & Family Homes: Atlantic City Top Movers

Just because you're planning a DIY move, doesn't mean it has to be a mess.

DIY stands for Do It Yourself, not Dumped In Your.. boxes?

Okay, look, my attempt at a new acronym didn't work - but the point still stands.

Just because you're planning to handle a move yourself, doesn't mean you should just throw everything in boxes all willy-nilly.

I mean, you could - if you want to, but it's going to make every other step of the move a lot harder.

A better option, that will save you just as much money (or more, if it stops you from losing something valuable) is to follow this free guide from Movers.com.

No, not this free guide, this is my blog - This Free Guide, just click here to read it, right now.

It's full of professional strategies and techniques for packing up your home and making sure it stays organized along the way. At the very least, it can help to reduce your stress by making it easy to keep everything sorted, so you know you didn't miss anything important.

Now obviously, there's more than one way to pack - but we don't care about 99.9% of the options, because to put it bluntly, most of them are wrong. We're only going to talk about how the pros do it because that's the fastest, easiest, and cheapest way to make sure it's all sorted, inventoried, and ready to unpack without any complications.

Here's the good news: not only is this technique easy, but it works great for fully DIY moves, or moves where a professional handles part of the job. In fact, a professional mover will likely thank you for being so organized, because it makes their job easier too.

I don't want to go into too many details, but let's take a quick look at what's in the full guide.

It starts by suggesting a list of required supplies and reminding you not to label any boxes until after they have been fully packed. That's easy enough, just remember that it also tells you that boxes should be labeled soon after they are fully packed before you forget what is inside.

You can also find suggestions for how to label each box, color-coding options, and warning labels for various types of delicate items. One idea I really like is labeling certain boxes with “Pack Last” to ensure that they are loaded on the back of the truck, and are easily accessible right away at your new home.

The full guide, which you can read for free by clicking right here, tells you to label each box with a brief description of which room it belongs in, or what is inside.

It's okay if you don't include too much information though, as long as you also follow the suggestion to make a full inventory of all the possessions being packed. This inventory should be separate from all the boxes, readily available before they are unpacked, and should include details about what is packed in which box.

I know, it's a lot - but trust me, it will be entirely worthwhile when you get to the new house and find you need your toothbrush, light bulbs, or an obscure piece of furniture - and it's packed somewhere in all that stuff. Believe me, it happens pretty much every time, and the inventory is a life-saver.

If this all sounds like too much, and you need a bit of professional help, that's cool too.

Here's what I would do.

Navigate over to Movers.com, you can do that by clicking right here, and look for a big green button that says "Get Quotes."

All you have to do is click that button, and enter some basic information about your move - like where it's coming from, going to, and how much stuff there is, then pick the professional services you're interested in. Movers.com will send those details to a list of pre-screened, top-rated local movers, and they'll send you back up to 7 no-obligation quotes, absolutely free.

If there's one thing I've learned over the last few moves, it's that no matter if you're doing it all yourself, hiring a pro, or something in between, the free guides and estimates from Movers.com can help.