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Insider’s Scoop: See Your Face on a Moving Truck

Insider’s Scoop: See Your Face on a Moving Truck

The well known moving company, U-Haul, has recently announced a fun promotion for anyone who is packing up and getting ready to move. You may have seen a moving truck in your city, or even rented one that has a special graphic on the side, called a Supergraphic. These...

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How to Protect Your Personal Data When Moving

How to Protect Your Personal Data When Moving

You've organized, cleaned and even started packing your clothes, dishes and decorations into moving boxes. But, you're not quite sure what to do with your sensitive belongings. Any official document that contains personal information should be accounted for before,...

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Safety When Moving with Children

Safety When Moving with Children

Moving day presents new safety considerations that you don't have to think about every day. Moving large furniture, coordinating the moving truck, people running in and out of the house, last-minute packing and cleaning; the list goes on. When you are moving with...

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8 Best Places to Get Free Boxes

8 Best Places to Get Free Boxes

Are you moving soon, but don’t have anything to transport your stuff? Don’t let your circumstances box you in. When it comes to finding that perfect container to move the lava lamp you’ve had for 15 years or Aunt Sally’s prized collection of snow globes, there are...

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8 Steps to Prepare for a Short Notice Move

8 Steps to Prepare for a Short Notice Move

Moving day may be as American as apple pie. The average American will move 11 times in their lifetime. But, if moving is an American habit then so too is procrastinating on moving day preparations. Ideally, you’ll give yourself at least eight weeks to prepare for a...

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Surviving the First Week of College

Surviving the First Week of College

You've just moved to college and classes are right around the corner. Adjusting to the first week of college after summer vacation can be difficult. Here are some tips to help you survive the first week of school: Settle in before classes start. The few days prior to...

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5 Tips to Make Moving with Kids Easier

5 Tips to Make Moving with Kids Easier

Moving with kids can be a challenge, especially when they are younger. Before you load the moving truck, read through these 5 tips we’ve come up with to ease the stress on moving day. Before the Move: Communicate. Change can be hard on anybody but especially kids....

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4 Tips to Manage Your Time on Moving Day

4 Tips to Manage Your Time on Moving Day

When you wake up on moving day, you will likely be facing a mix of emotions. Nervousness, excitement maybe even sadness, and of course relief that the day is finally here; these are all common feelings. When we prepare for a move, we often focus on time management in...

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Setting Up New Internet Service

Setting Up New Internet Service

Forgetting to clean off the blinds when you move is understandable. Subjecting yourself to weeks without Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube while tiptoeing around a squalor of cardboard boxes is not. After all, how are you going to catch up on Downton Abbey when your TV is...

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The First Room to Unpack After Your Move

The First Room to Unpack After Your Move

A DIY move is complete when you close the back door on the moving truck and put the lock on it ready to go, right? I wish that was right. A lot of people forget that the unloading of the moving truck at your new house is just as important if not more important than...

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5 Tips to Prepare for Your Move

5 Tips to Prepare for Your Move

Planning your move is often more work than the move itself. Just when you think you’ve figured out all the steps to prepare for your move, you realize that there are little steps within those steps. Then, you tackle the little steps only to realize there are even...

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Gift Ideas for Your Moving Helpers

Gift Ideas for Your Moving Helpers

Though moving can be an adventure, we all know that it’s hard work. There is a lot of preparation like packing, cleaning and heavy lifting involved. Anyone who has moved before knows that it’s usually impossible to do it alone. Most people call their friends for...

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