Throughout every student's collegiate career, there comes a time where they have to start thinking about steps on how they are going to move out of college and where their lives will take them after finishing school. Like the beginning of any student's collegiate career, finding the proper way to gather their belongings into an apartment or dorm at college can be challenging. The same philosophy goes hand-in-hand regarding anyone's exit from college; over four years, a student can accumulate personal items and belongings. To ensure peace of mind in the final weeks and months of a student's collegiate career, Collegeboxes has assured our logistics system is the highest caliber thanks to the U-Haul network.
The last thing any college senior wants to think about is the process of moving or storing their valuables while getting ready for their very last final, graduation, and celebrations to follow. Collegboxes solves these problems by consolidating all the stress and headache into three easy solutions; storage, shipping, and moving. These three services we provide are the foundation to get you moving on to the next chapter of a college senior's life so that they can be ready for whatever the real world throws at them. Collegeboxes helps students at every stage in college, from moving to school as a freshman to seniors figuring out how they will exit the school.
Throughout this article, Collegeboxes will give college seniors an in-depth oversight of how our services and tools will provide a sense of relief, knowing they can focus on their most important priorities before graduation and turning the page into adult life.
How To Pack Efficiently
To pack and prepare to move out of college, it is vital to think outside the box to find solutions that condense all your belongings in a quick, efficient, and timely manner. To make this happen, Collegeboxes has pioneered the way college students enter and exit school with a series of moving processes that decrease the worry and stress that can occur. Collegeboxes ships supply kits to customers when they need packing supplies. Each of our supply kits allows the student to pack and organize all the essentials they need to move out of college.
There are various ways to be proactive to be ready for your inevitable move out of your dorm or apartment at your college or university. Some of the best practices are first figuring out where you will end up after college and tailoring your moving tactics to your situation. From there on, you can strategize on how you're going to pack everything away in your Collegeboxes. To start the best packing coordination, you will want to sort all your belongings into categories from clothing, books, toiletries, personal items, and essentials. Doing this will increase time management, reduce stress about where all your items are located in each box, and give you the tools to finish your final semester very strongly. Reminding that with Collegeboxes, all you have to do is order, pack, and ship; while looking to the bright future ahead of your young adult and working life after college.
Value Added Services
For more than a decade, U-Haul has powered Collegeboxes to make it the name of college moving and storage throughout the moving industry. To ensure that we give college students everywhere the best value in college moving services possible. Below you find why our services can be precious to college seniors and helping them transition from their collegiate careers into the working world:
Storage:
During your last semester of college, every senior student knows they will need a way to get their items stored in some fashion as they transition away from their collegiate career into the next chapter of their lives.Finding a solution to keep all your belongings safe and secure can be a challenge for any college senior with upcoming finals, graduation, and job interviews. Luckily, there is no need to fear Collegeboxes has the perfect solution to help you keep your items in one piece and safe. Our storage services provide an ideal solution if you plan to go home or even if you're planning to travel before you begin your career.
While you get ready for the most crucial chapter and stages of your collegiate career, Collegeboxes will pick up your items from your college dorm room, store them at a local U-Haul storage facility, and return them on time before starting your next phase of life. All of our storage facilities are adequately maintained, secure, and climate-controlled for even the most delicate of possessions.
Shipping:
No matter where life takes you after college, Collegeboxes can help you ship wherever you need to go domestically and even internationally if required. Collegeboxes shipping is flexible and affordable for any college senior who needs to ship belongings to their home, storage, or back for the journey to entering the real world and day-to-day work life.
Students can ship their boxes and have them stored at one of our U-Haul storage facilities near you during the interim period of your collegiate transition into adulthood. Once you are ready to move to your college or university campus, Collegeboxes will deliver directly to the student's home address, making for a simplistic and easy transition!
One of the great things about our shipping processes and versatility is that if you're near a Collegeboxes affiliated U-Haul center, we can take your Collegeboxes from you and ship wherever they need to go.
Moving Supplies:
When you order your Collegeboxes kit, we provide all the solutions and moving supplies to meet your needs. Upon receiving your order, we will give you our supply kit, including:
- Five double-walled boxes designed for shipping, moving, and storage, which we estimate can last all four years of college and beyond.
- Zip ties for labeling bicycles, lamps, and other items that don't fit into the provided boxes.
- Label Pouches, Box Tape, and Box Marker
All of these items will give you, the consumer, the ability to have the most simplistic experience when you're about to transition out of college. Being a division within the U-Haul ecosystem, Collegboxes can offer resources that our competition can't provide to you. It also includes access to local U-Haul storage facilities, moving supplies, and professional movers, which will help get your college career started and moving forward.
Our process is easy and straightforward for students to ship, store, and move belongings out of your school as possible! Below you will see our six easy steps to why Collegeboxes provides such an unbeatable service for whatever life throws your way; these are:
- Sign Up Online:
- Order your Collegeboxes
- Select pickup time
- Boxes Shipped
- Right to your front door
- Pack & Label
- Pack all your items & belongings
- Free Pickup:
- We come right to your door
- Store & Ship:
- Domestic & International shipping
- Free Delivery
Every Collegeboxes service ensures every college senior has the tools at their fingertips to be promptly ready for their countdown to their final days as a collegiate student.
Planning For The Future
When it comes to college's senior year, everything is winding down to some of the most significant years in a young adult's life; looking forward to what is next after college is one of life's most crucial turning points. Always being proactive can be the difference between finishing strong and having a lackluster performance when you're on the homestretch of your collegiate career. During your final semester of college, many variables are going through your head. Do I have a full-time job, preparing for graduation, reviewing all your requirements to receive your degree? Lastly, how will I move out of my apartment or dorm in and around my college campus?
Throughout the last half of a college senior's final semester, it is best to start packing up a few weeks or even a month in advance to ensure that you will be prepared for whatever life comes your way. Embarking one of the most significant moments in a young individual’s life is a huge milestone. Since Collegeboxes began twenty years ago, we have strived to aid students not just in their moving, storage, and shipping needs but give them the confidence and ease of stress. We push forward on this mission so that students will be more focused on the priorities of their collegiate careers from start to finish. Collegeboxes will do whatever it can to ensure that your transition out of college is just as smooth as your experience when coming in as a freshman.