{"id":278,"date":"2011-11-15T10:04:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T17:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movinginsider.wordpress.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:10:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:10:35","slug":"packing-tips-for-your-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/15\/packing-tips-for-your-next-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing Tips for Your Next Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juggling your life is challenging enough without trying to juggle your move. Here are some tips that can help you when it comes to <a title=\"packing moving\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=20111115-packingtipsforyour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">packing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a few moments and plan out how you are going to pack.\u00a0 How do you want things to look when you are done?\u00a0\u00a0You definitely want to work smarter, not harder when it comes to your upcoming move.<a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/girl-balancing-boxes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-279 alignright\" title=\"moving boxes\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/girl-balancing-boxes.jpg\" alt=\"packing boxes\" width=\"335\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/girl-balancing-boxes.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/girl-balancing-boxes-136x300.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Over estimate the amount of time it will take to pack by 50 percent. When you are working behind schedule it just adds to the level of frustration and makes the move even more stressful on your family.\u00a0 Conversely, it will be a great feeling to be done with your packing and\u00a0realize you are ahead of schedule.<\/li>\n<li>Gather more <a title=\"packing supplies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=20111115-packingtipsforyour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving supplies<\/a> than you think you will need. Nothing is worse than being in the middle of a productive move and running out of tape. Stores like <a title=\"packing locations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Truck-Rentals\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trucks&amp;utm_content=20190626-packingtipsforyour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U-Haul<\/a> have a great return policy so you typically can return items not used. Actually, at U-Haul they have an eco-friendly approach where you can return \u201cused\u201d <a title=\"packing boxes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingSupplies\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movingsupplies&amp;utm_content=20111115-packingtipsforyour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boxes<\/a> so others can reuse them.<\/li>\n<li>Boxes should be the right \u201chandling\u201d size for you.\u00a0 You are not as young as you used to be,\u00a0so do your back a favor and don\u2019t pack books in extra large boxes.\u00a0 Use the right size boxes for the right items you are packing, which can easily be moved afterwards.<\/li>\n<li>Any items that you need while packing, driving or unpacking should be packed last, as well as the boxes marked and placed where you can easily find them.\u00a0 Sometimes it\u2019s the basic things like scissors, drinking cups or a roll of toilet paper that can make or break having a positive move.<\/li>\n<li>If you need help packing, you can always hire\u00a0<a title=\"packing moving help\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/MovingHelp\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movinghelp&amp;utm_content=20111115-packingtipsforyour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moving Helpers<\/a> to do the packing and\/or loading for you. You provide the moving supplies and they will provide the labor help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, keep thinking of the\u00a0big picture and don\u2019t sweat the small stuff. Every move will have its unexpected challenges so expect the unexpected and roll with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juggling your life is challenging enough without trying to juggle your move. Here are some tips that can help you when it comes to packing. Take a few moments and plan out how you are going to pack.\u00a0 How do you want things to look when you are done?\u00a0\u00a0You definitely want to work smarter, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":3085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,198],"tags":[111,112,117,120,121,125,133,134,135,174,185],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moving-2","category-packing-2","category-planning","tag-movers","tag-moving","tag-moving-help","tag-moving-labor-help","tag-moving-labor-services","tag-moving-stress","tag-pack-moving-truck","tag-packing","tag-packing-boxes","tag-tips","tag-uhaul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47967,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions\/47967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}