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The best moving tips is to first check your whole home. See what you don’t want to move and plan how to get rid of it. There are many ways for example, a donation to the Salvation Army, online through freecycle, have a moving sale, give it away to family and friends, etc. Just make sure that the things you give to others are in a good condition and can be used more the rest can just be thrown away.

Another thing you will have to think of is organization. You will need to make a checklist  to write down all the people you need to contact before moving. You should make a list with the moving companies. It is important to have it before everything else so that you won’t have . Also include in this list things that you will be moving with you, room by room. If you can remember the value of the items when you bought them while preparing the list it will be useful for you. Firstly, for your home insurance and secondly – the movers will need to make an inventory list themselves in order to know what is to be moved and calculate your price.

When you have at your home only what is going to be moved check what packing materials you will need and in what quantity. Ask your friends or neighbors – may be someone who just moved has some left and doesn’t need them. Sometimes it may be hard to know exactly how much packing supplies you will need and you may buy much more than you will use.

One way to avoid this and save some money is to contact a mover and ask them for packing materials. You may be able to find a company that will send you some and what you don’t use you can return and you won’t have to pay for it.