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1. Tips For Choosing A Professional
Moving Company
How to make your move as stress-
free as possible

2. Tips for Stress-free Moving
Moving home from one place to
another is a stressful time for anyone
whether they are moving across the
street or across the country. Packing up
everything we own, getting rid of
anything we can and entrusting the
whole process to strangers can be nerve
wracking. There are a few tips that can
help people who are faced with finding
professional movers make a good choice.

3. Services Offered
There are many moving companies ready
to help, but each person has a unique
situation and needs to choose a company that
best serves those needs. Movers offer many
different services such as storage facilities,
renting packing material, house cleaning,
arranging items in the new home according
to the client’s instructions or simply hauling
your boxes. The more services used, the
higher the cost for the move.

4. Some things to consider before choosing
a company:
• Are storage facilities required for extra stuff?
• Are there valuable or fragile items to be moved?
• Is the move local or long distance?
• How much moving insurance will be required?

5. The Best Time to Move
Movers have busy times of the week, month or
year and slower times. It is worth asking when
the slow times are and if they offer a discount for
moving during those times. Fridays, weekends
and the end of the month tend to be busy for
moving companies and they may charge more to
move at those times. It is best to plan several
weeks ahead. Research should be done at least
three months before the moving date, and the
moving company should be chosen from four to
eight weeks before the move.

6. How to Choose a Professional Moving
Company
Word of mouth is one of
the best ways to select a
moving company. Someone
who has experience with the
company and is willing to give
information may be the best
recommendation. There will
be customer comments on
social networks that will also
help.

7. How to Choose a Professional Moving Company
A company that has a
good recommendation for
moving across town may not
be the best bet for moving
across the country. It is also
a good idea to check with the
Better Business Bureau to
see the rating of a company.
This can be done online
where there is a list of
legitimate, licensed moving
companies.

8. The mover should be licensed, insured and
registered. The company should have physical
offices where clients can talk to representatives. If
they offer to meet in a café, find another one. Also,
if they give an estimate for moving a household full
of furniture and other things without a personal
visit, forget them. They could give a low quote, load
the furniture on the truck and then refuse to move
until a higher amount is paid. Legitimate moving
companies will not ask for a down payment before
any work is done.

9. With a short list of moving companies, the client
can select the one they like the best and ask them if
they will reduce their estimate. If another company
that is the same caliber and size of the chosen one
gives a lower estimate, they will most probably also
offer a discount.

10. Further Reading…
For more information, visit
Budget City Movers. Serving all your moving needs
in Vancouver, Calgary and surrounding areas. Visit
us online at http://www.budgetcitymovers.com.