How to Plan a Long-Distance Move

How to Plan a Long-Distance Move The key to making a long-distance move as easy as possible is planning far in advance. This will help you anticipate issues and give you ample time to solve them if they arise. However, it’s not enough to just list everything you need to do for your move. Simply writing out the tasks can make you feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work that goes into a long distance move. Instead, create a rough timeline with approximate deadlines for each task.

Three months before the move, you should:

  • Put your house, apartment, or condo on the market or begin looking for a tenant to sublet to until the lease is up
  • Go through your belongings and find the items you would be okay with donating or selling in a yard sale, and make the necessary arrangements to do so
  • Start researching moving companies to find the right one for you
  • Book your travel arrangements, such as hotels if you are driving across the country or plane tickets if you are flying to your new destination

Two months before the move, you should:

  • Acquire the necessary packing materials for the move
  • Notify your bank that you are moving and make arrangements for an international account if necessary
  • Make sure that you will have easy access to any necessary medications in your new place of residence
  • Notify the post office of your address change and ensure that any mail to your old address will be rerouted to your new one

One month before the move, you should:

  • Begin packing all of your belongings. Trying to do this all in one day is stressful. Simply pack the things you don’t use every day over the course of the month, and leave only the essentials to be packed right before moving day.
  • Make sure you are up to date on all of your bills and cancel or transfer applicable services like electricity, cable, magazine subscriptions, etc.

Following this checklist is an easy way to minimize the stress associated with a long-distance move. Another way is to hire the trusted experts at Atlantic Relocation Systems. We make moving smooth and simple by taking care of everything from start to finish. Contact us today for a free estimate.