Keep plenty of water balloons on hand (AFTER the furniture is packed away)
Following up our last article on Tips to a Successful Summer Move, we thought we’d add a little more fun to Moving Season by expanding on a few of our more fun ideas on ways to make a move in the summer more enjoyable for the family while even more efficient at the same time.
1. Pre-Move Yard Sale
Yard sales…
Does it feel like you’re going to be packing up everything, including the proverbial sink, when preparing to tackle the kitchen on your next household move? The kitchen can feel like a never ending compound of odds and ends. It’s one of those rooms where you have to “draw the line” on what comes along with you on the relocation to your new home.
Below we offer a few helpful tips on how to…
We’ve discussed the sensitive nature of Corporate Relocation before but this article deals specifically with the planning process and offers some practical tips to how to best manage your physical move, your staff, and your customers.
1. Set a Specific Timeline
We encourage our customers to follow this proven 6 Week Check List to prepare for a household move and we’ve received…
Moving with pets requires care. While relocations involving any dependent can be a challenge – i.e. children – you can’t quite verbally explain in the same way to a dog, cat, bird, fish, or reptile that their world is about to be turned upside down.
The stress that animals feel during a move can greatly impact their physical health. You’ll want to make sure that their physical and…
Moving from Canada to the U.S. involves a unique set of circumstances for those that have never changed residences from one country to another. You can’t simply show up at the nearest border crossing with a van full of household possessions, clothes, mattresses and kitchenware and expect to slide through as if you were taking a weekend shopping excursion. If you want to avoid unloading every…
We’ve all moved from one home to another at some point in our lives. Often this has been accomplished by greasing the palms of friends or family with the promise of pizza and beverages at the conclusion. Simple enough. Perhaps in the same home-to-home endeavour you’ve secured the services of a professional moving company such as Great Canadian Van Lines to great success. But have you ever…
Everyone knows what it’s like to pack up for a big move and suddenly realize that you have more items than you could ever have imagined. Storage is one alternative but we have another solution that not only lightens your load and is less expensive, it makes you feel great in the process – donation.
Donating a small portion of your possessions – the ones that you haven’t used, worn,…
As mentioned in our previous Blog, moving calculators generally do not calculate your carton count and distribution. To determine an accurate weight we have given you a standard distribution of cartons below for the average home.
1 Bedroom Apartment:
(3000 lbs – 30 cartons) 10 x 2 cubes, 10 x 4 cubes, 3 x 5 cubes, 2 x 6 cubes, 1 small picture carton, 1 large picture, I china carton, 2…
Moving can be expensive whether you’re moving across the street or across the country. How do I know how much tax I will be paying on my move, and is it the same for all provinces and territories?
The answer is that it’s definitely not the same, and some provinces and territories are less than the others.
From west to east or left to right however you wish to look at Canada , t…
If you are planning on moving your computer there are necessary measures required to protect your system. Mechanical failure or damage due to normal physical shock can occur during transport.
The most important and fragile component of your computer is the hard disk and replacing the data on the disc can be very difficult.
Your mover is not responsible for any loss of data, so make sur…