Staying Organized While Packing: Five Tips

1. When preparing to move, it’s a good idea to book the date with a moving service, or reserve a moving truck ahead of time so that it will be available when you are ready for it.

2. Have utilities switched ahead of time, don’t forget cable and trash pick-up.

3. Make sure to have your mail changed to the new address through your local post office.

4. When you begin packing make sure to mark on each of the boxes what the contents are, you may want to know where your coffee pot, pet food, toilet paper, soap, toiletries and other necessary items are before the rest of the boxes get unpacked.

5. When the boxes are loaded into the truck, make sure boxes with things you will need right away are loaded on the truck last, they will be the first off the truck and can be kept together, but segregated from other boxes, and easy to find, other wise you will be looking from room to room, through scattered boxes. Take important small items with you in a cloth bag or small box on moving day, such as baby items, phone-books, garage door-openers, dog-leash, and pet foods.