13 posts tagged with moving and packing (View popular tags)

What is the most secure and cost effective way to start moving a small number of things to the US from France? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2008 - 5 answers

This is my first real (cross-country) move. What are your best packing/moving strategies that I should adhere to? [more inside]
posted on Aug 2, 2008 - 8 answers

My girlfriend and I are moving across the country, from DC to the metro Dallas area. I've never moved cross-country on this scale, so what tips/advice/warnings can you give me about this sort of move? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2008 - 16 answers

Help a nervous kid sort through all the helpful AskMeFi threads already out there to answer this question: I'm moving from the Bay Area to Brooklyn - how can I do it effectively? [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 9 answers

Can anyone recommend a reliable moving company in Orange County, CA? [more inside]
posted on Jul 18, 2007 - 3 answers

At the end of this month I'll be moving from Ottawa, Canada, to Beijing, China to work as a software developer for a couple years. What should I bring with me, and what am I better off buying once I arrive? [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2007 - 19 answers

Tips and advice for a long-distance move by car? [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2007 - 21 answers

MovingFilter - Alright, Mefi, one last time. In about 24 hours, we need to load up our car with our worldy possesions and ship the rest for our move cross country. How best to ship about a dozen boxes of a standard size? [more inside]
posted on Sep 28, 2006 - 17 answers

We move in just a couple weeks. We're stuffing all our belongings that will fit into the car and shoving of. Among these belongings will be two desktop computers. What is the safest way to transport these? [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2006 - 13 answers

Should I be packing more for a year or more of teaching English in Indonesia? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2006 - 11 answers

I'm packing a 26 ft. U-haul truck in a few hours. [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2005 - 27 answers

I will soon be moving permanently from California to the UK. Besides the headaches of visa applications and plane tickets, I have an awful lot of crap I need to ship over. I'm looking for the cheapest, safest way to ship large amounts of clothing, books, etc. overseas. I don't mind if the cheapest option means it will take 3 months to arrive. Any advice on this matter is welcome. [more inside]
posted on Jun 2, 2005 - 12 answers

Moving mistakes? I'm looking for generalized moving advice, apartment to apartment. There are great threads (this one on moving to NY is really a classic) but what about the nuts and bolts of getting things into boxes and out again? What did you screw up last time? What do you know now that I don't yet?
posted on Dec 21, 2004 - 64 answers