Movers – Tips For Working with the Pros

There are many emotions when deciding to pack up your belongings and relocate to another area. Aside from finding a place, you will also need to be sure everything you own goes with you. While some folks can handle this on their own, others would benefit greatly from hiring movers. If this sounds like you, take into account a few tips to help make the process flow with ease.

Organized paperwork is key

Working with movers can be a relatively easy process if you take care of a few things. For instance, confirming pricing, transporting items, the time they should arrive and more needs to be clearly outlined in the paperwork. If for some reason something is left out or not included, you can go to your paperwork to help confirm or resolve issues or discrepancies. Also, the paperwork can serve as a checklist you can refer to when you’re going through the entire process. As things are completed, you can scratch them off your list.

Square away children and pets

Like most children, your kids may want to be involved in the moving process. If you have older kids, they could very well prove to be useful with the packing and preparing. However, for those with younger tikes, you may want to leave them with a sitter. This is to not only help you and the movers get more done in less time, but to also help protect your babies. During relocation, there’s so much going on that you may wonder if you’re going or coming. So, if it’s chaotic, you don’t want to risk your child wandering away or out in the street where he or she can get hurt. The same goes for your pets. It’s easy to forget that they’re even there when you have people asking questions and walking in and out the door. In order to keep your life as stress free as possible, have someone take care of your kids and your pets on the big day.

Determine how you’re going to pay

Nothing’s worse than going through the entire process and then scrambling to figure out how you’re going to handle payment. Movers do a lot of hard work lifting and loading furniture and boxes. So to keep things professional and as stress-free as possible, get your cash, check or credit card ready before the process even takes place. If you need to run to an ATM or a bank, do it the day before or sooner. Nothing’s worse than having the job complete and you have to leave strangers at your home in order to run out and get money.

Make yourself accessible 

Your day will be filled with an array of tasks. And since you will be trying to keep things running smoothly, you’ll want to be as accessible as possible. This means, you should be available to answer questions, offer solutions to problems, keep things organized and more. If for some reason you have to run out, be sure to have your cell phone on you and make sure it’s on. Having a phone on can help you keep things going at a good pace. Plus, don’t forget to make sure that your movers and everyone else involved has your number.