The average American will move more than 11 times during their lifetime.

Hopefully, your move count is not quite that extreme. But whether you have experience packing up your life into boxes or not, it never goes as smoothly as you’d hope.

If you have an impending move in your future, planning ahead and learning a few strategies can go a long way towards avoiding disasters and needed stress.

Keep reading to learn the 3 packing and moving tips you need to know.

1. Pack With a Plan

Whether you’re moving out of a small apartment or a larger home, packing all of your belongings into boxes and bags can be a daunting, overwhelming task.

If you’ll also be going to work, homeschooling kids, or otherwise living in your home while you pack, it can be tempting to just start throwing anything you don’t need right away into a box. Or worse, waiting until the last minute to get started, and then packing in a mad rush.

While this might get the job done, it’ll make your life much harder when you get to your new home.

To save yourself a lot of stress and work later on, one of the best packing tips you can use is to pack with a plan.

Pack up all of your belongings from one room together, and carefully label each box. Prioritize items that you know you’ll need right away when you get to your new home in separate boxes. 

This will make your unpacking much less stressful.

2. Unpack With a Plan, Too

When you arrive at your new home, you can place the labeled boxes into the room where they belong. 

This will make it easier to prioritize important rooms. For instance, you’ll want to unpack your kitchen right away but could likely wait to unpack items that go in your basement or guest room until later on.

Having boxes separated into different rooms will also make the task of unpacking feel far more manageable.

3. Screen Your Moving Company 

Using a moving company not only saves you the heavy-lifting but can also make a move go smoother.

But while you’re following moving tips like carefully packing and labeling boxes, don’t forget to also screen your moving company.

You can use online reviews and rankings on Google and other sites to find a trustworthy company with a good reputation. That way you don’t wind up spending a lot of money only to have your furniture arrive scuffed and dishes shattered.

With a company like Gameday Moving Services, you can sit back and relax knowing that they’ll handle your precious belongings as if they were their own.

Putting These Packing and Moving Tips to Work

These packing and moving tips can help you develop a strategy and minimize stress and extra work during your big move.

For more tips on managing a move or making your new house a home, check out the Life & Household section of our blog.