Boston Moving Company Offers Packing Tips for Busy Moving Season

May 27, 2009 - PRLog -- CANTON, MA, Humboldt Storage and Moving, greater Boston’s oldest moving company, largest United Van Lines agent and experts in stress-free moving have put together a number of general packing tips for this upcoming busy moving season. A large percentage of all moving business in the country is performed between May and August so the more prepared a family moving is the better.

Humboldt Storage and Moving, a Boston Moving Company with a mission of stress-free moving has detailed several of these packing tips in a short video that can be viewed here; http://www.movingcompanyblog.com/?p=305

Some of those tips include:

-How to pack a box properly: Use sturdy boxes and make sure the box is properly cushioned with paper. Pack your box tight and try to keep it under 50 pounds in weight.
-Non-Allowable: There are many items that cannot be packed including, household cleaners, gasoline, paints, pesticides, fertilizers and other potentially harmful products.
-Irreplaceable items; Think about other means to transport irreplaceable items such as passports, check books and other valuables you cannot lose.
-Start early: You may find that you had no idea how much “stuff” you have. Leave plenty of time to pack your belongings and plan for more than you think you have. As soon as you know you are moving, start packing.

“Packing can be one of the more stressful and time-consuming parts of the moving process,” says James Sullivan, president of Boston Moving Company Humboldt Storage and Moving.” Planning ahead and packing as soon as you know you are moving can help reduce the stress of the moving process. You’ll also want to leave plenty of time to pack as you may find items that can cause emotions if you have not seen them for a long period of time or are forced to dispose of them or leave them behind.”

About Humboldt Storage and Moving:
Boston Moving Company Humboldt Storage and Moving is Greater Boston’s oldest moving company and largest United Van Lines agent. The Boston-area moving company, founded in1905 is an original stockholding member of United Van Lines and remains within the top five percent of all United Van Lines agents in the country for sales volume.
The company’s philosophy is “Relax. And get moving.” Moving is cited as one of the more stressful occasions in people’s lives and the entire Humboldt team goes to great lengths to ensure all customers feel at ease through the entire moving process. The team at Humboldt Storage and Moving are specialists in assisting seniors with sensitive down-sizing relocations, coordinating highly technical biotech/lab and hospital moves, fine art moving and storage, time-sensitive office relocations, as well as traditional residential relocations both local and international and packing services.
Boston-area moving company Humboldt Storage and Moving is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts. The Canton location also serves as a 90,000 S/F state of the art, climate-controlled storage facility, serving the needs of clients with more long term needs. For more information about Humboldt’s expertise and moving services please contact them at (781) 821-8777. For additional information visit http://www.humboldt.com/