Graduation Caps Fly, Parental Stress Kicks In

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - May 16, 2013 - PRLog -- As 3.1 million high school graduation caps fly through the air over the next few weeks, 51% of parents of college-bound students say they start shopping immediately after graduation and throughout the summer. After shelling out money for graduation gifts and parties, these tapped out parents spend an average of an additional $900 on necessities for dorms, apartments or student housing and another $500 in related moving costs. Buying these items, coupled with the task of physically moving them to their child’s new residence, can be costly and stressful.

In a recent survey by Campus Bellhops (http://campusbellhops.com) and BSM Media (http://bsmmedia.com):

• The average cost of a move ranges from $500 - $600, not including parent’s time off of work (an average of two days)

• College students will move an average of 6 times over the course of their coed careers, in a ritual Campus Bellhops calls “the apartment hop”

• Students will pack an average of 12-15 boxes with everything from shower caddies to childhood items

• Almost 83% of moms say they feel stressed about the college move

• 27% of moms say the stress kicked in at high school graduation, 40% at the arrival of the acceptance letter

• Over 52% of moms point to carrying and moving large boxes as the one task they would gladly turn over to someone else

Taking the task of moving off of parents’ to-do lists is Campus Bellhops (http://campusbellhops.com), a revolutionary moving company started by Cameron Doody and Stephen Vlahos at Auburn University in 2010. Now in 50 college towns across the U.S., two students at the same college or university will move everything, from boxes to bedding and fridges to futons in and out of dorms, apartments and storage facilities.

“There are over 2,500 Campus Bellhops ready to get the jobs done,” Doody says, “and we thrive on excellent customer service, fast moves and a reasonable price, so parents don’t have to worry about much of anything except how to spend time with their son or daughter.”

Parents who have moved a student to college agree, with 59% of moms in the survey wishing they had spent more quality time with their son or daughter, rather than loading and unloading boxes. “The entire moving process with Campus Bellhops took no more than an hour,” says Laura Motsett, mom to a freshman at the University of Central Florida. “While other parents were hauling boxes up and down stairs, our move was finished quickly and we were able to enjoy the rest of the day together.”

For more information and Campus Bellhops locations, visit http://campusbellhops.com.

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Sources:
BSM Media fielded two surveys for Campus Bellhops in April, 2013 and May, 2013.  
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/graduation-rate-record-high-school-students_n_2522128.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/04/17/smaller-share-of-high-school-grads-going-to-college/
http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=1405
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