Making any move, especially a long-distance move, can be fraught with the potential for stress. The longer you are on the road, the greater the chance something might go wrong. Something might shift out of position, fall, or otherwise get damaged.
Working with the right team of long-distance movers, like Best US Moving, can make a big difference. We can ensure your belongings are safely handled from point A to B. Here, we’ll look at the measures we take to do that and how you can play a role in that process, too.
Pre-Moving Planning and Assessment
Initial Consultation
Our team will work with you during the initial consultation to understand the scope and distance of your planned long distance move. This can help give us an idea of how much space to prepare and any specialized instructions for handling certain items. We will also recommend using our moving checklist at this time to ensure that you’re able to prepare on your own, too.
Detailed Inventory
We will take a detailed inventory of all the items you need us to move, including boxes with any designations you give them. This allows us to track their condition at each end of the trip. We recommend that you keep your inventory as well so that we can ensure they match before we set off.
Customized Moving Plan
Our team will develop a tailored moving plan based on your specific needs before we set off. This way, we can ensure that we have the right approach to tackle any especially heavy, odd, or fragile items and can move them with the care and safety they require.
One of the primary concerns for senior clients is their emotional attachment to their possessions. Downsizing and parting with cherished items can be a daunting and stressful experience. Our long-distance movers understand this and take the time to work closely with seniors, providing personalized guidance to make the sorting and packing process as smooth as possible.
In addition to the emotional aspects, long distance moves for seniors often involve practical considerations as well. Securing important documents, arranging for the transportation of valuables, and ensuring a seamless transition to the new home are all crucial elements that require careful planning and execution.
High-Quality Packing Materials
Our team knows the importance of using proven packaging methods to protect your belongings in transit. We will use sturdy boxes, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, high-grade tape, and more to ensure your items are secure and protected during the move. Our team only utilizes the best materials during your move. Of course, we can also unpack on the other side of the move with the most outstanding care.
Senior Moving Services
Have a parent that needs help relocating? It takes special care and empathy to help with the transition.
Specialty Packaging
Suppose you have any items that require extra attention, such as delicate artwork, valuable antiques, sensitive electronics, or fragile musical instruments. In that case, we can offer customized packing solutions that meet those needs. We can provide full-service packing, fragile-only packing, custom crating, and more. Be sure to inform us of any specific packing requirements or unusual items ahead of time so we can prepare suitable materials for the job.
Labeling and Inventory
As mentioned, we will keep an inventory of every item to track them from start to finish, ensuring they arrive safe and sound on the other side. We also use labels to ensure that each box goes where it needs to go, making the unpacking process much more convenient.
Expert Packing Techniques
Our team’s expertise in packing is a key factor in ensuring the safety of your goods. They are adept at efficient and secure packing, minimizing the risk of damage during transit. This reassures you that your goods won’t have too much room to move around while on the move, ensuring their safety.
Our team works quickly to pack safely and organized, helping us get on the road more quickly. At the same time, we are versed in the delicate handling necessary for fragile items such as artwork, antiques, electronics, and musical instruments. We will make sure that each of these is securely transported and delivered.
Unpacking Services
Our team is here to assist with the unpacking on the other side of the journey, making your transition into your new home or office much smoother. This relieves you of the burden of unpacking, allowing you to focus on settling into your new environment. The same level of care and safe handling goes into our unpacking services, ensuring the safety of your belongings.
Handling of Specialty Items
Fragile Items
Any fragile and easily breakable items you have will be treated with the utmost care. We take extra precautions, such as using additional cushioning in the packaging, like bubble wrap and packing peanuts. We also ensure that no larger or heavier items are placed on top of these and that items are labeled as fragile. This instills confidence in you that your delicate items will be handled appropriately and not damaged in transit.
Large and Bulky Items
Our team is fully equipped to handle large and bulky items. This can include specialized equipment, such as carts, to ensure they are transferred safely through your property. We also take extra precautions to secure these items inside the vehicle. This prevents them from sliding or rolling around into other objects that could be damaged during transit. Our team even provides piano moving services, so we know how to handle heavy items.
Sensitive and Valuable Items
Please let us know beforehand if you have any particularly valuable or sensitive items, such as artwork or heirlooms. We can discuss protocols to offer them the extra protection they might need, even more so than otherwise fragile items. That way, you know they won’t get damaged in transit.
Safe Loading and Transportation
Secure Loading
Our team takes as much care when loading things onto the truck as we do when moving them on the road. As such, we will ensure that heavier and larger items are placed first and secured and that fragile items go in last, with nothing on top of them.
Vehicle Safety
We only use the vehicles best suited for protecting your goods. That means enough space to contain them all and features like air-ride suspension that reduces the movement of items during transit.
Tracking and Communication
We track all of our vehicles using a sophisticated GPS system. This allows us to monitor them in real-time and keep you updated on the progress of your goods. You can rest assured that your belongings are safe and the trip is smoothly underway.
Unpacking and Assembly
Once we’re on the other side, we will ensure as much care goes into the unloading process. We unload items individually, carefully placing each one in a designated area. This ensures we find adequate storage space for them, especially when moving heavier items like furniture. While unloading, we will also check with the inventory to ensure we can tick off each item that’s part of the move.
Unpacking Services
We also offer unpacking services that ensure all of your items are put where they belong, streamlining the movement process significantly. We use labels to ensure we know where each item has to go.
Reassembly
If any items or furniture must be disassembled to fit on the truck, we can quickly and safely assemble them to ensure your new home is perfectly set up.
Insurance and Guarantees
When choosing a team to help you move your goods from one part of the country to another, you want to make sure you can trust them with those items. Aside from checking that they are licensed (we are), you should also ensure that they are insured (we are). This way, you can have peace of mind that you won’t be left in the lurch should the unexpected happen. We make sure that you’re covered.
Customer Testimonials and Reviews
If you want to make sure that you have chosen the right team for the job, then one of the best ways to do that is to check out what their past customers have said about them. At Best US Moving, we are proud of the reputation for quality and safety that we have earned, and we encourage you to take a closer look at the reviews our customers have left for our services. We like to let our work speak for ourselves, but if you have any other questions regarding the safety of your goods during the moving process, we’re happy to answer them, too.
Book Your Long-Distance Move with Best US Moving
Enlisting the help of a team of long-distance movers is the best way to ensure the safety of your items during a move. Hopefully, the points we’ve gone over above help you get a good idea of how we secure all of your items, transporting them from point A to point B, no matter how great the distance is between those two. Contact our team to learn how we can help you based on your needs, or request an estimate online. Download the Best US Moving Ultimate Moving Checklist to help you navigate your move.
