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Moving Tips

Essential Guide: Your Ultimate Long-Distance Moving Checklist

Moving to a new home is often stressful, and long-distance moves can be even more challenging. Whether you’re relocating for a job, a change of scenery, or lower taxes, moving long distances requires careful planning and coordination.

First time home buyer checklist: 12 tips for a successful move

With the recent launch of the CA Dream for All program, we’ve been speaking to dozens of first time home buyers about their journey into their new homes. Moving into your first home can feel exciting, but also overwhelming.

How to save money when moving in 2023

Whether you're downsizing or moving into a bigger home to accommodate your growing family - moving can be a hectic time. However, while starting a new chapter of your life in a new home might be fun, actually moving might be more stressful than you think.

Packing tips from the professionals

Moving to a new home can be an exciting endeavor. But an unorganized packing process can take away from the precious experience of embarking on a new journey. If your packing is unorganized, the process may take longer than it should, causing even more stress on you (as if moving isn’t already stressful enough).

How to safely move a fish tank

Preparing for a move can be stressful, especially if you have a fish tank you're looking to move into a new home. Since over 11.5 million households in the U.S. own a fish tank, we wanted to provide some insight into how you can safely move your fish tank hassle-free.

Tips on moving during the holiday season

Moving during the Holiday season is potentially stressful enough, but adding in the COVID-19 pandemic factor can make the task seem downright scary. It’s important to know that, with extra care and planning, the below strategies can help to minimize any extra pandemic-related stress.

How to spot (and avoid) a moving scam

You’re moving! What an exciting time, a time of new beginnings, new routines, and new environments. Moving can also be stressful, unfamiliar, and a lot of work (who knew you had so much stuff!).

How much to tip movers in 2021

Tipping is customary in the U.S. Providing a tip shows appreciation for those who have met or exceeded the standard when it comes to helping and providing us great customer service.

11 charities that offer free donation pick-up

Whether you’re moving to a new home, or you’re just now realizing that you should probably downsize because there are so many things in your possession, one of the best ways to declutter your home and give back at the same time, is by donating your clothes, furniture, and anything else you simply don’t use or need anymore.

How to safely pack Christmas decorations

We’re sure that most of you can agree on this, but it seems as though each passing year has been going by faster and faster at an exponential rate.

Moving out of state? 30 things to keep in mind

Moving out of state is perhaps one of the biggest decisions you will make in your life. You’re not just moving to another city where you may have been a few times and know the layout already, or somewhere within close enough proximity to people, you see regularly.

10 best & cheapest ways to move cross country

Are you looking for the best ways to move across the country that won’t break the bank? You’ve come to the right place.

10 best ways to load & pack a moving truck like the pros

While packing and loading a moving truck may seem like an easy step in the moving process, it actually takes more preparation than one might think.

Change of address checklist — who to notify when moving

Our handy change of address checklist below will ensure that you have given everyone your new address and remove one thing off your list of items that may cause you to stress.

5 important questions to consider when moving during COVID-19

Moving is stressful in general, and now many people are facing a global pandemic on top of that. We sat down with Aaron Steed to ask some questions about moving during COVID-19 in hopes of eliminating misinformation and encouraging the safest moves possible.

Can I move during COVID-19?

In mid-March, it felt like our entire country stopped. Non-essential businesses closed their doors and everyone hunkered down to weather this pandemic together. There are, however, many things that kept moving forward – perhaps your escrow closing or your lease expiring. That’s where we come in.

10 tips for moving out of your parents' house

With increases in rent prices across the country, more and more Millenials move home after college. That way you can save money and prepare yourself for all the difficulties that come along with setting out on your own.

Advice for moving during the holidays

As if the holiday season wasn’t busy enough, adding a move day to the schedule can make things particularly stressful. Don’t worry – we have you covered with our best advice on surviving the holidays and your big move.

Tips for setting up the perfect event

While our claim-to-fame is definitely moving and packing, we offer many more services beyond that. One important service that our athletes have mastered is the art of setting up an event. We would never say that we are professional event planners, but we sure do have the muscle to execute event planners’ visions.

How to make moving with pets a paw-fect experience

Every single day, our Meathead Movers Call Center hears stories about the adorable pups and cats (and some other interesting animals!) that will need to be accounted for during a big move.

Tackling professional athlete relocation

As a company founded by athletes for athletes, Meathead Movers has maintained its mission of supporting its employees as they work their way through college in pursuit of the American Dream. Many of our employees have gone on to become professional athletes, who have then returned to us as customers when they need to relocate for a job.

How to protect yourself from moving scams

Meathead Movers was founded on the principle of helping athletes accomplish the American dream, while also providing a superior moving service to its customers. The moving industry has a notoriously bad reputation, and it’s our mission to change the way that people perceive moving and storage companies.

Three questions to ask when selecting a long-distance mover

Packing up and moving a long distance can be a stressful process, but it doesn’t have to be! Here at Meathead Movers, we are changing the way that long-distance moves are traditionally handled. We have heard the endless horror stories of long-distance moves that result in lost items, broken items, hidden charges and late arrivals.

Packing tips

Estimate the number, sizes and material (tape, paper, etc.) of boxes you will need in advance. People tend to underestimate the number of boxes they need. We encourage you to talk to your Move Coordinator for guidance about preparing for your move.

Interstate neutral arbitration

The neutral arbitration program has been designed to give neither party any special advantage. If a dispute arises between the motor carrier and the consumer shipper, arbitration may be a mutually beneficial alternative to help resolve the dispute

10 questions to ask a moving company

Unfortunately horror stories about NEW and unethical moving companies are far to frequent in this day and age. Every single year thousands of complaints are filed against moving companies for unethical practices. However, there are great moving companies that will make your relocation as easy and as stress free as possible.

Asking your friends to help you move: Worth it?

Here’s a scenario you’ve probably experienced once or twice: It’s a week before you’re set to move out of your place. Your things are beginning to get packed up...

Used moving boxes and bed bugs

Most of us have fond memories of making forts in our living room as children with our old moving boxes, right? Perhaps that's just me.