Taking time to carefully plan your upcoming long-distance move will help avoid unnecessary snags along the way. Whether you are moving 800 miles or 2,000 miles, and whether this is your first long-distance move or not, here are some tips that will help you ensure this long-distance move goes as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

Do Pack Before the Day of the Move

There are many procrastinators in this world, but when it comes to moving, it isn't a time to procrastinate. Well, unless you have lightning speed like The Flash, which is unlikely, because you won't be able to organize each room in your home, pack every box, clean the house, and load the moving truck in a single day. It sounds nice, but it isn't going to happen. So, allow yourself ample time before the move to pack, load and clean.

Don't Forget to Organize and Label Your Boxes

If you are like most people, you probably lead a pretty busy lifestyle. Add the move into the mix, and things get even busier. This makes it difficult to find time to pack, let alone organize your boxes. However, you will thank yourself when you get to the new house that you have all of your toiletries in one box and your dishes in another, as opposed to a little bit of this and that in all of your boxes. After each box is organized and packed, label it so you will know exactly what room it goes to when you arrive at your new home.

Do De-Clutter as You Are Packing

Everyone hangs onto things that they think they will need later in life, or that once meant something to them. Many of these things do not need to make the move. As you are organizing and packing, get rid of those high school t-shirts that you never wear, or even look at, and that trophy from that silly chicken dance competition you won five years ago at a work party. Think of it this way: if you haven't seen something in a year or so, and it doesn't hold sentimental value, it's time to get rid of it.

Don't Bring Your House Plants

It may be true that you have spent a lot of time watering and nourishing your plants, but they will need a climate-controlled area to travel long distance. So, unless you have room in your vehicle for all of your house plants, they simply cannot make the move. Instead, simply find them a new home and get new house plants that are better-matched for your new home once you arrive. 

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