To help organize your move, print this page, keep it handy, and check it off as you go.

• If possible, allow up to 45 days to plan your move, schedule activities you want to complete before moving day, and begin coordinating details with your Personal Move Coordinator.  Start planning early, and your move should go smoothly and seamlessly.
• If at all possible, avoid 'peak' periods for moving:  the first few days and the last few days of the month are times when everyone wants to move.  Also 3 or 4-day weekend holidays. 

4 to 6 Weeks Before Your Move:

• Take an inventory of your household goods and personal items. Decide what to move and what not to move.  Plan a "moving sale."
• Make arrangements for your personal move schedule (hotel/airline reservations, drive routing, etc.).
• Schedule the "moving sale" for items you won't move'; give away or donate other items (if to charitable organizations, ask for a receipt for tax records).
• Arrange for packing. If you have chosed a full-service company, the company representative can make these arrangements and provide special packing cartons.
• Gather your personal records: medical, dental, school, birth, baptism, marriage, etc. Send transcripts of your school records in advance to the new school.
• Close local department store and other local charge accounts.
• Arrange with employer to forward tax withholding forms.

Make arrangements to discontinue (at current location) and to commence (at future location) these services:

• Newspaper delivery
• Water softener service
• Electricity (check for refund)
• Water service
• Gas service (check for refund)
• Fuel or oil delivery
• Garbage collection
• Diaper service
• Lawn/pool service
• Cable TV hookup
• Mobile phone
• DSL service
• Other household services

Mail change of address cards to:

• Post office
• Social Security office
• Insurance companies
• Credit cards
• Magazines
• Friends and relatives
• Mail order accounts

2 to 3 Weeks Before Your Move:

• Fill, transfer and pack prescriptions for family and pets.
• Arrange for shipments of plants and pets.  Get immunization records for pets.
• Safely dispose of or give away all flammables (paints, paint removers, etc.) as they will be impossible to move.

The Week Before Your Move:

• Defrost refrigerator and freezer, plus allow air-drying to prevent mildew. Arrange for disposal of frozen foods (sell, give away, or eat). 
• Arrange for cleaning service to clean home after your move.  Ask your Personal Move Coordinator to assist.  
• Transfer/close checking and savings accounts.
• Drain fuel and oil from lawnmowers and other power equipment; drain garden hoses, sprinklers. 
• Pack items to be carried in car. Label "Do Not Move" and keep in a separate area.  Packers are very task oriented!
• Gather valuables from safe deposit box, drawers, jewelry cases, personal records. Pack safely to take with you.
• Send clothing, draperies, curtains, rugs out for cleaning and leave in wrapping.  Take down shelving, TV antenna, etc.
• Have car serviced for trip and have proof of insurance in car.  Vist AAA for your trip planner.

Moving Day:

• Remember to pack a box of the basics you'll need on move-in day (tools, paper products, all-purpose household cleaners, etc.). Be sure to have it loaded last so that it will be first off at your new home.  Label:  Pack Last, Unpack First!
• Pack suitcases for trip. 
• If this is a local move, pack a cooler of refreshments, food for your new home.  There won't be anything there!
• Be available to check items on inventory sheet.  If you are self-moving, be sure to allow extra time to 'de-compress' after loading. 
• Conduct a last minute walk through with your moving representative. Make sure the windows are closed, closets empty, lights out and doors locked.

Delivery Day:

• Be available to check off items on the inventory as they are removed from the van.  Assist in coordinating placement of household goods.