Landing a new job is exciting, especially if it involves moving to a different city. Making a fresh start on both the job and home fronts can work wonders for someone stuck in a rut or recently laid off. With the excitement, though, does come a fair amount of stress. U-Pack can help reduce that stress with its flexible and affordable, “you pack, we drive” moving services. Here’s why moving with U-Pack makes more sense than using traditional moving services or opting for truck rental.
Pack and load at a more-relaxed pace – Let’s face it: Most of us start packing the day before our scheduled move. As the deadline gets closer, we just start throwing things into moving boxes. And if we’ve gone the truck rental route, we rush the loading to keep rental time to a minimum. It’s no surprise then, when some items don’t survive the trip.
U-Pack allows you to take your time, by dropping off a moving trailer or container(s) at your home, and giving you three full days to load your moving boxes, furniture and other items. Since there are no labor charges to worry about, U-Pack provides a less-stressful alternative to traditional moving services.
Pay only for the space you use – Decide how much room you need by using upack.com’s space estimators or by asking your U-Pack moving coordinator for help. U-Pack offers a 28-foot trailer or one or more six-foot by seven-foot by eight-foot cubes. With the trailer, you pay only for the space you use. If where you live isn’t conducive to trailer parking, then go with a cube or two, as a cube fits neatly into a standard parking spot. If you order two and don’t use the second one, you don’t pay for it. That’s just one way U-Pack serves as a less-expensive alternative to traditional moving services.
Let U-Pack do the driving – U-Pack also pays for the gas, insurance and sales tax, unlike traditional moving services or truck rental companies. In general, truck rental provides the least efficient moving option, in terms of time and cost. Highway speed limits in most states are 55 m.p.h. for trucks and 45 m.p.h. for trucks towing a vehicle. That’s more time spent on the road than if you were just driving your own vehicle. Plus, navigating roads in a rental truck can be tricky. Truck rental can work for short moves within a city, but if you are moving out of state, U-Pack is the more efficient, safer option.
Get your stuff faster – U-Pack delivers in less time than traditional moving services. Many moving companies take up to 20 days to deliver your moving boxes and furniture. U-Pack takes two to five business days and gives you three full business days to unload.
U-Pack offers instant quotes – Many traditional moving services take inventory of your home and then provide a quote, which more often than not changes once your cargo has been weighed. With U-Pack, you can fill out an instant quote form online or call 800-355-1696 Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. CST. U-Pack also delivers moving boxes. If you order moving boxes when you order containers, you save 10 percent on the moving boxes.
