Getting estimates from several moving or truck rental companies.
Planning your travel itinerary and making transportation
and lodging reservations in advance.
Transferring your bank accounts.
Request all current records from doctors and dentists.
Obtaining your children's school records to make for an
easier transfer
Drawing up a floor plan of where your furniture should
be placed if using movers.
Paying existing bills and closing out local charge accounts.
Recording expenses incurred during your house-hunting trips.
You will also need to save your moving expense receipts (if
the move is employment-related) for tax deductions.
Check on personal items that may be at the photo shop,
bank safe deposit box, dry cleaners, a neighbor's house,
on lay-away or in the repair shop.
Make arrangements for transporting your plants and pets.
Save the phone book from your former city residence for
tying up loose ends.
Transfer insurance policies or arrange for new ones.
Gather all valuables, jewelry, important papers (birth
certificates, deeds, documents) to take with you personally.
Have the car serviced for the trip.
Pack an arrival kit of necessities just in case you arrive
before the movers.
Settle your present phone and utility accounts and arrange
for service at your new home.
Purchase moving insurance. Your movers liability for lost
or damaged goods will not equal their replacement cost. Appraise
valuable items for moving insurance.
Check with your attorney about your will if moving to a
new state.
Change those addresses: post office, charge accounts, subscriptions
(at least four weeks in advance), national and alumni associations;
church, firms which you have time payments, past employer
in order to receive your W-2 form.
