I remember in college not spending too much time or effort in preparing for my move from California to Idaho. I packed the night before, and grabbed all my clothes out of my closet and just laid them on top of my other items because I didn’t want to have to take them all off their hangers and have to pack them. This sloppy moving technique worked for college, but when I tried to pull it off again recently during my family’s move across town it did not go over so well.
There are a few things that are universally true when moving. Moving homes will be a lot more consuming then filling up the backseat of a van with a few suitcases and random kitchen supplies. Secondly, the better packed your items are the easier your move will go.
What, then, is the best course of action to take for clothes that are hanging up in your closet? No one wants to spend time removing hanging garments. That would mean you would have to fold and pack the clothes, turn around and unpack them at your new home, re-iron them to get the wrinkles out, and hang them up again. Not an ideal situation.
However, throwing clothes on top of boxes in the moving truck is not an ideal situation either. We even tried to tie the hangers together with our move, but they clothes kept sliding down the boxes they were on top of. Movers helping load and unload the boxes ended up stepping all over our clothes and I ended up having to do three loads of laundry the next day.
If you want to avoid all the hassle mentioned above, consider using a garment wardrobe box. Wardrobe boxes are easy for movers to move, and they transport well in moving vans. They also come in different sizes, depending on the garments that you would like to place inside.
Wardrobe boxes have a pole located inside them that serves the same purpose that your closet pole does. Clothes are hung up on the pole and the movers keep the box standing up in the moving truck. When you get to your new destination movers simply carry it inside your new home, you can take your clothes right out of the box and they will still be hanging neatly on their hangers.
Wardrobe boxes are good choices for favorite clothing items. They are great for transporting jackets, dry-clean-only suits, expensive dresses, or any other favorite clothing items. They also come in handy when transporting items that should not be ironed and you do not want to get wrinkled..
Ask your professional moving company for more information about wardrobe boxes that they have available. Using a wardrobe box during your move will also keep you from having to do an unnecessary load of laundry when you get there like I had to do. If you transported clean clothes to a wardrobe box they will arrive in the same fashion, unlike other methods of transportation.
