Hiring professionals is the route most take for a long-distance move, since using friends and family are only practical for local moves. Since your belongings will be out-of-site for many days (or even weeks), you should try to find a reputable moving company to help. If you know any co-workers, friends or relatives that have moved recently, see if they would recommend using their moving company.

If you can’t get any references for providers, you can find many companies to compare by doing an Internet search (i.e. ‘Keene movers‘). If you choose a company that is affiliated with a well-known van line, you may feel somewhat at ease about the safety of your belongings.

Many people are not aware however that more than one moving company could handle your things when using a van line to move. Moving a household across the country can take some time, which can prevent a moving company’s truck and staff from other moves. Instead a van line agent may serve as the ‘origin agent’, which typically means that pack up your things and put them into a truck. The task of driving the truck across the country to your new home may then be handled by a driver hired by the van line, not the local agent. When the truck arrives at your new home, the van line can have a ‘destination agent’ unload your things.

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