Moving companies often have a system to pack, seal, and move boxes from your home to your truck in the fastest, most efficient way possible. But if you aren’t hiring moving services to do all the work, you should follow these tips to make packing, organizing, moving, and unpacking as easy as possible. Here are some tips on how to pack and organize moving boxes before you move. 

Supplies to gather before you start packing - Some essentials to get before you start packing boxes are permanent markers, packing tape, materials to wrap or provide cushion for fragile items, and of course the moving boxes themselves. 



Assemble the moving boxes - Get boxes ready for the room you are going to be packing in and have any extra supplies like bubble wrap or newspaper close by if you’ll need them. The assembly of moving boxes is also something that moving companies can take care of if you choose to hire them instead of packing yourself.

Organize & sort your items before packing them - A huge mistake people make while packing is just throwing random stuff in boxes because then you have trouble finding things later. The best thing you can do is organize your stuff before putting anything into boxes. This will lessen the chances of you shoving random stuff into boxes and not knowing where anything is later.

Put heavy boxes on the bottom layer of the truck - To avoid having boxes cave in due to having too much weight on top of them in the truck, put all your heavy boxes underneath the lighter ones. Heavy boxes on the bottom are something that moving companies do when they are hired to pack moving trucks for people. 

Label all your boxes - It’s important to label all the boxes with the room they belong in and what is in them. This will make unpacking much faster, and you won’t be wondering where certain items are because the boxes will be labeled with what’s inside. Labeling your boxes will also help moving companies when they are unloading your truck because they will know what rooms to put the boxes in.

Avoid under or overpacking your boxes - Under packing a box is a waste of space and overpacking a box could result in the box breaking or opening during transit. Both are not ideal when you are moving because it can result in spending more money or having things get broken. A perk of using moving services is that if anything gets broken during the moving process, we will replace it.

Wrap all fragile items - To avoid damages during transit, make sure you use bubble wrap, newspaper, or some other material to wrap fragile kitchen items or decorations such as plates, bowls, mugs, and any other glass or China products. Moving companies will want to know if you have boxes with fragile items, so make sure you label boxes as fragile.