HOW TO REDUCE SHIFTING CHARGES

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Even before booking a Packer and Mover, you can begin reducing your shifting charges. Let us know how to reduce shifting charges at different stages of the process.

REDUCE MOVING COST WHILE BOOKING & SCHEDULING

Appropriate Scheduling; Schedule your move when the rates are lower.

Packers Mover rates are higher during the vacations, festival time, weekends, at the end and beginning of a month. Even the rates remain higher during the morning & daytime, so schedule your move accordingly.

  

Avoid Emergency Booking; Last minute booking always leads to surcharges.

Avoid paying additional charges and always book 10 days before a local shifting and 20 days before a domestic shifting.

Compare & Hire; Get the best and the most cost effective service provider.

Consult with at least five different companies, know their prices and facilities. Analyze and hire the most efficient Packers and Movers. 

WHILE PACKING

Donate, Sell & Discard; Reduce your luggage volume.

Divide all your households and goods into two main categories.

The ones that you will pack and take with you & the ones that are not necessary for you anymore.

Donate old utensils, tattered clothes, leftover pantry items, used plastic etc to your maid servants and guards. You can sell the old paper, damaged iron and tin, broken furniture, appliances and accessories to scrap handlers and get back money from it. (You can later utilize this money to buy packing materials)

Discard the unnecessary items that do not have a resell value or could not be donated.

Hire cost effective assistance; For disassembling-reassembling electrical appliances and furniture.

It is always better to disassemble large heavy furniture and electrical appliances while packing and moving. 

However, such processes demand a certain skill set. You can always hire these services from a Packers and Movers company but it is better to ask your old contacts and other professionals in the market to hire the one providing the best rates. 

Read more: Benefits of hiring packers and movers

Pack it yourself; Reduce your overall packing charges.

Buy certain packing materials like bubble wraps, styrofoam sheets, carton boxes, wrapping paper and cloth.

Start packing simple households, kitchen items, and other personal goods by yourself. 

You can leave behind the large furniture and heavy electrical appliances as they require a little advance level of packing. 

WHILE MOVING

Avoid labor charges; Ask friends and family to provide a helping hand.

You can save a lot if you do not avail labor help from the Packers and Movers.

If you have very heavy and large luggages then it is better to get professional help. But if you have simple boxes to move then do not hire extra labor for it.

Opt for a shared vehicle; Lower your overall moving charge.

Shift your households in a vehicle shared by at least two or more families. This will halve your moving charge and reduce the overall cost drastically.

Reduce Warehouse Cost; Minimize the storage facility cost

Make the move to the new place and pick up your luggages as early as possible to minimize the warehouse storage charges. 

Volume and distance are the two most basic factors that affect the cost. You can not reduce the distance but you can reduce the volume, which will in a way reduce the overall charges. Similarly, if you make efforts you can reduce your packing charges, labor charges, assistance charges and many other charges that will in turn reduce your overall shifting charges.