Julie's Journal

We’re all moved from Las Vegas, NV to Palo Alto, CA. I still have a few boxes left to unpack, but the majority of things are unpacked, setup, and the house is running like normal again. Moving out of state is no easy task, and at sometimes downright stressful as hell.

The one thing that was never stressful was how we were going to get our things to our new house. I knew I wanted to hire a company to do the driving part, but I also knew I wanted to be the one to pack my own stuff. We chose to go with the Relo Cubes from ABF UPack Moving for a couple of reasons, but the main one was their social media presence. I work in the industry, and I think they do a great job of engaging their audience, and helping customers with their moving needs through these channels. They even checked in with me on Twitter during the move to see how I was doing with my move. How cool is that? Seriously…they are on top of their game! You can find them on Twitter, and on Facebook.

Twitter: @ABFUPackMoving
Facebook: ABFUPackMoving

Let me give you a quick run down on how the Relo Cubes work.

• They drop off the Relo Cubes on any day you want and you have 3 days to load them up. (Tip: Get them on a Wednesday, because they don’t count weekends, and you’ll get 2 extra days for free!)
• When you are done loading them, you just give them a call and they pick them up the next day. (Note: You don’t have to be there at pickup)
• When you get to your new house you just give them a call and they drop them off the next day. (Tip: Once again…have them drop off on Friday so you get the 2 extra weekend days for free!)
• When you are done unloading give them a call and they pick up them up the next day.

Everything ran smoothly, and they were at my house, on time, and every time they said they would be. All of my items arrived completely undamaged and in perfect condition, but you do have to remember that anything can happen during moving.

It was our responsibility to tie down each section of our cubes, and there are at least 50 places to tie rope inside each Relo Cube. We took extra time and precaution to follow their instructions and we had no damage at all. I’ve read several of the reviews of people’s things being damaged, and I’m willing to bet my next paycheck that they DID NOT take the time to use rope and tie downs. Just sayin’.

We got 4 Relo Cubes and they came on a large flatbed truck.

They used a forklift to set all 4 in my driveway

YAY! My stuff is here at my new house!

Here is a quick video I made with my Flip just after we finished packing them up. I’m exhausted, as you can hear in my voice, and I kept calling them pods. They are NOT pods, they are Relo Cubes! Sorry about that ABF…I was near zombie mode at this point.

We had measured for them to all be placed in our driveway, but I didn’t think about the trees and bushes at the end of our driveway possibly being damaged when they used the forklift to lift them in. The driver actually pointed this out to me, and suggested we put them in the street instead.

I hadn’t planned on needing a permit so I had to call our local police department to check how that all worked. I explained our situation to them and they sent someone right out to check it out. Since we live on a semi-private street they said they would let me slide without a permit; which we really lucked out on. They can be expensive, so keep that in mind when figuring in your moving cost using the Relo Cubes.

Thanks again to ABF UPack Moving for sponsoring my move! You really made our move enjoyable. Did I just say moving was enjoyable? HA! Well you know what I mean