Bungobox: Move. Unpack. Now give 'em back.

When I asked people recently to share their tips on surviving a move, prayers and a good stiff drink were heard more than once. Let’s face it, plan as you might, there will be things that go wrong, items that break and boxes that go missing, but it will also work out. It always does.

In the meantime, here are a few alternative tips I gathered recently that just may help facilitate a smooth move.

• Tom Cannon, the CEO and co-founder of BungoBox, suggests using plastic, reusable bins for your upcoming move. BungoBox, a Florida-based company, rents plastic moving bins as an alternative to cardboard, so you’ll have zero-waste and save money to boot. The cost to rent a BungoBox is $1.75 per week. The cost for purchasing a similarly-sized cardboard box starts at approximately $3.50.
• Starr Osborne of Tailored Transitions, a Philadelphia-based home staging, moving management and interior design company, reminds us, “Don’t sweat the small stuff. Pack all real jewelry, passports, cell phone chargers, extra car keys, extra contact lenses, checks, pending bills, prescription meds, etc. in one suitcase and carry it with you. Chances are they won’t get stolen, but, they might get buried in boxes, and once missing, you will obsess until they are found. Clients of mine recently found their extra set of keys in a butter dish. When they found them, after much searching, they, of course, remembered putting them there for safe keeping!”
• Barry Maher of http://www.barrymaher.com/, has shared his insights on the Today Show, NBC Nightly News and CNBC. His number one moving tip is “Watch the movers. In my experience, movers are far more careful when they’re being watched then when they aren’t. And the closer they’re being watched the more careful they are.”

–Cate O’Malley, Contributing Writer