Long Distance Moves & Household Movers

A long distance move itself should be planned the same way as you would any other move – but remember, the farther away you're moving, the more petrol you'll need. Some professional household moving companies charge only according to the mileage and others charge according to the space you use in the truck plus the mileage, and others have different ways of factoring costs. Some people have found that moving their household goods out of the country is cost prohibitive, and instead, it is easier just to sell everything and start fresh when you get there.

A long distance move such as over several hundred miles may also change schooling arrangements, or your job – uprooting over a distance of hundreds of miles can lead to new opportunities – or lost opportunities of better ones back where you were – so you have to carefully evaluate what you want from your life, and whether it would be best served by moving to a whole new part of the world.
Moving to a different country or continent may leave you with language barriers to consider – do you speak the language that is predominant there – and if not, can you learn it? If you can't communicate, you'll find it harder to do many things we take for granted.

While professional service teams made up of house cleaners, professional packers and household movers can alleviate much of the work for you, they cannot take care of many of the potential stressors that you will have to face. Planning ahead is your best defense against having total chaos during a move and thereafter.