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Moving requires a lot of decisions and selecting the right mover is an important one. Choosing a moving company like Two Men and a Truck may be an alternative but may not be the best fit for your business or home moving needs.

Here are a couple of articles that we found that can potentially help you.

12 Steps to Hiring a Mover

• Get recommendations
• Do an initial screening
• You should end up with at least three or four companies to call for an in-home estimate
• When an estimator comes to your home, show him everything
• Review the estimate
• As you get estimates, collect them in a brightly colored (that is, hard-to-lose) moving folder
• When you’ve gotten all your estimates in, compare the bids
• Now check out the contenders in more detail
• Next, make sure your moving company has the license and insurance it needs to move you legally
• Finally, call the FMCSA’s Safety Violation and Consumer Complaints hotline
• Now you can select a mover
• On moving day, get a written copy of the mover’s inventory list

The article written by Adam Bluestein is a great resource to find a reliable mover who fits your budget (and won’t lose the truck). And it's a fun read.

Steps to Select a Mover

This article from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the FMCSA is a fantastic resource. In this article, you will learn some key steps to avoid moving fraud and inform yourself of your options when choosing a moving company.

Resources for researching potential movers

Verify that the mover is licensed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for interstate movers. Go to www.protectyourmove.gov to double-check the mover's license. Search for any complaints about interstate movers.

For local moves, check for similar resources in your state.

Always check that the mover is in good standing with the Better Business Bureau. And check for the display of the American Moving & Storage Association's ProMover logo, “a quality, professional” mover insignia.

American Moving, Interstate Agent for Bekins offers:

• American Moving and Storage Association ProMover, a quality, professional mover.
• Upfront pricing and realistic quotes
• Knowledgeable sales team
• Reliable, skilled movers
• Concierge Services to simplify your move for you
• Project management and logistics of the biggest commercial moves
• A+ Better Business Bureau member
• Five Star reviews year after year

We provide professional, courteous service throughout your move whether it be for your home or business. Our extensive experience in commercial moving, office moves, specialty moving, international relocation and residential moving can help you to alleviate any doubts you may have had.

Our storage facility is secure, and climate-controlled located in Broomfield, CO, just north of Denver. It is available for your home or business move for short or long-term use.

Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you.

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Give your treasured belonging white-glove treatment with American Moving. Our moving consultants can provide you the best approach to keep your specialty items safe and secure. From our estimator's first measurements to our expert installer hanging your finest pieces at your new home, your specialty items are handled by experienced professionals.

Specialty fine art crating white glove treatment

We are the moving company that understands specific moves, and we know exactly what we are doing. When you need your electronics, pianos, sculptures and valuable artwork transported to your new location, we can do it. Need your furniture to go around the world or treasure family heirlooms to go a few states away; we'll take it there.

Contact our moving consultants to discuss your needs today.

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Here is a comprehensive moving checklist to help ensure your stress-free move. We all know moving can be stressful especially when it means moving long-distance or international. We want to help you prepare so that your experience is a safe, successful move, especially with professional movers.

Moving checklist infographic

This relocation moving checklist provides timelines and moving tips to help you stay organized and stress-free throughout the whole process. Check out our infographic that contains some simple and smart tips to prepare you for moving day.

4-8 weeks before you move

• As soon as you know you are moving, reserve a moving company. If you need packing assistance, American Moving can also pack and unpack your house, apartment, or condo for you.
• Visit American Moving to purchase necessary moving boxes and packing supplies.
• Start to clean out closets, the garage, and attic and host a garage sale or donate your unwanted things to charity.
• Change your address online or get a change of address card from your local post office.
• Make a list and notify organizations of your change of address such as magazines, charge accounts, insurance companies, clubs, friends, and family.
• If you have school aged kids, arrange to transfer school records.

3 weeks before you move

• Decide if you would like professional packing assistance such as American Moving Professional packing service or if you will pack your cartons
• If you decided to pack yourself, start packing and labeling all the boxes
• Make a survival closet of the items you will need last out and first into your new home
• Compile all personal records
• Schedule to disconnect your utilities such as gas, electric, water, cable, and the internet after your move-out day.
• Schedule to connect all your utilities the day before your scheduled move-in day.

2 weeks before you move

• Plan to use all the food in your refrigerator and freezer. You can donate your non-perishables through Move for Hunger and we can help.
• Clear basement and attics completely and decide what to move.
• Cancel delivery services such as newspapers.
• Dispose of all flammables, cleaners, paints, aerosols, ammunition, etc.
• Drain the oil and gasoline from your lawn mower, and other power tools if they are to be moved
• Be sure that you have packed everything in advance.

1 week before your move

• Make sure that American Moving has your contact phone numbers for the day of the move
• Empty and clean your refrigerator and freezer, clean your stove, etc.
• Only use the household items that you’ll need on move in day, such as sheets, towels, a few pans and dishes. Make sure everything else is ready to be moved.
• Pack your suitcase and day of the move box with all necessary essentials to get you through the next few days in case you don’t get to unpacking right away.

Moving day

• Do one last walk-through once the van is loaded to make sure nothing was left in closets, basement, attic, cabinets, drawers, etc.
• Greet the movers at your new home and review the move with your American Moving team of experts
• Inspect your items as they are unloaded and note if there are any damaged items.

Finally, unpack and get settled into your new home.

Moving to a new home can be both physically challenging and emotionally difficult. That's why we have our senior moving service. Whether you or a loved one is moving, you’ll find that American Moving, Interstate agent of Bekins offers a comprehensive range of senior moving services designed to ensure your move remains simple and stress-free from the beginning to the new beginning.

We’re experts in managing the stress of relocation

Whether it is moving from your home of 30 years or making the transition to a retirement community, our expert and courteous moving professionals will strive to make your senior moving experience a stress-free one.

Our insured and fully licensed movers will professionally move you with expertise, whether you are moving blocks away, or across the country. We also offer packing and unpacking services so all you need to relocate is yourself.
We’ll get the job done with care.

Like many of us, we find that lots of our senior customers struggle emotionally from saying goodbye to their long-time family home, loss of sentimental belongings and are sometimes anxious about the unknown physical challenges. At American Moving, Interstate agent for Bekins Van Lines, we’re the moving experts capable of respecting those difficulties of relocation and specialize in moves that need a sensitive approach can be emotional. Whether you are arranging a packing and moving service for your parents or downsizing from a large home we can help you move and store items for short or long periods when needed.

Let us relieve your packing and senior moving stress.

Knowing there are so many moving situations that can often be trying times for our customers, we live by our core values of teamwork, integrity, professionalism, and moving safely.

American Moving, Interstate agent for Bekins Van Lines provides individuals and families the emotional and physical assistance needed in making a change in living arrangements. Our goal is to move you professionally and removing any stress and emotional difficulty from the moving process.

Contact us today for a quote and we will move you.

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Employee relocation can be stressful for employees and employers. That's why you need a professional moving and storage company, like us, to help you navigate a successful move. With years of experience, we can help employees and employers make the process as smooth, simple, and easy as possible.

Maximize Professional Employee Relocation Services

Our professional moving consultants are experts in helping you navigate your upcoming relocation. We take the time to understand your moving needs from your budget to your time requirements. One of our moving specialists will coordinate every aspect of your move, from packing and planning to loading and delivering. And if needed, you can always use our comprehensive storage services.

As a Bekins agent, our team can help you move anywhere in the world, whether you’re moving to another state or another country entirely.

We Can Work Directly with Human Resources

Our team of professionals can help coordinate with Human Resources to manager all upcoming corporate relocation needs including professional packing services, moving, and storage during the transition. We are here to help and when you work with us, you can rest assured that your employees are in good hands with every step of their move.

Concierge Service

American Moving will handle all of your employee's needs and provide the extra attention needed to make sure that the details outside of the move are handled too. We provide personalized service for each of our clients that includes a moving checklist to help facilitate even address changes and utility updates. Our goal is to provide a stress-free experience for your organization and for your entire team.

To learn more about our employee relocation services, contact us!

Our expert moving team can help with the logistics of your next commercial hospitality moving project. Whether you are renovating or building a hotel, we can help you move. Our expert moving team will work with our Bekins furniture, fixtures, and equipment division—ELS Essential FF&E Project Management—to recommend packing, transportation, and warehousing and distribution solutions that solve some of the most challenging moving projects in the hospitality industry.

American Moving, Interstate Agent for Bekins and ELS Essential FF&E Project Management will efficiently handle the logistics of the move.

Each commercial hospitality moving project we offer:

• Project manager dedicated to your project as your single point of contact.
• Secure and climate controlled storage.
• Detailed Inventory control and management.
• A network of environmentally conscious service providers.

Warehousing

We have in transit, short term, and long term storage services for your hospitality warehousing needs.  We will keep your items safe and secure in our climate controlled secure facility—even your most fragile and specialty items.

Packing

Carefully packing is an important part of any move. We have the expertise you need to make sure the job gets done right.

To schedule your hospitality move, contact us today.