Tips on Moving

Families all over the country have been asked to Shelter in Place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but there are those who don’t have a choice about moving right away. Any other time in your search for the right mover, you would invite people from several moving companies into your home for an…

Retirement is the ultimate goal of anyone in the full-time workforce. You get to kick back and enjoy the fruits of your life’s labors. You can sleep in, spend time with your family, travel, watch 16-hour Forensic Files marathons–or do whatever else you want. That includes packing up and moving somewhere brand new like a…

Yes. Moving companies are an essential business during the COVID-19 outbreak. As our van line network—and the entire industry—works through the COVID-19 crisis, Bekins continues to prioritize the health and safety of our customers, drivers, and front-line employees. Many of our employees are working from home. However, our drivers, crews, and local moving company agents…

At Bekins, the health of our customers and our employees is our first priority during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. That being said, we know that life continues to move and so do you, so we will continue to provide essential services to our customers around the country. Every day our drivers, crews, and local moving…

Keeping organized during a move isn’t easy. You’re packing up and transporting everything you own. It’s not surprising that, without proper preparation, things can easily get mixed up, lost or confused. There are a lot of ways to help yourself keep this from happening. You can enlist the help of a professional moving company. You…

Ironically, when people move, they often spend so much time thinking about how they’re going to protect their valuables during move-in that they forget about their flooring. Unfortunately, this can often come back to bite them. It’s all too easy to significantly damage your flooring by dragging, sliding or dropping something on it as you…

Packing liquids for a move requires a lot of foresight and preparation. How will you keep them from spilling? How do you know what you can safely transport yourself and what you can’t? What will you do if someone drinks your emergency moving day energy drinks and doesn’t tell you? We have the answers to…

One of the most stressful aspects of moving is worrying about your fragile possessions. Will they survive transport from one place to another? Will you open the boxes in your new home only to find everything you love busted? Are you going to find all your things ruined, eaten by goats or toppled over in…

The majority of the United States relies heavily on utilities such as heat from fossil fuels and electricity. There is an ever-growing group of people though, that have made a commitment to themselves, their family, and the environment to cut off some of this reliance. In 2017, an average of 180,000 people in the U.S. live off…

Sometimes life throws us curveballs. Maybe it’s a relationship falling apart or all of your children moving out for college. Maybe it’s losing a job, losing a loved one or losing sight of your sense of purpose. When these things happen, it’s easy to find ourselves overwhelmed by options. What should we do? How should…