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Tips on Moving

Moving Tips

Moving is a big process, especially when you’re moving from city to city. A major move takes more preparation than if you’re just heading to the next street over. Your belongings are traveling further, you may be relocating somewhere unfamiliar to you, and your moving checklist is longer. We help people move thousands of times…

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Downsizing

There are many reasons to downsize your home that directly impact your quality of life. People move to a smaller house or an apartment to: Make a fresh start Change careers  Retire Save money Reduce property taxes Whatever your reason, downsizing requires some hard decisions. It means getting rid of possessions or swapping them out…

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Bekins Company News

History of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week National Truck Driver Appreciation Week was founded in 1988 by the American Trucking Associations, to honor the 3.5 million truck drivers in the US for their exceptional work on the roads and in our lives.   What Truck Drivers Do for Us While truck drivers often go unnoticed…

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Moving Tips

Moving is a significant life event. It’s not just the physical act of moving possessions from one place to another. There’s an emotional journey of detaching from a familiar environment and embracing a new home.  The influence of these changes on our mental well-being is substantial, often taking a toll on our emotional health. Let’s…

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Moving Tips

Moving companies aren’t all that different, are they? After all, it’s simply a matter of hiring able bodies and a truck to move your items from one place to another – right? Unfortunately, choosing a moving company isn’t quite this simple. Most people only hire movers a few times during their lifetime and aren’t aware…

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Moving Specialty Items

As a wine connoisseur, you can appreciate a rich glass of Merlot or a buttery Chardonnay. Over the years, you’ve visited some of the best wineries and purchased quality vino from around the world. As a result, you’ve assembled an impressive collection of Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel and beyond. Unfortunately, the collection goes from…

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Moving Agent News

AMS Relocation, Inc., an interstate agent for Bekins Van Lines in the Bay area, recently had the opportunity to star on the TV show Designing Spaces Local Edition: San Francisco to talk about how they strive to make the moving process easier for their customers. “They were interviewing about 30 different moving companies in the…

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