Important documents to safeguard during a move:

- Address books
- Airline/concert tickets
- Birth certificates
- Bonds
- Check books
- Data storage devices (CDs, flash drives, etc. or back up on Google Drive or DropBox)

- Diaries
- Deeds
- Files
- Financial records
- Letters
- Marriage certificates
- Medical records
- Passports
- Photo albums
- Stock certificates
- Tax records
- Titles

Packing Supplies List

- Boxes
- Box cutters, scissors, or knife
- Colored stickers, markers, or tape
- Furniture pads
- Labels
- Sealable bags
- Shrink Wrap
- Tape & lots of it
- Trash bags
- Wrapping material (bubble, plastic, paper)

Why pay for boxes when there are so many ways to get them for free.

Ask your friends People are always moving and why wouldn’t they want to help a friend. Today with social media like Twitter, and Facebook you may end up getting more than you thought from people you wouldn’t have even thought to ask.

Check Freecycle and Craig’s List People are always posting boxes for a second use after their own moves. With a little bit of patience and gas, you can get plenty of free boxes for your next move.

Get them from businesses Call ahead and they are usually very happy for you to take them off their hands.

Fast Food Restaurants -- they sell a lot of fries which leaves plenty of uniform boxes
Grocery Stores -- you can usually get a large quantity at once every night at restocking
Liquor Stores -- small sturdy boxes that can handle a lot of weight and are great for books
Hospitals -- weekly deliveries of the same disposable sterile supplies, means uniform, clean boxes

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Protect yourself and your belongings by knowing what to leave behind, move separately, or insure properly.

In a closed box truck or shipping container:
No materials termed combustible, corrosive, or flammable.

If crossing state lines:
No plants, fruits, or firewood. Also all outdoor furniture should be cleaned to avoid bringing bugs to new area.

Jewelry, Artwork, Antiques:
Any expensive furniture and valuables should not be moved unless you are comfortable with the amount of coverage and protection they have. When moving companies say they have insurance it means your items are covered at .30-.60 cents a pound with zero protection for jewelry. It is expensive but most moving and insurance companies offer “full replacement value insurance” and every item covered must be categorized with them prior to move at a certain value. It is usually much simpler and less expensive to check with your existing company or buy renters or owners insurance and make sure your plan has coverage during moves. This is usually cheaper for a whole year of coverage than just purchasing it one time for a move and gives you peace of mind from theft or natural disaster as well as bad movers or unfortunate accidents.

Flammables
Acetone
Acids
Adhesive
Alcohol
Ammonia
Antifreeze compounds
Batteries containing acids
Bleach
Camphor oil
Corrosive liquids
Charcoal briquettes
Cleaning fluids
Compound-3 weed killers
Denatured alcohol
Disinfectants
Dyes
Flame retardant compounds
Enamel
Fluid cleaners
Gasoline
Insecticides
Iron/steel rust preventatives
Kerosene
Lacquer
Lamp oil
Leather dressing or bleach
Lighter fluids
Liquors
Motor Oil
Nail polish compounds
Oil stains for wood
Paint & paint-related materials
Petroleum products
Pesticides
Polishes
Poisons
Shellac
Shoe polish
Stains
Sterno
Turpentine
Varnish
Wood Filler
Weed Killer

Explosives:
Ammunition
Black powder
Blasting caps
Dynamite (or any explosives)Fireworks
Fuse lighters
Igniters or primers
Firearms
Matches
Propellants
Propane tanks
Signal flares
Toy propellant or smoke devices
Compressed gases:
Aerosols
Engine starting fluids
Chlorinated hydrocarbon (might be in decorative lamps)
Fire extinguisher
Propane tanks
Scuba diving tanks
Welding Gases

Miscellaneous:
Antiques
Artwork
Plants/Fruits
Jewlery
Valuables