Moving to Orlando - Best Tips to Save Money

[@bradyevans9114]

after a year of hoping, planning, and dreaming...we move down to Florida in three weeks!!!

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

Congratulations!!!

[@sassysasparilla2922]

Lots of helpful tips and a great organized plan! A little notebook is so helpful so you easily know what’s in each numbered box. Looking forward to hearing about the adventure : ) thanks for sharing.

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

Good idea!

[@debrakrook1045]

Yes, yes, yes! We moved a year ago and this worked fantastic. We had a number for each box and listed a majority of the contents in a notebook for each number. I took a diagram of our knew home and color coded the rooms. (Because we had movers) I made a copy for each room and taped it to the door. Highlighting just that room with its color. Then posted the color key on the front door. The numbers on the boxes were written with colored sharpies that matched the room colors. The movers loved it! Said it was the easiest unload job ever. The notebook was awesome to have because I knew straight away what I wanted to unpack first and what could be left for another time. I still have the notebook because a few boxes were memorabilia so I’ve left them packed but I know what’s in them. 😉

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

@@debrakrook1045 that’s awesome! Thanks!

[@sarahsousan2121]

Your moving adventure sounds exactly like our adventure. A couple of Uhaul trips later and we were done! I highly agree with the numbering of boxes and keeping a good master list of what was in each box. It was SOO helpful to just grab box # ___ with the item I was looking for on day #1 when we had 50 boxes sitting in front of us. 😄 Best wishes in the weeks ahead!!

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

Thank you so much!

[@leeannfrancescone]

Awesome and informative tips! Thanks so much! Looking forward to hearing about phase 1 of the move!

[@beckydiehl2989]

Good luck with everything! I hope it goes smoothly 😊

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

Thank you!

[@jill1442]

The biggest surprise expense I had moving to Florida was the car registration fee! The first one is sooo expensive but then at least each renewal is not.

[@kay22100]

How much was it?

[@jill1442]

@@kay22100 I don’t remember exactly but over $400 for just my Honda.

[@relocatingtodisney9044]

I purged too much. I sold around $12,000 on Facebook marketplace and I donated 15 stuffed vanloads to the church and filled a lot of garbage trucks. And now... I am missing some of my holiday decorations and some home decor that would look really good here. Most of what I got rid of - I am glad I did. But as I was running out of time, I just started getting rid of things I probably shouldn't have gotten rid of and it is a little sad because I have plenty of room for it.

[@relocatingtodisney9044]

5:30 if you rent space in a truck, that means, that means your stuff might have to get unloaded in order to get someone else's stuff off, they might unload you into storage, and you may have to arrange for a delivery date which has gotten many people into trouble because they wait weeks to get their stuff delivered. My advice? Don't let your belongings leave your eye sight. Drive the truck down yourself. If you can't? Then get a system where you put a lock on the container that no one can open, and hope your container doesn't get lost and hope it arrives on a date you want it to arrive on. Finally, don't trust any moving company - which I know sounds super cynical but I have heard too many horror stories.

[@relocatingtodisney9044]

6:00 Wow, this is a great video. Sooo much information I can relate to! My move included four trucks (...long story). I hired people to load and to unload (it was six different movers). One mover didn't show up and I had two trucks sitting in the driveway full that needed to be unloaded. I hired another mover and they didn't show up. A third mover canceled on us. After that, we decided to just do it ourselves. It took us days in the hot Florida sun, but we did it. Our success rate on using movers to unload/unload trucks was 83%.

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

Makes sense. I never liked the idea of renting part of a truck’s space.

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

😳😳😳😳

[@darlenemckinney567]

We are moving back to Winter Garden in early Nov when our house is ready. Hopefully I’ll run into you around town or maybe in the parks!

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

Please say hi when you do!

[@melissalee333]

I plan on selling all the heavy furniture before we head south. We will buy what fits in the new place.

[@AddictedtotheMouse]

Smart!

[@relocatingtodisney9044]

Right now, furniture and appliances are being delayed 6-8 months (not everything.... just everything we wanted). Also, the cost of a new living room set would MORE than pay for a moving truck to move it to Florida. if the furniture is old and in poor shape? Get rid of it. Otherwise, really think it through. One more tip: if you are going to move a mattress? Pay the extra money and get a Mattress bag otherwise that mattress is going to be disguising by the time it gets to its destination.

[@melissalee333]

@@relocatingtodisney9044 thanks for the tips. 😊

[@GunnarsGames]

Hire an estate sale company to just do all the work and organizing.