Moving to a new home can be a hassle, and many people do it on a weekend because that’s when they have more time. As a result, depending on the professional movers you hire for the job, they might be booked solid during weekends, which will make it more difficult to get them to manage your move as well. Some companies will, therefore, ask for more money when considering weekend jobs.
The best way to save money on your move is to hire your company to move your stuff during the week. Because their schedule will be freer, they’ll be able to give you a better deal and bring in workers even at short notice, so that you won’t have any unpleasant surprises.
As a result, you’ll find it’s often better to consider taking a day or two off work to handle the move properly, instead of just doing it on the weekend. If your home is not too big and you don’t have a lot of stuff to move, then you could have everything packaged and moved in record time, and you might not even need the movers’ help for the packaging process.
Ultimately, hiring a dependable team of local movers during the week will not only help you save a lot of money but also make sure that you have a team of strong and rested moving experts who will take care of your move without any issue.
Gabriel Kierson
Founder and Owner at American Moving and Storage
Gabriel Kierson is the founder and owner of American Moving and Storage, a Boulder-based licensed carrier with 28 years of operation and more than 40,000 moves completed across Colorado and the country.
A Certified Moving Consultant, Certified ProMover, and Bekins senior-certified agent, he leads a company that maintains an annual claims rate under 1% and crew tenure averaging nearly seven years. He writes on residential and commercial moving, long-distance and mountain logistics, containerized storage, and specialty-item handling.