{"id":1559,"date":"2010-09-13T12:38:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T12:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2010-09-13T12:38:48","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T12:38:48","slug":"moving-problems-for-students-heading-to-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/1559","title":{"rendered":"Moving Problems For Students Heading To University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the problems students living in university accommodation have to deal with is the need to move all of their possessions out of their rooms at the end of every term &#8211; and then back in again a few weeks later.While this isn&#8217;t a new situation &#8211; it was the same for me when I was at university 10+ years ago &#8211; it isn&#8217;t getting any easier to solve.<\/p>\n<p>There are two main problems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where to put all the &#8216;stuff&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>How to transport it there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students with their own cars have an advantage over those without &#8211; but having your own car isn&#8217;t necessarily a solution &#8211; many small cars are just too small, especially if two friends are travelling home together.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I&#8217;d like to suggest two possible solutions for struggling students. Neither of them cost the earth and both are safer and easier than a hugely overloaded car:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2439&amp;awinaffid=72569&amp;clickref=student&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigyellow.co.uk%2Fpersonal%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Self Storage<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Companies like <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2439&amp;awinaffid=72569&amp;clickref=student&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigyellow.co.uk%2Fpersonal%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Big Yellow<\/strong><\/a> operate affordable self storage units all over the UK (Big Yellow has 72 locations). You only pay for what you use and the minimum term is often just one week.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/studentvanhire.php\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Student van hire<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; although minimum age requirements can be a problem for students trying to hire a van, it may be possible for students heading to the same location to club together and hire a van between 2\/3 people &#8211; only one of them needs to be old enough to drive it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find out about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/onewayvanhire.php\" target=\"_self\"><strong>one-way van hire<\/strong><\/a> here and find more details on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/studentvanhire.php\" target=\"_self\"><strong>student self storage and student van hire <\/strong><\/a>here.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in case you are transporting all of your belongings to and from university in a small car, here are a few tips from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iam.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">IAM<\/a> to help you keep things safe and legal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pack belongings securely &#8211; loose objects can be distracting and if  the driver needs to brake sharply unsecured items could fly forward and  hit those sitting in front<\/li>\n<li>Where possible pack heavy items in the boot, and as low as possible<\/li>\n<li>Loading a car until it\u2019s ready to burst can obstruct the already  dangerous \u2018blind spot\u2019 view further, making the driver more vulnerable  when changing lanes. Loads should be made as small as possible and  positioned to enable a clear view. Students should take essentials on  the first trip and ask their family to bring more items later if they  don\u2019t all fit in<\/li>\n<li>A long drive can lead to fatigue, so drivers should get plenty of  rest beforehand. For the journey wear comfortable, loose clothing. The  driving seat should be adjusted to a safe upright position and the  heating\/air-conditioning set to a cool \u2013 not cold \u2013 temperature. You  should take a break at least every two hours, and driving at night  should be avoided<\/li>\n<li>Having a full car will use more fuel; keep an eye on the fuel level  to make sure you don\u2019t suddenly run dry.\u00a0 Running out of fuel on a  motorway puts your safety at risk, and it will be very expensive to call  out help to top you up<\/li>\n<li>Check tyre pressures before setting off. Tyres on a full and heavy  car usually require higher pressure. The right pressures prevent  unnecessary wear, excess fuel consumption and potentially dangerous  blow-outs<\/li>\n<li>Driving on unfamiliar roads can be unnerving. Sat navs can help and  enable the driver to re-route quickly and relatively easily, but can be  expensive. It\u2019s always best to plan the journey before hitting the road,  using a map or online journey planner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students moving to university can face difficulties fitting all their possessions into a car (assuming they have one). Two alternative solutions are self storage during the holidays and moving stuff using a shared hire van.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[463],"tags":[902,1960,899,900,901,897,898,18,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}