{"id":5668,"date":"2013-12-13T16:28:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T16:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2018-02-08T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T19:46:11","slug":"moving-house-in-the-new-year-check-out-these-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/5668","title":{"rendered":"Moving House In The New Year? Check Out These Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/europcar-van-hire-2-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Europcar van hire moving house\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Are you moving house in the New Year? With Christmas looming, it&#8217;s tempting to forget about 2014 until it happens, but as I write, it&#8217;s less than three weeks until the 1st January!<\/p>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;re using a removals firm, you may be doing your packing yourself, and if you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/diyremovals.php\">planning a DIY move with a hired van<\/a>, then you need to be doubly thorough and efficient with your packing.<\/p>\n<p>Car and van hire firm <a href=\"http:\/\/europcar.evyy.net\/c\/30237\/72580\/1027?subId1=vrblog5668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Europcar<\/a> has put together some tips to help you pack and prepare &#8212; have a quick read. I recently move house myself, and I can confirm that this advice does make a big difference and is well worth the early effort.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once you know you are going to be moving, have an initial clear out of possessions.<\/li>\n<li>Take stock of everything that needs moving and use Europcar\u2019s van calculator online to book the right size van<\/li>\n<li>Book your van in advance to be sure you get the right vehicle for your needs<\/li>\n<li>Wrap up fragile items carefully<\/li>\n<li>Make use of pillows, blankets and duvets to pack around breakables<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t fill up large boxes, as they\u2019ll be too heavy to move<\/li>\n<li>Pack heavy items, like books, in smaller boxes to keep them manageable<\/li>\n<li>Colour code the boxes to identify where they need to go in the new house. This reduces stress at the other end<\/li>\n<li>Consider having the van delivered to you &#8212; you\u00a0<em>don&#8217;t\u00a0<\/em>want to have to go and collect it on the day, when you are trying to finish the last bits of packing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more tips on DIY removals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/diyremovals.php\">click here<\/a> for our free illustrated moving guide. Once you&#8217;re ready to book a hire van, then head on over to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/\">van hire comparison engine to find the cheapest<\/a>, closest van hire branch to your location. We can even do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/onewayvanhire.php\">prices for one-way van hire<\/a>, if you&#8217;re moving to a new area.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, don&#8217;t forget to have a great Christmas and New Year before the move &#8212; I&#8217;m sure it will go brilliantly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving house in the New Year? Cut the cost and save stress with these handy tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1820,1678],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668"}],"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=5668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10847,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions\/10847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}