One Month Before Moving

• Call Prosser's Moving & Storage Company to make your reservation or use our handy online form.
  
  
• If you'll be traveling with a pet, be sure to check State and local regulations with regards to transporting animals into the new area.
  
  
• If moving far away, make any necessary travel arrangements like airline, hotel, and rental car reservations. Or plan your travel route if driving.
  
  
• Finalize real estate and apartment rental needs.
  
  
• Place legal, medical, and insurance records in a safe and accessible place.
  
  
• Use the USPS Official Change of Address form to tell the Post Office of your move.
  
  
• Give people who regularly contact you by mail your new address:
  • Friends and family members
  • Banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions
  • Charge card and credit card companies
  • Doctors, dentists, and other service providers
  • State and any other government agencies as needed.
  • The IRS.
  
  
• Save moving receipts (many moving expenses are tax deductible).
  
  
• Make maps of your new neighborhood to familiarize yourself and your family with your new area.
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• Develop a moving budget

Two Weeks Before Moving

• Inform gas, electric, water, cable, local telephone and trash removal services of your move. Sign up for services at your new address.
  
  
• Inform long distance phone company of your move.
  
  
• Confirm travel reservations.
  
  
• Arrange to close or transfer your bank account, if appropriate.

The Day Before Moving

Make sure all medications and things you will need immediately are packed to travel WITH YOU.


• Check the oil and gas in your car if you're driving.
  
  
• If traveling by plane or train, make sure you have tickets, charge cards, and other essentials.

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