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How Much To Tip Movers?

Moving companies are in the service industry, and tipping is a standard way to show your gratitude. At the same time, tipping your movers is not considered something that you have to do. Deciding how much to tip movers is sightly important because you want to factor it into your overall moving costs.

Plan to provide 5% to 20% of your move’s total cost as a tip to the moving team. A decision to pay movers 10% of the total might work perfectly too, if you only work with one team of movers for a few hours. The simplest way to evaluate how much to tip your movers is a scale based on how long the move takes. Generally, $10 per person is acceptable for a half-day (4 hours) and $20 for a full-day (8 hours). If your movers are working from daylight to dark or spending an extravagant amount of time carefully packing fragile items, you can expect to pay up to $40 per person.

An effective approach to tip and encourage movers

Before the moving crew begins with their job, you may want to encourage them to work hard and careful by promising tips at the end of the moving job. In addition to your verbal assurance, you could hand a $10 bill to each mover at the beginning of the move as an added incentive.

However, if this makes you uncomfortable, stick to the general rule that you should tip movers after they’ve completed the job. Don’t give the lump sum to the foreman or driver. Give each worker a tip. Giving each worker their tip recognizes and appreciates their individual efforts. Also, there may be some dishonest foremen who will keep the whole tip for themselves. If you’re happy with the service you received, let each worker know by handing him or her a tip, and smile and say, “Thank you.”

Evaluation criteria to determine mover performance

  • Punctuality

Did your movers arrive on time?

  • Professionalism

Have your movers acted professionally from the moment they have stepped inside your home?

  • Friendliness

Have your movers been nice, friendly, and sociable, or were they rather rude, cold, and disrespectful?

  • Quality and Care

Did the moving team treat your belongings with care and attention to detail? You can tell a lot about the quality of the service you’re paying for by merely observing from a distance how the movers go about handling your possessions and moving boxes. Have your movers done what is necessary to avoid property damage?

  • Dishonesty

Did the hired moving professionals work hard from beginning to end, or have they tried to deliberately extend the time they need to finish the job? Using frequent cigarette or bathroom breaks are the simplest of dishonest and disrespectful time-wasting tricks. This is especially true for moving professionals charging by the hour.

Additional ways you can treat your movers

If the moving crew is doing a wonderful job and you want to show your appreciation other than by tipping, you can also consider offering other incentives:

  • Cold bottles of water and/ or coffee
  • Cookies and snacks
  • Lunch and/ or dinner
  • Gift cards

When offering “pizza and beer” to your professional moving team, keep in mind, many companies have strict policies about employees consuming alcohol when they are working. You don’t want to get a worker in trouble for accepting your hospitality. Make sure to communicate with the moving coordinator ahead of time.

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When you hire a moving company, you want a team of movers that know how to do the job and have been doing the job for many years. They need to be experienced and quick on their feet to relocate boxes and furniture to the truck with care and due diligence. Our Moving Companies have only the best staff working for us, and we like to make sure they continue to get training to provide you with a better and better service each time.

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How To Label Boxes For Moving

When getting ready to move out of your current home and thinking of moving preparation, most of us automatically associate the words disorganization, chaos, stress, and visualize a sea of boxes, from large to small, to wardrobe and pictures. Forget about the bad reputation that moving preparations usually have and let our article help you bring structural organization into your move.

Structured labeling of your boxes is your key to success. It accomplishes two things: (1) It will make your move much more organized, and (2) it will be easier for you and your movers to deal with the process of moving. Especially when unloading boxes into your new home, labeling will save you a lot of time. The movers will know exactly what room to put each box in, which fragile boxes to handle with care, and most importantly, you will know what is in them. This will prevent you from having to open boxes to find out what is inside each one.

1. GATHER THE LABELING TOOLS YOU WILL NEED

  • Markers: You will need a set of high-quality, waterproof, permanent markers. Use a dark color, preferably black, for easy legibility. Orange ink is difficult to read, as are other light colors. Instead, choose a brand that you trust and are familiar with, such as Sharpies. This way, you can use the makers for other purposes long after you’ve completed your relocation process.
  • Multi-color 3 inch round label stickers/ Colored tape: A huge variety of color-coded labels can be found on Amazon. You can easily write or print on them, and they stick to more surfaces than your moving boxes, including plastic, glass, paper, and even clothing! They are perfect as moving labels. You can also use colored tape to create a color-coded labeling system that will enable you to quickly identify your boxes by room when you reach your destination. Colored tape is available in most office supply stores.
  • Inventory list: Making a moving inventory list will help you with the organization of your possessions. At the same time, you will be on track when packing your stuff. Write details like the name of the item and quantity, and always take photos of high-value items. In case of any damage during a move or after, having an accurate inventory list will help you claim insurance. If this isn’t obvious, you should NOT label a box before packing it because you won’t know what you will end up packing in that box. You should also NOT label a moving box way after you’ve packed it because, by that time, you might have forgotten what you put inside the box. The inventory list will help you keep track of all your items if the moving company you choose loses or damages something.

2. COLOR CODE AND LABEL ALL OF YOUR BOXES BY ROOM

An easy method for labeling moving boxes is the color-coded system. This labeling system is straightforward to implement, and it is quite effective. Label your boxes by room. Choosing color-coded moving labels of at least 3-inches in size will guarantee enough space to easily write or print on your labels. This will ensure for anyone who is helping you move to easily understand your color-coded system. Be as specific as possible. Instead of “bathroom,” for instance, say “master bathroom” or “kid’s bathroom” or “guest bathroom” if you have packed these rooms separately.

Designate one different color for each destination room in the new home. For example, orange can be used for the bathroom, red can mean bedroom, green can be associated with the living room, blue can mean kitchen, and so on.

Additional Tips:

  • Label any boxes that you plan on taking yourself as “Do Not Move.”
  • Use a red marker to write down any essential handling instructions on the boxes, such as FRAGILE, HANDLE WITH CARE, THIS SIDE UP, etc. 
  • For boxes that you will need right away, label them as “Pack Last.” This way, the movers will put them on the truck last and unload them first.

3. NUMBER ALL YOUR BOXES.

Numbering your boxes has two primary advantages: 

(1) You’ll automatically know if you’re missing a box because that number will be missing. Otherwise, you might not even notice a box was missing until weeks later when you go looking for an item you don’t have. 

(2) Numbering your boxes makes inventorying your household items easier, and you can quickly double-check your inventory list or spreadsheet by the number to find out what you packed in what numbered box. Especially when you don’t unpack everything during the first week, the numbered boxes in combination with the inventory list will help you find what you need quickly and enable you to go straight to the box to get what you need.

VMoving provides fast transit of goods for our clients

When you hire a moving company, you want a team of movers that know how to do the job and have been doing the job for many years. They need to be experienced and quick on their feet to relocate boxes and furniture to the truck with care and due diligence. Our company has only the best staff working for us, and we like to make sure they continue to get training to provide you with a better and better service each time.

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