Move-In Day Strategies

thumper1
Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:54:40 +0000

Like everyone here…we were able to look at both kids’ dorm room floor plans online. It was pretty easy to figure out what would fit…and what would NOT fit. We only took what would fit…and we made no trips for storage systems to make more fit. We told them to take less! And they did.

I will say…one very important thing to remember. Whatever your kid TAKES…and then accumulates (and I can guarantee you…even boys accumulate “stuff”) will need to be packed up to either be stored, or moved home at the end of the school year. I think this was the single reason our kids took less with them. They knew it was going to be ON THEM to pack it all up at the end of the year. No easy task if there is too much stuff.

As an anecdote. When our 3000 mile away kid graduated, three of us flew SW, and took six empty (borrowed) suitcases with us.we made it very clear to DD that everything had to fit in the six suitcases and UNDER the weight limit as well. Nothing shipped! She did it…but boy did she purge at the last minute!