{"id":95,"date":"2017-03-06T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-storageofmt.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2025-01-10T20:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:03:37","slug":"self-storage-tips-for-traveling-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Self-Storage Tips for Traveling Long-Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be traveling or moving to a far away location, then you will need to deal with all your belongings in the best way possible.\u00a0 You will have to downsize and cut away a lot of your belongings so that you can make the move, especially if you are not planning on leaving a home behind.\u00a0 In many cases you will be able to leave some of your belongings with family or friends, letting them use them or giving them away completely, in other instances you will have to deal with a self-storage facility.\u00a0 The following tips will give you some knowledge on how you can prepare yourself for that day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choosing a Self-Storage Facility<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the first things you have to do with your efforts is to figure out which local company has the most cost-effective solution for your needs.\u00a0 It would be wisest to choose a self-storage facility located near a major street or even a highway, this will give you the easiest access at all times.\u00a0 There is more than that though properties outside city limits may also be less expensive.\u00a0 Here is a great article about <a href=\"http:\/\/a-storageofmt.com\/blog\/4UxSG\">Finding a storage unit for your next move<\/a>.\u00a0 <span id=\"more-5495\"><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Downsizing Your Belongings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you have chosen the location of the storage unit you will need to rid yourself of all the things that you won\u2019t be using anymore.\u00a0 Large pieces of furniture that you know you won\u2019t need should go away, allowing others to make use of them.\u00a0 You can use classifieds websites to help facilitate get the job done or you can organize a yard sale.\u00a0 Alternately, you can just donate them to a charity to pass through the process faster.\u00a0 If you are doing a yard sale remember to keep prices low so you won\u2019t have pack all of you belongings up.\u00a0 The main idea is to get something out of the whole ordeal so you can help to counteract the expenses of your move.\u00a0 Be sure and get a receipt from the charities then you can get the tax write-offs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Packing Phase<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Once you h<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-245 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/69cac5cb-73ff-4ce0-8dd6-dd3eb5c29f80-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/69cac5cb-73ff-4ce0-8dd6-dd3eb5c29f80-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/69cac5cb-73ff-4ce0-8dd6-dd3eb5c29f80-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/69cac5cb-73ff-4ce0-8dd6-dd3eb5c29f80-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/69cac5cb-73ff-4ce0-8dd6-dd3eb5c29f80-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/69cac5cb-73ff-4ce0-8dd6-dd3eb5c29f80.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ave completed the downsizing phase of your preparations you must pay close attention to the packing of everything that is left for your storage unit. One of the most important moments here is labeling all you boxes so you\u2019ll know what is goes where later on.\u00a0 Make certain to do that in a way that will allow you easy access once they have been delivered to their final destination.\u00a0 Having a good list on-site will help to organize things and find where everything is whenever you need to return to the storage unit.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Moving<\/strong><strong> Things<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After all your preparation is complete you will need to move everything to its final destination.\u00a0 One thing to remember when you are storing things is to avoid over-stuffing and making the stacked boxes to tall.\u00a0 This will only serve to make them more unstable and dangerous to everything you have stored inside.\u00a0 Remember to stack heavy boxes on the bottom, this will give you a stable base to work with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be traveling or moving to a far away location, then you will need to deal with all your belongings in the best way possible.\u00a0 You will have to downsize and cut away a lot of your belongings so that you can make the move, especially if you are not planning on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.a-storagemt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}