Comments on: How to Cut Your Moving Costs http://moneysmartlife.com/how-to-cut-your-moving-costs/ Money Tips for a Better Life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:43:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amber Jones http://moneysmartlife.com/how-to-cut-your-moving-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-116705 Amber Jones Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:48:41 +0000 http://moneysmartlife.com/?p=1099#comment-116705 It is so important to set a budget for your move! We recently moved from Selma North Carolina to Austin Texas. That was a BIG move! There were a lot of things we had to take into consideration. We had to think about not only moving costs (Uhaul rentals, gas) but also food on the road for those helping us, airplane tickets back to North Carolina for them, Set up costs here (deposits, hook up fees, initial rent) not to mention groceries to refill the fridge and feed those that helped us move until their flight back home.... There was so much to consider.... Thankfully, we sat down and wrote out what we would need, erring on the side of caution... And we made it. We had enough to get down here and a lil more to get the few things we wanted to go ahead and get to start "settling" in. Oh, also, the other thing that helped was tracking expenses. We kept all receipts and wrote them down so that we knew how much we were spending and where it was all going. It is so important to set a budget for your move! We recently moved from Selma North Carolina to Austin Texas. That was a BIG move! There were a lot of things we had to take into consideration. We had to think about not only moving costs (Uhaul rentals, gas) but also food on the road for those helping us, airplane tickets back to North Carolina for them, Set up costs here (deposits, hook up fees, initial rent) not to mention groceries to refill the fridge and feed those that helped us move until their flight back home….

There was so much to consider….

Thankfully, we sat down and wrote out what we would need, erring on the side of caution… And we made it. We had enough to get down here and a lil more to get the few things we wanted to go ahead and get to start “settling” in.

Oh, also, the other thing that helped was tracking expenses. We kept all receipts and wrote them down so that we knew how much we were spending and where it was all going.

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