Household goods move - Relocation 101

Most clients as part of their relocation policies provide household goods move.  What is a household goods move?  It is the packing, loading and shipping of all the goods in a transferring employee’s home.  There are things that the moving companies cannot move and things that are not permitted per the policy.  Also, there is usually a weight limit.  When you are explaining the relocation policy to an employee and spouse or just the employee, this is one piece of the program that you want to make sure you go over.  One of the first things I usually mention is that depending on the time of year, the movers may need more than a couple of weeks to get your goods surveyed, packed loaded and move to the new location or stored.  Summer is always extra busy because families are trying to get moved prior to school starting in the new location.  Most employees want to get their kids to the new location and settled so that they can make some new friends before starting to school.  From about Mid-April to September, is the busiest time of year for professional movers. When going over the policy regarding the household goods move, I always pointed in the policy, where it mentioned the movement of household goods and explained that they needed to read what was allowed and what was not.  There were also specialty items that could be shipped with approval from the client.  Such items were taxidermy, pool tables, foosball table, Ping-Pong table, gun safes and other items that aren’t considered to be normal household goods.  There were also items that you don’t think about when moving that aren’t allowed, for example, chemicals, ammunition, wine, liquor, fuel and perishable food.  Wine collections or liquor collections can be shipped by specialty movers at the cost of the employee.  Otherwise, it’s going to be a great block party!There is also a service called Discard and Donate that a lot of clients allow the use of by the employees, as it reduces the weight of the household goods shipment.  It can be really handy if you have collected items over the years and don’t really want to keep them, but haven’t had the chance to get rid of them.  Ideally, it is best to place the order for the household goods movement at least 4 weeks in advance unless it is summertime or close to summertime and then you want to place the order as soon as possible.  Don’t wait until you sell your home to request the household goods move.  There could be the chance the movers cannot accommodate your move date.  One other thing to think about is this, if your home doesn’t have enough allowable goods to fill an 18 wheeler, they there will be other household goods on the same truck.  Most drivers do not take just one load.  The goods are delivered in the opposite direction they were loaded.  If your goods are loaded first, you will be the last delivery.  You will receive a delivery window for your goods, once the truck is loaded. If you are moving to a downtown/metropolitan area, 18 wheelers are not always allowed.  So a permit is usually needed and this is a cost that the client normally picks up.  Also, if the area doesn’t allow room for an 18wheeler, then a shuttle truck/van would be needed.  The relocation consultant goes over the household goods move, but the order doesn’t get placed until the employee is ready.  The employees are reminded that the closer to summer the more time is needed to meet their move date.   The employees start date in the new location drives a lot of those pieces..  

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