Moving day can go a lot smoother if you plan ahead and prepare for it. The first thing you should do is shortlist a bunch of moving companies in your area. The one particular thing you HAVE to ensure is that you shortlist actual moving companies.”Moving companies” can be split in to two categories – Brokerages and Real moving companies. Brokerages are literally middle men and they do not possess any infrastructure other than a call center that is based in an office.
It is very difficult to tell the two apart and it is important that you make the effort to identify which is which. This is because brokerages have little or no liability. This is how a brokerage process works – Typically you will place the booking, pay a deposit and they will outsource the job to one of their contacts (a moving company or mostly an individual). On the designated day, a moving truck with a few men will arrive. This is where the problem starts. The money you paid is not for the moving service. You will have to negotiate that with the person in charge who comes with the truck.
Apart from this, you have no guarantee that the men who do the moving have had background checks done on them. You also do not know if they are qualified to pack and move things in the proper manner. In a worst case scenario, you might not even get some or all of your belongings at the destination.This is why it is imperative that you begin the process of hunting for a moving company and deal with one that is established and has a proven track record.