The equipment necessary are boxes (or big plastic tubs), tape and some form of cushioning used to protect valuable items (such as newspaper, bubble wrap or tissue paper). As stated before, most of the equipment may be readily available, but if not it can be purchased from most local stores. In addition, another fine packing tips is to go behind stores (alleys) and look for boxes that are being prepared to be recycled. These boxes have usually only been used once and are in great shape if it has not rained recently. Just be sure to get boxes that are closed on all sides so they can be taped closed once all items are properly stored.

When packing away valuable items, a smart thing to do would be to place clothes between glass items. This contains your valuables and gives them an extra cushion as to give another form of insurance to prevent breaking your valuables. One of the fine moving tips in this article is to put bubble wrap around glass or valuables. This can also be substituted with newspaper, free newspaper can found for free in most public places (classified papers). Once boxes are properly ordered, they should be labeled so that when one is opening them up once again, they can easily put everything in its place. Labeling can be done with a giant permanent marker or special big plastic tubs. All valuable items should be placed on top of heavy items as to not squish important things. Note that paperwork can accumulate and become heavy without you even knowing.

Now that all equipment is prepared, boxes closed with tape and things sorted for weight value, one must be sure to decide how they are going to transport all the boxes. Transportation can be done with trips in a car, renting a third party company to ship things for you or to take them to a local mailing office and paying to have them ground ship things for you. Each option must be valued on the basis of cost, time and effort. It may be easier to ship things yourself if you are moving within the same city or if one is moving across the country, it may be easier to hire a company to take them for you or even if one is moving out of the country it may be better to ground ship your items through a mailing company.