Moving

Next stop: Spokane.

From financial risks to emotional ones.

From questionable quotes to credentials.

Calling all bookworms.

Step one? Bag it up.

It's all here.

From packing files to glassware.

He's sawed, hauled, and expertly reconstructed so many sofas.

According to someone who did.

According to a professional.

We're all coping with our lives being upended by the virus.

No need to hold onto those expired spices.

It's not always easy.

Hello, dolly.

Consider making use of the things you already own.

See you soon, Justin Trudeau.

Here's how to do it.

Next stop, paradise.

Moving is certainly not cheap. But you'll need to account for tips.

Keep your towels close and your toothbrush closer.

Moving? We're here to help.

Never underestimate tool kits.

Being paid to move to a place doesn't have to mean moving to a half-abandoned village in the middle of nowhere.

It's not when you'd think.

It's pretty darn scary—but totally doable.

Being there for someone when they move is one of those instances when love and care creates a lasting memory and an imprint of compassion on a friend's heart.

While a short-term move may never be stress-free, there are a handful of things that can prevent the event from feeling completely traumatizing.

Plus expert advice on what makes cohabitation successful.

You know what they say when you assume: You make... well, you know.

Let’s go Goodwill hunting, renter-style.

Save money—and a little sanity, too.

Yeesh! With a price this high, no wonder college graduates are delaying move-in day.

Every sign has signature quirks, astrologists say. So, we asked them to share what you might come to know about your roommates, based on their zodiac signs.

As if Amazon didn’t already do everything, it's now dipping into real estate with a lead-generation partnership with Realogy, the parent company of national brokerages.

The thing that makes the biggest difference between an apartment and a "home" surprisingly isn't just your salary—it's your mentality.

If you're holding off on an IKEA run until after move-in day, you're missing out big time.

Though many New Yorkers dream of knocking down walls or upgrading to a bigger apartment to get a Carrie Bradshaw-sized closet, living with one of the smallest I'd ever seen for six years taught me that I don't need a walk-in closet. Ever. No one does.

It's easy to get so overwhelmed you don't know where to start when moving, but I'll make it simple for you: Here's one thing that you can do, right now.

Whether it's trying to save some cash, find more room, or give a relationship a real shot, it's likely you'll pack up everything you own in cardboard boxes and rent a moving van more than once before you hit 30.

Here's how experts say you can avoid dorm-life flashbacks.

To help make the moving process easier on Fido and Fluffy, we’ve asked animal trainers and behaviorists for their best pet-friendly moving tips.

Moving down the block or across town is stressful enough, but nothing compares to a long-distance move. Those Herculean tasks always remind me of an hilarious Hyperbole and a Half comic: Author Allie Brosh’s excellently described her move from Montana to Oregon as “nearly as stressful and futile as trying to run away from lava in swim fins.” Packing up all your belongings is one thing. Relocating nearly everything in your adult life—utilities, friendships, jobs, etc.

There's a good chance you're either over- or underestimating how long your move will take.

Moving is already a pain under the best circumstances, but there are even more reasons to dread it during the summer. It’s when the vast majority of moves take place, says Adam Doron, CEO of Unpakt, a booking and pricing site for movers. Because demand is high, prices are often at a premium and logistics are trickier than in other times of the year. But you don’t have to abandon your possessions curbside, Oregon Trail-style.

When I had to coordinate moves across continents three times in the span of a decade, I quickly realized I had been living in a bubble, unable to see my truest self.

Moving. UGH. Packing your entire apartment and schlepping it across town? I’d much rather use those cardboard boxes for just about anything besides moving. (Fort building competition, anyone?) But, alas, people do move. In fact, about 35 million Americans do every year. So why do that many people put themselves through all that labor and legwork? Well, Porch, a company which connects homeowners with home-oriented professionals, asked more than 1,000 people just that.

Moving is one of life’s most stressful events, and it’s no wonder why. It’s expensive. You have to go through all your belongings and decide what no longer sparks joy. Then there’s all the packing. This is all before actual moving day rolls around, which adds physical labor to the equation. It’s not hard to see why the whole thing generally makes people want to pull their hair out.But it doesn’t have to be that way!

It’s so easy to let our things pile up until moving day when you look around and can’t believe how much stuff you have. But wouldn’t it be far more productive to do regular “cleanse-outs,” where you routinely look at your stuff with a critical eye? We posed that question to Ali Wenzke, a moving expert—she and her family have moved 10 times in 11 years in seven states around the U.S.