Stress-Free Holiday Moves with Reusable Boxes for a Smooth Transition

As the year draws to a close, many people find themselves balancing holiday celebrations, travel, and—sometimes—the added complexity of moving. Whether it’s a career opportunity, a new home, or simply a fresh start, moving during the holiday season comes with unique challenges. Elephant Trunk Moving Supplies understands the demands of a holiday move and offers efficient, eco-friendly options to make the process easier. Here’s a guide to help you manage your holiday move seamlessly, so you can enter the New Year with everything in place.

1. Plan Ahead to Beat the Holiday Rush

The holiday season is packed with activities, travel, and gatherings, so planning your move in advance is crucial. Book your moving truck, pack up seasonal decorations early, and create a realistic timeline.

• Make a Checklist: Start by listing all tasks, from packing and cleaning to scheduling your moving services. Checking things off will keep you on track.

• Pack Early for Less Stress: Tackling packing in phases—like tackling one room each weekend—will help prevent last-minute chaos.

When you plan early, you’ll have more time to pack mindfully, keeping items protected and organized.

2. Use Reusable Moving Supplies to Stay Organized and Save Time

Traditional cardboard boxes are often a hassle to source, assemble, and dispose of, especially during the holidays. This is where reusable plastic moving boxes from Elephant Trunk can be game-changers.

• Sturdy and Stackable: Unlike cardboard, plastic boxes are strong and uniform, making them easier to stack and transport.

• Free Delivery and Pickup: Save time by having your boxes delivered and picked up once you’re done, so you can focus on holiday plans instead of recycling cardboard.

Using reusable boxes not only keeps you organized but also reduces your environmental footprint—a thoughtful choice for a season that can otherwise lead to excess waste.

3. Declutter and Pack Essentials First

One of the best ways to prepare for a holiday move is to declutter beforehand. Moving fewer items saves time, money, and stress—plus, it makes unpacking easier.

• Create a “Holiday Essentials Box”: Pack up essentials like holiday decorations, special kitchenware, and even gifts in a clearly labeled box so they’re accessible upon arrival.

• Donate or Discard Unused Items: Before packing, assess your belongings. November is a wonderful time to donate items you no longer need, bringing joy to others during the season.

If you’re in need of moving supplies, Elephant Trunk’s bundles come with labels and markers to help keep things organized and easy to find.

4. Schedule Packing and Unpacking Around Holiday Events

The holidays are filled with events, making it important to allocate dedicated time to pack and unpack without interrupting your celebrations.

• Set a Packing Schedule: Allocate specific days for packing and keep holiday weekends open for family and friends.

• Use Quick-Move Essentials: With Elephant Trunk’s reusable boxes, you can pack and unpack efficiently without wrestling with cardboard or worrying about disposal.

Having a structured plan keeps you moving forward without interfering with seasonal festivities. 

5. Add a Few Personal Touches to Ease the Transition

Moving is an emotional process, especially during the holidays. Adding a few seasonal touches can help bring comfort to your new space, helping it feel like home sooner.

• Bring a Few Decorations: Pack a small box of holiday decor for a cozy, festive feeling on arrival.

• Plan for a Family Meal: Celebrate your new space by organizing a simple meal with loved ones once you’ve moved in.

Ready to Make Your Holiday Move Seamless?

A holiday move can be hectic, but with the right tools and a solid plan, you can transition smoothly into the New Year. Whether it’s reusable boxes or time-saving moving supplies, Elephant Trunk Moving Supplies is here to make your holiday move stress-free. Start the season off right and reach out to us for all your moving needs!

Whether to Rent Plastic Containers or use Cardboard Boxes for your next move?

Regardless of how you do it, moving is rarely anxiety-proof.  There are too many moving parts.  So to be as less anxious as you might, renting from a business that provides rentable, reusable containers, could well be the best way to go. 

In terms of availability, you most likely will have to reside in a larger city to rent reusable boxes.  But, here are the advantages:

• These companies will deliver the containers to your sold home and then pick them up at your new home on your terms. 

• These plastic containers nest within each other, so they take up much less space and provide much less awkwardness than the cardboard box. 

• You will not have to put boxes together (and if you’ve ever fought with a tape gun, you’ll recognize that the gun most often wins), and you’ll have nothing to break down and recycle.

As for the convenience of the plastic containers, aside from not having to put them together,

• It will be quickly noticed that they are labeled easily,

• They are easy to open, and they will not have to be cut open and taped and re-taped. 

• f you pack something early and decide it is something needed before the move, you won’t have to blade a box, then remove tape only to have to re-tape it once more. 

• Again, if you’ve ever gone into combat with a tape gun, you’ll not want to do such again, regardless of your being a competent human and will defeat the gun at some point. 

Plastic containers stack very nicely, as opposed to the random cardboard box. Moving companies have dollies that accommodate these containers.  These boxes stack well, so they don’t slide around in a moving truck.  Because they fit snugly, they take up less space in a moving truck, so you might spend less for the space.  As they are easy to move, they oftentimes pay for themselves as they can take hours off a move.  They also do not burst from the bottom, as cardboard boxes do.

Another huge advantage reusable plastic containers have over cardboard boxes is that they are pest-free.  Insects such as roaches and termites are all too happy to nest within, and it is easily possible to accidentally transfer the miscreants to your next home. 

Plastic containers are often made from recyclable materials.  They can be reused many times, and the advantage of this is easily obvious to those even negligibly aware.

When the move is over, you don’t have to find a place in a landfill to place plastic containers.  The renter will pick them up, so your consideration of them will be over. That they must be returned by a certain date is to the renter’s advantage, as that serves as motivation to get on with the unpacking. 

Unless you are considering storing your possessions for a long period of time, the choice between purchasing cardboard boxes versus renting plastic containers is all kinds of lopsided towards the containers. When you consider the ease, economics, and ecological advantages involved in the renting of plastic containers in a local move, this is the only way to go.

Here is another article by Leslie Lang on the same topic:

https://www.sparefoot.com/self-storage/blog/19299-which-is-better-for-moving-plastic-containers-or-cardboard-boxes/

Give us a call at Elephant Trunk Moving Supplies at 214-755-4675 or send us a message about your next move. We are glad to help.