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Moving Checklist:
- Send
change of address to: Post Office, Charge Accounts, and
Credit Card Accounts, Friends & Relatives and Subscriptions. Remember
that your notice requires several weeks for magazines.
- Notify
your bank. Transfer funds, arrange check cashing in new
city.
- Insurance:
Notify new location for insurance coverage (life, health,
fire, auto, homeowner's.)
- Automobile:
Transfer car title, car registration, car tags, driver's
license, state windshield sticker, and motor club membership.
- Utilities:
Gas, light, cable TV, water, telephone get refund of
any deposits made. Arrange for immediate service in new
town. Arrange final reading and change of name for billing.
- Delivery
People: Cancel laundry, newspaper and milk.
- School:
Ask for copies or transfer of children's records. Ask
For: Medical records of family and pets.
- Drug
and Eye Contact or Glasses Prescriptions to be transferred.
Doctor and Pharmacist recommendations.
- Letters
of Introduction to transfer memberships.
- Pet
requirements in new city.
- Empty
freezer; plan use of foods. Defrost freezer-refrigerator.
(Place charcoal to dispel odors.)
- Have
appliances serviced for moving.
- Clean
rugs or clothing, before moving; have them "moving-wrapped."
- Check
with your moving counselor: insurance coverage, packing
and unpacking labor, arrival day, various shipping papers,
method and time of expected payment.
- Plan
for special care needs of infants.
- Plan
garage sale.
- On
your moving day: Carry currency, jewelry, documents yourself;
or use registered mail.
- Plan
for transporting pets. (They are poor traveling companions
if unhappy.) Make sure you can be found if they become
lost.
- Carry
traveler's checks for quick available funds. Tell close
friends or relatives your route and schedule (including
overnight stops). Use them as "message headquarters."
- Double
check closets, drawers, and shelves (to be sure they
are empty).
- Arrange
to leave keys with new tenant, owner or agent.
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