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Editor’s Note: Moving Help® is not suggesting or recommending you specifically hire a Service Provider who gave unpacking advice for this article. Customers are responsible for researching, reviewing, and selecting their own providers.
With March nearly gone and spring already here in 2025, the Moving Help Marketplace thought it’d be a great idea to give its customers some unpacking tips. But who better to read advice from than the professionals who do it every day — or at least quite often.
That’s right. Moving Help asked its Service Providers to give us their best unpacking help advice. Our Moving Helpers will provide you with six useful unpacking tips.
6 Unpacking Tips for You
We had Moving Help labor-only movers offer their best unpacking tips for Moving Help customers. Each tip comes from their own experiences of helping other customers just like you.
Editor’s Note: Answers were copy edited for clarity, brevity, style, and conciseness.
1. Cleaning as You Go
While you’re taking your things out of boxes and placing things into their new spot in your new home, you’ll have plenty of trash leftover. That’s why Charlotte Moving And Logistics recommends being prepared to handle trash. The company also recommends using box cutters and gloves.
“Clean as you go,” Charlotte Moving And Logistics recommended. “Have a bag ready for paper, tape, and a box built to put broken down boxes into to transport easier.”
2. Labeling Rooms Is Your Best Friend
Customers like to label their items because it helps them keep track of their belongings. Do you know who else likes labeling? Your Moving Helpers.
When you label rooms in your house, you can direct traffic much easier and quicker for your labor-only movers. This is what Elite Moving Co. LLC recommends.
“Customers should label the rooms in their house,” Elite Moving Co. LLC recommended. “So, when they’re directing their movers, they can quickly and easily say a number instead of trying to explain where they want the item to go.
3. Communication Goes a Long Way
Communication between the customer and the Moving Helper is critical. With clear communication, you can avoid most potential mishaps.
Choice Movers recommends communication being key.
Staying in communication with the client about where items will go is important, Choice Movers said. Additionally, if the customer had something damaged during their transit to notify them, Choice Movers said.
4. Thoughtful Unpacking Starts With Thoughtful Packing
Before customers can even begin the unpacking process, they obviously have to start at the beginning — which is the packing process. E & A Moving, LLC.’s top tip is preparation and organization.
To ensure a smooth unpacking process, the key is to start with thoughtful packing, E & A Moving, LLC. recommended. Clear labels on boxes and specific rooms will help the Moving Helpers efficiently place items in the right areas upon arrival, E & A Moving, LLC. recommended.
This step allows your provider to prioritize rooms when time is limited, which creates an organized and stress-free unpacking experience for customers, E & A Moving, LLC. recommended.
5. Provide as Much Details as Possible
Everyone wants a smooth move. This is why it’s critical for customers to provide as many details as possible. This will help the Moving Help Service Providers scale the team appropriately for each job, Cap City Movers recommended.
6. Establish Priority Rooms
Obviously, each customer will prioritize rooms differently in the customer’s home compared to other customers. The most common rooms to prioritize will be the kitchen and bedrooms.
Customers should prioritize areas like the kitchen and living and leave undecided spaces such as the guest rooms and offices for last, Cap City Movers recommended.
Additional Moving Tips
If you need some additional moving help, check out these articles below. Our Moving Help Service Providers even provided some tips in those articles.
6 Unpacking Tips to Make Moving Day Smoother
Moving doesn’t have to be an unpleasant experience. These six unpacking tips can help your moving day experience go easier and quicker. With the Moving Help Marketplace, you can hire moving labor Service Providers to get the extra help you need from the professionals while being affordable for your budget.
Moving Helpers can assist with packing and unpacking, loading and unloading, and other moving labor services.
