Originally Posted by clynns
These hints helped me drastically. I'm trying to get ready to move at the end of Sept. i just bought 20 med size boxes and 15 large boxes from UHAUL last Monday and spent $85.00. This is a drop in the bucket. I do have about 30 see thru 12x12x12 totes purchased at WalMart about 6 months ago to put some of my fabric in. They are see thru with blue or pink tops. I have a tendency to buy collections, a little bit at a time, so these totes are being used for those collections. I'm nervous that I won't have room for all of the fabric. So there will be some great deals on here soon. I am thankful for the idea of using trash bags as a liner inside the boxes. I hadn't even thought about that. Invaluable information on here. Thank you all for reading and responding to questions that people post. Cheryl
You can get boxes from Home Depot and even Wal-Mart pretty cheap. Wal-Mart has a really nice size box for .88 cents.
If you're going to rent a U-Haul I highly recommend you get the safe move insurance. It saved me somewhere between $3 and $5 thousand!!! We were in a hail storm and the windshield, the roof and one whole side of the truck had to be replaced.