Any tips on packing your own boxes?

[mandy1970]

We have found a local shipping agent who are very well priced but we have to pack our own boxes, which is what we wanted so we can do it bit by bit.

Has anyone else done this? We are not taking furniture with us so everything is quite small. So far I have 1 box packed with my fancy dinner set that only comes out at Xmas!!
I have wraped it in bubble wrap and packed around it with paper which seems to do the trick.

I know you have to write an itinery of all the things but how detailed does it have to be eg
6 dinner plates or 6 x 9ins dinner plates, white china with gold banding.

Any tips would be great.
Mandy

[johatts]

"detailed" intinary!

We packed everything ourselves and used all our bedding to package around china adn also shredded paper. Great for packing glasses in!

[mandy1970]

Just read my mistake

Should have been inventory not itinery. doh!!!

[kia1]

Hi i was advised by a firend when it comes to packing make sure you use tea towels bedding towels etc rather than shredded paper as you are paying to take over newspaper if you get my drift
good luck with your packing

[calNgary]

crown packed ours but did use bedding as well as paper to pack around breakable things,,also rememeber if you roll clothes youll get more in a case!
Cal x

[Julie Fairway]

hello what shippers did you use thanks.were they good?

[REYNOLDS FAMILY]

Originally Posted by calNgary

crown packed ours but did use bedding as well as paper to pack around breakable things,,also rememeber if you roll clothes youll get more in a case!
Cal x

Hi CalNGary,
We are only taking our personal items and leaving our furniture here, how much do they charge to ship over boxes ? and how big were they ?

thanks sooo much
Fleur

[kia1]

HI WERE USING FOXS REMOVALS AND FOR A BOX JUST BIGGER THAN A FRIDGE 2FT BY 2FT IT WORKS OUT AT 70.00 A BOX AND THAT INCLUDES SHIPPING BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE DELIVERED IN OZ.
ONLY REASON WERE GOING WITH THEM IS THAT THEY ARE JUST DOWN THE ROAD.