StudentMoversLogoGG-4-1024×161 smallerStudentMoversLogoGG-4-1024×161 smallerStudentMoversLogoGG-4-1024×161 smallerStudentMoversLogoGG-4-1024×161 smaller
MENU
  • Services
    • Moving Supply Store
    • Office Movers
    • Storage
  • FAQ
    • CA Moving Areas
    • FAQ
    • Video Gallery
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
    • Why Student Movers?
    • Moving Resources
      • Moving Checklist
      • Best Time of Year to Move
      • Moving with Pets
      • Moving with Kids
      • Packing Tips
      • General Moving Tips
    • Giving Back
    • Companies We’ve Moved!
  • Blog
Book My Move
✕
Loyal Customer of Student Movers
Ensure a Smooth Move by Picking the Best Moving Company
April 2, 2015
Professional moving service in California
Tips for Moving In
April 5, 2015

SEVEN WAYS TO GET FREE BOXES FOR YOUR NEXT MOVE

Categories
  • Moving tips
Tags
Tips to move your home things easily

Getting ready to move?  Wondering where you’re going to get boxes?  Wishing you’d somehow kept the boxes from your last move? Finding boxes does take a bit of leg work, but by knowing where to look, it can be the easiest part of the moving process.

  1.  Freecycle

Freecycle (www.freecycle.com) is a great website that connects people with stuff to people who need stuff. You’ll find a ton of interesting things being given away and cardboard boxes are always featured. Additionally, you might just find takers for some of the items lurking in your closets and garage that you don’t want to move.

  1.  Grocery & Retail Stores

At larger box stores, shipments come in daily.  Most of the time these boxes are broken down or crushed, bundled up, and then sent off to a recycling center.  There will be a wide range of sizes and quality, yours for the choosing. The produce boxes are particular sturdy. Ask for a manager when you inquire or simply drive around to the back of the store, look for the loading dock and approach the staff you see.  Chances are, they’re hard at work breaking down boxes that they’re only too happy to give to you instead.

  1.  Schools

This one is easy if you’ve got kids but isn’t the exclusive territory of parents.  Schools receive deliveries of food as well as office supplies.  Check first with the secretary in the office but typically speaking, schools have no more need of their boxes than retail stores.

  1.  Liquor Store

These boxes are built to hold a case of heavy glass containers.  They are the perfect size and sturdiness for books and other knick knacks.  Because liquor stores tend to be small, they may not receive shipments every day.  It may take one or two trips to hit the right day, but any staff member should be able to help you. You can always call ahead to check.

  1.  Book Stores

Speaking of books:  what better way to pack them than back in the same kind of boxes they probably came in?  Bookstores move a lot of merchandise around as well as send a lot of merchandise back, so getting boxes here can be a little trickier than other places.  If there is one in your area though, it’s worth a stop to see what they’ve got.

  1.  Social Media

How many Facebook friends do you have?  Twitter followers?  Enlist your friends and put a call out for any and all boxes that may be lurking in their attics.  Maybe they’ve got a good lead from their last move or maybe they’ve got a friend of a friend trying to get rid of some boxes.  The power of social networking can be overwhelming.  People love to help (and get rid of stuff they don’t need) so be careful what you ask for. You could end up with enough boxes for three moves!

  1.  Recycling Centers

If all else fails, put on your “grungy shoes” and head to your local recycling center.  Not only is there an entire bin dedicated to cardboard, but most people will leave boxes around the center.  See a box of old magazines?  Help the staff out by emptying the box into the paper bin and score one box for yourself.  Definitely the most labor intensive process on the list, but it also has the potential to be the most fun!

Share
2

Related posts

double drive time
June 16, 2020

“Double Drive Time” Law Makes Budgeting Your Move Easier


Read more
May 20, 2020

Moving During the Coronavirus Pandemic


Read more
California moving company truck on the road

The Student Movers Inc.

January 12, 2017

Moving to California Guide


Read more
Angie's List logo
Book your move now with movers in orange county

Our Service Area Covers ALL of California!

Anaheim
Bakersfield
Balboa Island
Big Bear
Carlsbad
Chula Vista
Corona
Costa Mesa
Daly City
Davis
Diamond Bar
Downey
Elk Grove
Fair Oaks
Fairfield
Fallbrook
Folsom
Fremont
Fresno
Fullerton
Huntington Beach
Irvine
Laguna Beach
Laguna Niguel
Lake Arrowhead
Lake Elsinore
Los Angeles
Marin County
Menifee
Murrieta
Newport Beach
Orange County
Riverside
Roseville
Sacramento
San Bernadino
San Clemente
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
San Rafael
Santa Clarita
Santa Margarita
Temecula
Trabuco Canyon
Tustin
Vacaville

Quick Support

  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

Locate Us:

Student Movers
41176 Guava St, Ste A,
Murrieta, CA 92562

7171 Warner Ave, Ste B
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

2901 West Coast Hwy,
Newport Beach, CA 92663
1-877-336-6838


Copyright © 2021 Student Movers All rights reserved. Student Movers,Inc. ®. US D.O.T.: 2769852 CAL T-190759