Whether you’re moving within New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, or another surrounding area, moving can quickly become stressful, overwhelming, and incredibly time-consuming. Many people don’t realize just how much they own, or how long it will take to pack everything, until they actually start preparing for a move.
If you’ve never hired a professional packing service before, you may also be wondering what professional packers actually do and whether hiring packing help is worth it.
Professional packing help can take a significant amount of the physical work, time, and moving stress off your plate while helping you feel more prepared for moving day.
Benefits of Hiring Professional Packing Services
To help you decide if it’s the right option for your move, we’ve put together seven of the biggest benefits of hiring professional packing help in New Orleans.
1. Get Help Decluttering Before You Pack
Before we start packing, we can help you declutter, go through your belongings, and help you decide what you want to keep, donate, or get rid of. We can also assist with donation drop-offs.
This means you aren’t paying to pack and move things you don’t actually want in your new home, and you can start fresh with less clutter.
This is completely optional, but many of our clients choose to have us help them declutter before we begin packing. Moving is a great opportunity to go through your belongings and decide what you actually want and need in your new home.
We can work alongside you to make the process easier, provide accountability, and help with the physical work of sorting through everything. It also helps ensure decluttering gets done before moving day, rather than becoming something you planned to do but simply ran out of time for.
The last thing you want is to spend time and money packing and moving items you no longer want or need, only to have to deal with them once you’re in your new home. Decluttering beforehand can mean fewer items to pack, fewer boxes to move, and less to unpack and organize later.
2. Get Help Choosing and Sourcing Packing Supplies
Figuring out how many moving boxes you need, what sizes to buy, and which packing materials to use is a process in itself.
We can help you determine exactly what you need and either purchase and bring the supplies to your home or help you order everything ahead of your packing day.
That means you don’t have to scramble at the last minute for packing supplies or make late-night trips to Lowe’s or Home Depot because you ran out of wardrobe boxes, tape, bubble wrap, or packing paper.
3. We Organize Your Belongings as We Pack
Your home doesn’t have to be perfectly organized before we arrive. As we pack, we can sort and organize items so similar things stay together.
That might mean folding clothing, organizing a bathroom drawer or a junk drawer, organizing playroom toys, grouping pantry items, or sorting belongings into categories before they go into boxes.
P.S. This is one of the biggest benefits of hiring professional organizers to help you pack.
We’re not a moving company; we’re a home organizing company, so we put in the extra effort to make sure your belongings are organized as we pack.
We want unpacking and getting organized in your new home to be much easier.
4. All the Physical Work Is Taken Care of
Packing is a lot more physical than people realize. There’s wrapping items, building boxes, taking things down from shelves, bending, lifting, using step ladders, taping boxes, and labeling everything.
We handle that work for you from start to finish.
This can be especially helpful if you have a bad back, an injury, are recovering from surgery, or have physical limitations that make bending and lifting difficult.
In some cases, hiring packing help isn’t just about convenience. It’s a necessity.
5. Your Belongings Are Properly Wrapped and Protected
Knowing how to pack something matters, especially when you’re dealing with dishes, glassware, décor, and other fragile belongings.
Not everything fits perfectly into a box either. Sometimes you have to figure out which box to use, how to position an item, what else can safely go with it, and how much packing material is needed to keep everything secure.
We take that mental and physical work off your plate. We carefully wrap and pack your belongings with efficient packing techniques, so they’re protected, packed properly, and ready for your movers.
6. You Save a Lot of Time
Packing an entire home can take days or even weeks when you’re trying to fit it around work and everyday life. Instead of spending your evenings and weekends packing boxes, our team can take care of it for you.
You can even leave the house while we’re working if you’d rather spend that time somewhere else.
P.S. You don’t have to hire a professional packing service to pack your entire home.
Some of our clients hire us just for the more time-consuming areas, like kitchens, china and crystal, garages, fragile décor, and other items that take longer to pack properly.
7. You Have One Less Thing to Worry About During Your Move
Moving already comes with plenty to think about. Knowing that your packing is being handled from start to finish takes one major job off your plate.
This can be especially helpful if you’re already juggling work, school, kids, house tours, or trying to sell your current home while getting ready to move into a new one. There’s a lot happening at once, and packing can quickly become another full-time job.
You don’t have to wonder if you bought enough boxes, whether you’re packing things correctly, or how you’re going to get everything finished before moving day.
Who Can Benefit from Hiring a Professional Packing Service?
The truth is, almost anyone can benefit from hiring a professional packing service. Professional packing services are designed to save you time, energy, and physical effort while making the moving process feel more manageable.
There are many different reasons our clients hire us for packing help.
Some are busy professionals who simply don’t have enough time to pack an entire home while balancing work and everyday responsibilities.
Others are families with children who already have a lot on their plates and want to take one major task off their moving to-do list.
We also work with seniors who are downsizing and may need additional physical help sorting, packing, and preparing for their move, as well as individuals who have recently had surgery, have physical limitations, or simply don’t want to take on the physical demands of packing themselves.
We also work with college students at Tulane and Loyola University, both on and off campus. We can help them declutter before a move, decide what should stay in storage and what needs to go home, and then pack everything up for you.
This can be especially helpful at the end of the semester, when moving out of a dorm or apartment, or when getting ready to head home for the summer.
For some clients, the biggest challenge isn’t the physical work; it’s knowing where to start. Individuals with ADHD, anxiety, or who simply feel overwhelmed by the amount of belongings they have may benefit from having professional help creating a plan and working through the process.
Other clients use their move as an opportunity to get more organized. They may want help decluttering before we pack so they aren’t paying to move belongings they no longer want or need. Others want items organized as they’re packed so that unpacking and setting up their new home is easier.
There isn’t one specific type of person who benefits from professional packing help.
Whether you need help because you’re short on time, physically unable to pack, overwhelmed by the process, or simply want to make your move easier, hiring professional packing help can take a significant amount of work off your plate.
Need Help Packing for Your Move?
Now that you’ve seen some of the benefits of hiring professional packing services, you can see how much easier it can make getting ready for a move or even a home renovation.
If you’re moving soon in New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, or other Greater New Orleans areas and considering hiring specialized moving support, our team at Professional Organizer New Orleans would love to help.
If you’re still researching your options, you can also learn what’s included in our packing services, what to expect when hiring professional packers, and how much our packing services cost.
We’ve helped over 1,000 clients get organized and prepared for their moves, and we can handle everything from decluttering and packing to unpacking and organizing once you arrive at your new home.
If you have questions about our packing services or would like a quote, call us at (504)321-6792 or fill out our online contact form.
We’re happy to answer any questions you have and talk through what kind of packing help you need.
