How Professional Packing Services Save You Time & Money

When it comes to moving home, packing all your belongings can seem like the most daunting part, especially if you’re limited on time or you have fragile and valuable items that need to make it to your new home in one piece.

By utilising a professional packing service, you can greatly reduce the impact this part of the moving process has on you and your family. Here, Mark Allan, Training Officer, explains how professional packing services can save you time and money, making your move far more pleasant.

Q1: What are Professional Packing Services?

“Professional packing services refer to the process of hiring a team of trained specialists to carefully prepare and pack your belongings before they are moved to your new home. These services are carried out by experienced removals professionals who use high-grade materials and best-practice techniques to ensure that every item is suitably protected for transport. 

Typically, you’ll have the option to choose from a full packing service, where the team will wrap and pack all of your items, partial or fragile-only packing, like china and glass only, clothes only, or specialist packing for especially valuable or delicate items such as fine art and antiques. It’s really down to you to decide what level of assistance you’ll need.”

Q2: What are the Time and Money Saving Benefits of Using Professional Packing Services?

“When planning a house move, most people focus on the cost of hiring a removals company and transporting their belongings. However, how you pack plays a significant role in the efficiency and cost of the overall moving process. Using a team of professionals to pack your belongings can save you time and money in several ways.”

Time Savings: Structure, Speed & Less Stress

Packing is More Efficient 

“We know exactly how challenging it can be to find the time to pack a house while managing day-to-day life, particularly when you have children, animals and work in the mix. A professional packing crew can pack a house in hours, something which may take an individual days or even weeks to do. Packing teams pack methodically and quickly, using proven systems to ensure none of your items are overlooked.”

No Need to Source Packing Materials

“Hunting for boxes, bubble wrap and tape can be a thing of the past if you choose professional packing services for your house move. Your packing crew will arrive with everything they need to protect and prepare your items for the move, saving multiple trips to the shops for materials. This includes specialist materials like wardrobe cartons and sofa covers. Of course, this saves you money too.”

Organised Labelling & Inventory

“When a professional packing crew packs your items, you’ll find everything labelled meticulously. Need to find something in one of your boxes? You can reference the inventory to check that it has been packed and find the box with ease. You won’t need to waste time hunting through all of your boxes only to discover that the soft toy you were looking for was in the car all along!”

Reduced Time Off Work or Childcare Requirements 

“By leaving a crew to handle all of your packing, you won’t need those extra days off work to fill boxes, which means you can save your annual leave for more valuable time off. You also won’t need to worry about booking extra days at nursery or calling in a favour from grandparents to keep little hands out of the way.”

Money Savings: Reduced Risk of Damage & Delays

Minimise Damage (& Replacement Costs)

“The most common cause of item damage during a move is poor packing. Fragile items such as electronics, crockery and valuable antiques and heirlooms can be easily broken if not packed properly. Professional packing helps avoid the costs of these damages as the right materials and techniques are used to protect the items.”

Save on Insurance Excess

“If items are damaged during a move, you’ll likely look to seek replacement or compensation from your insurance provider. Often, this comes with an excess cost, which you’ll most likely be liable for if you’ve packed everything yourself. 

In the rare event of a problem that arises when your items have been professionally packed, you’re usually covered by their insurance, which means you’ll be eligible for full claims, saving you money and stress. ”

Maximise Van Space (Fewer Trips or Smaller Vehicle)

“You’d be surprised at how much space can be wasted inside boxes when items are not packed methodically. Professional packing crews can ensure boxes are full, with weight distributed evenly, so you don’t waste van space on half-empty boxes. This might mean you can take fewer trips to your new home, reducing costs associated with removal vehicles.”

Q3: What’s One Thing Most People Don’t Realise About the Packing Process?

“Most people don’t realise that how you pack your items can really impact your moving day timeline. It’s just not as simple as wrapping things up and putting them in boxes. The way in which items are packed can affect how quickly removal vehicles can be loaded and unloaded, whether fragile items remain intact or get broken and ultimately how easy it is to unpack at the other end. 

We’ve seen customers lose valuable time during loading because items weren’t stacked properly in boxes, and because boxes weren’t labelled correctly. We’ve also seen items get broken because they weren’t suitably protected. This doesn’t need to happen to you.”

Q4: What advice would you give someone trying to decide whether to pack themselves or use a professional service?

“As an experienced removals professional, the best advice I can give is to consider your time, the value of your belongings and the complexity of your move. Not every move requires full packing, but it can be easy to underestimate how much time and effort goes into it. 

Do you need to work around a job, children or other commitments? Dedicating time to packing may be difficult. Are your items high-value or fragile? You may need assistance in getting them packed correctly to keep them safe. The beauty of professional packing services is that you can tailor them to your needs. It doesn’t need to be all or nothing.” 

At Bishop’s Move, we’ve been offering professional packing services for over 170 years, and in that time, we’ve helped thousands of individuals, families and businesses relocate across the UK and internationally. Whether you need a highly skilled team of experts to pack your antiques and valuables or are considering using a specialist crew for full packing, contact us to tailor your professional packing service today.