re: Moving Costs

Last summer I moved from the Arklatex area to Baton Rouge. I rented the biggest truck at Uhaul and a dolly for one of the cars, got a bunch of friends to help me load, and realized I still had a bunch of stuff. Paid a couple hundred bucks in BR to unload the first truck. Drove back to the old house in our car, rented the next largest uhaul truck, and filled it to the brim. Ended up having to rent a trailer to get the last little bit of my stuff.

2 trucks, trailer, dolly, one set of movers, fuel for my wifes car and the trucks, some of the packing supplies, and one night in a hotel totaled $1600. Luckily it was all tax deductible.

Between a baby and my wife inheriting 30 years worth of teaching supplies from her mother, we had way more stuff than I realized.

Just a few years before that we were able to easily move in one day with a set of movers and a truck for ~$500