Transit Systems Moving and Shipping Blog

TSI Announces the “Smooth Mover” Giveaway!

bhavna — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:32:01 +0000

People love to tell stories and share their experiences. We decided to give people a chance to share their stories and make a difference! The “Smooth Mover” giveaway gives you a chance to share your moving story with us and the world! Anyone who shares a story will be entered into a prize drawing for [...]

My Moving Experience

bhavna — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:58:58 +0000

As a child, my family moved seven times. As an adult, I’ve moved four times in the less than four years I’ve been married. This makes me somewhat of an expert on moving, I guess. This last move was an inter-city move. I was arriving before my husband (he had to stay and work a few [...]

Moving: the COOL thing to do

bhavna — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:23:46 +0000

Okay…so summer is at its peak and it is HOT! We’ve felt it, you’ve felt it, and so have your movers! Here are some basic but often forgotten tips on how to stay cool on the day of your move: •Remember to hydrate yourself; it is one of the best ways to keep your body cool. [...]

TSI Launches “Summer Blockbuster” Giveaway on Facebook!

bhavna — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:15:52 +0000

People love Facebook. People love to win things. People love movies. We decided to combine these three things that and spin them into a great giveaway! The “Summer Blockbuster” giveaway gives our Facebook fans a chance to vote on their favorite summer movie. Voters will be entered into a drawing, and the winner will receive [...]

America’s favorite moving song

bhavna — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:41:14 +0000

Millions of Americans move each year, it seems a lot of them are Billy Joel lovers. At least that’s what our recent prize drawing indicated. The “Music That Moves You” sweepstakes has come to a conclusion. TSI wanted to determine what Americans consider to be the best song to move to, and we found that [...]

What does moving mean to you?

bhavna — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:41:38 +0000

The word “move” for a company like Transit Systems, Inc. only has one meaning: moving long distance to a new place. We’re finding that the term “move” has other meanings, however, through our “Music that Moves You” prize drawing. Although participants are voting on the top moving songs that we chose, moving songs [...]

TSI “Likes” Facebook. Do you?

bhavna — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:13:42 +0000

So, there are over 250 million people on Facebook, who spend 5 billion minutes per day on social networks. Transit Systems, Inc. has been in business for over 20 years, and has slowly seen the transformation from traditional interpersonal interactions, to primarily digital and electronic ones. Facebook, however, was uncharted territory up until recently. Very [...]

De-Stressing Your Move

bhavna — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:39:46 +0000

So you’ve decided to finally take the plunge and move into your dream home. But before you can celebrate, there are a million things you have to do before the big day that clutters your brain: Sell your home, hire moving services, arrange transportation, pack, register your kids in a new school…and you thought picking a [...]

Avoid airline baggage fees — ship your bags ahead

kevin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:58:47 +0000

Airlines began charging big fees for checked bags a few years ago, of course. And now Spirit Airlines has announced takeoff for their new fees for carry-ons policy. Other airlines are sure to follow. So if you’re feeling as if you’d like to tell them to take a flying leap — or if you’d just [...]

Leaving Your Items in Self Storage? Careful, You Could Lose $1 Million

kevin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:23:17 +0000

Hardly a day goes by that we don’t make a pickup at a self storage location to ship furniture or other household items from there to a customer’s new house or apartment in a new state. If you’ve left items in storage and haven’t yet quite gotten around to having them shipped, we [...]