Transit Systems Moving and Shipping Blog

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 [...]

Skinny Furniture Shipping Estimates Plague America!

kevin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:41:19 +0000

When it comes to America’s collective weight, there seems to be – pardon the expression – a broad consensus. We are obese. That’s what the experts say, anyway. Which makes it just a little bit ironic that as individuals we tend to badly underestimate the weight of furniture and other large items that we want [...]

Transit Systems means “green” moving

kevin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:20:27 +0000

Want to go green when you move? TSI can help. We reduce energy consumption as well as cost with of our approach to long distance small moves. How? We combine your move with others and fill up the truck. Which means you won’t be burning gasoline to transport a lot of empty space inside a [...]

Shipping Services to Haiti

kevin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:20:46 +0000

The tragedy and ongoing crisis in Haiti have raised questions about shipping services to that country. First, the rumors that our good friends at UPS are offering free shipping to Haiti are completely unfounded. In fact, UPS has suspended service to Haiti for the time being for reasons that are certainly apparent from news reports. [...]

Shipping boxes? Here are some packing tips

kevin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:00:56 +0000

We came across a pretty good (and thankfully brief!) video on packing techniques. If you’re packing boxes, it’s worth the 2-1/2 minutes of your time it will take to view it. There are some good tips on packing breakables, lamps, books, CDs and more. Before you take a look, here are a couple of things [...]

We hope to move you

kevin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:55:48 +0000

Everybody blogs nowadays. From the White House to 13-year-old fashion prodigies, everyone has something they want you to read. So why read a blog from TSI? Good question. First because we’ll offer info, tips and friendly advice to you, dear reader, when you’re looking to ship anything larger than a parcel. Frankly, no one is [...]