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Congrats! I've moved a ton, so here is my advice:

Call movers ASAP, they usually don't care where you are moving to as long as it is local so you can usually change the destination of your items at any time (a storage unit verus a new house). Make sure you find out what the cancellation or deposit refund process is - if you decide to go the POD route you want to be able to get your deposit back.

I haven't done a POD but my parents have. They liked it because they hold onto it for you and it only involves packing and unpacking once - versus how we did it in and out of a storage unit.

We moved out of our house and didn't have a new house so we got a PO Box to tide us over until we (finally) moved into our new house. The USPS makes it easy and lets you do it online. Make sure you update your magazines, they won't forward those very consistently.

I can't really offer an opinion on pricing for movers and storage - unless you are in the Boston area. It really depends on where you are! We have been able to hire movers to help us load our house and unload at storage for about $500 not including tip. It was about the same to get everything out of storage and into the house too. We had a 2 bedroom with a small storage area.

Good luck! I've moved a lot, so let me know if you have more questions!

We did something very similar last year. We moved the majority of our stuff to storage and then filled our cars with what we were taking to my parents' house for two months. It sucked to essentially move twice (once to the storage unit and once to our house) so if pods are a possibility, I think that is a great idea. We moved to my parents about a week and a half before we had to be out of our condo so we had some time to get organized.

Since my parents are in a large urban area, we had to also secure a monthly parking spot. We ended up getting a mailbox at the local UPS store because we didn't want to forward mail to my parents and get everything mixed up with theirs.