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Commenting to follow. We might be in the same boat soon!

Yeah, totally depends on the situation. Depending on how cheap the company is, you might even have to negotiate a u-haul LOL

I'm not sure what is typical, but we've had everything covered/we choose the movers, partial coverage up to an agreed amount, and everything covered/the move handled by the company's chosen relocation service. I would ask if you can make your own arrangements and just have them foot the bill. The relocation service seemed like a great deal, but in reality it was a pain to deal with a middleman--I prefer dealing directly with the movers.

Also, if you need to house-hunt, you can ask for hotel/travel reimbursement.

I've moved several times on relocation packages. My first time I received a "home" hunting weekend trip (all expenses paid) and the actual cost of moving (professional movers, with packing services).

The second time, was technically a transfer within the same company, so I was an existing employee. I received a "home" hunting trip, which was also an interviewing/working trip - where I spent a week working in my new state and trying to find people to hire while also navigating the area. All expenses paid move (professional movers/packing, three months of storage, three months of a corporate apartment and reimbursement of home selling/buying costs). I also received a "bonus" which was to cover all other costs (car registration as an example). I also had my car professionally moved this time and took a one-way flight and had car rental expenses. All in this move was worth about $50K and i had to give a two year commitment.

My final experience was a $10K relocation/signing bonus where I could spend the money however I wanted.

It probably totally depends on the industry and the nature of the hire, but this should be something that you can negotiate as well, so you should know what you would want. For my relocation they initially offered me a set amount of money to cover my moving costs, including
- hiring movers
- flights / hotels / gas mileage to actually do the move
- moving supplies
- shipping a car
etc.
They did not include any help with house buying or selling, but that was not a problem b/c we did not need to sell a house at the time.
I negotiated for more money towards moving expenses b/c our move was clearly going to cost more than what was reimbursed. I also made them throw in a trip to the job location before I accepted the job, so my husband could look at job prospects for himself. ...Oh, and I also got them to include pet moving expenses, since we decided to hire a company to move our pet rabbit across the country for us!

I've received relocation bonuses a couple times, but it's been so long now it's hard to remember the details. I'm pretty sure they were both lump sums, and they were determined according to the mileage I'd be relocating. My last one wasn't very far, just New York state to Mass, so I think it was around $1500. I remember it being just about enough to cover all the moving expenses.

@wheres_c: Are you sure you have to pay a fee to break the lease? In some states there's a law saying if they can fill the unit with new tenants they can't charge you the fee.