<p>My daughter will be a freshman at Elon in the fall and we're trying to decide whether it'd be better to make the 15-hour drive or to simply fly down for move in day in August.</p>
<p>Does anybody have any experience with shipping boxes of stuff in advance? Is there a safe secure place we can send a couple of boxes to and then pick them up when we arrive on campus?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Kierans: you will get move-in information in June or July; if my memory serves me correctly, students are limited to 2 18x18 boxes that will be stored for the week before move-in (yea, not much)</p>
<p>Someone on the 2015 parents thread discussed an alternative option we never explored but you can; if you ship from a UPS store to another UPS store, they apparently will hold your shipment until you pick up…</p>
<p>We used Wal-Mart ship to store feature for the fridge and memory foam mattress topper. They would have held the items for 30 days. There are 2 in the area so be sure to pick the one that is closest to the school.
Bb&Beyond is also close by and has a similar program.</p>
<p>Someone over on the Alabama forum just posted this company…honestly, have NO idea about it, but it may help…</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.boxmydorm.com/[/url]”>https://www.boxmydorm.com/</a></p>
<p>Elon is listed…</p>
<p>Thanks very much! This is all great information. I think we’re going to fly down and do some combination of shipping and pick up in Burlington.</p>
<p>Just from past experience you may want to purchase dorm items from BB&B, Wal-Mart, JC Penney online and have them shipped to store. If you wait until you get there to shop you will find that your selections will be limited.</p>
<p>There are a ton of stores in Burlington. And practically everyone you see shopping in Target will have on an Elon shirt! I agree that purchasing in advance and having items shipped to the local store may be your best bet, but you can certainly pick up odds and ends when you arrive. </p>
<p>I think when my daughter moved in 2 years ago there was a limit of 3 boxes that could be shipped to the Elon post office and held, but that may have changed. We had a LARGE box shipped (ordered a futon from Target) and the post office had it for us when we arrived.</p>
<p>D 's roommate shipped 3 boxes packed jammed w her clothing. the drag is that then you have to carry it across campus (once you park your car you don’t move it & the dorm was far from parking) & maybe up 3 flights of stairs on a very hot & humid day! If your dorm is far from parking you are assigned a location to go to temporarily park & university golf carts will bring your stuff up to the front of the dorm.</p>
<p>All the incidentals can be bought in the nearby big box stores. only thing is maybe the preferred comforter will be sold out. </p>
<p>Get comfortable with Amazon prime for free shipping of stuff-- My D & I go virtual shopping. She texts me she has stuff in her cart & I pay for it & check out. She gets it in 2 days. She orders special food products so it works out well. Saves me a trip to store & post office.</p>
<p>Maybe rent a car to drive there & you fly home…</p>