<p>My daughter is from the east coast and will need to store all of her stuff for the summer. She received an email today from the company with the following website: <a href="http://www.dorm2dorm.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.dorm2dorm.com/</a> . I am wondering if anyone knows of this company or could offer advice about storage? Thanks!</p>
<p>I am reposting this from a previous thread:
My daughter studied abroad last semester, and we needed to find a place to store her belongings. She did not have a car, so using a local storage facility would have been difficult. At the time, I called all of the local storage places, and one did offer the use of a truck. However, we ended up going with a company called "Door to Door Storage" (<a href="http://www.doortodoor.com%5B/url%5D">www.doortodoor.com</a>) which worked out wonderfully! They deliver a locking storage "crate" and will give you up to five days to fill it. They pick it up, and haul it away to a warehouse until you schedule it to be redelivered. If your son does not have furniture, one crate would be plenty big enough for his roommate's things, as well. The price (including pick-up and re-delivery) was comparable to the local storage places, but this was much easier as it could be filled at a more leisurely pace and no vehicle was needed. My daughter lived in an apartment near campus, and the crate was parked in the street in front of her place. You would have to check with the housing office to see how long they would allow it to stay outside the dorm. I also noticed crates by "PS Storage", so you might want to check them out, too. Door to Door also sells moving boxes and supplies, which can be delivered when they drop off the crate. You order more than you think you need, and they will take back the unused ones. The price seemed fair--much cheaper than the people who sold them on campus. I had purchased a carton of Allied moving boxes from Costco, but was disappointed in the quality. They were very thin. Hope this is helpful. It must be hard to be so far away.</p>
<p>Also, check out the thread "Shipper lost it all" in the parent Forum.</p>
<p>apparently, in april a bunch of local storage facilities come to campus to advertise to students about summer storage, making it easy to get competitive rates... i can't remember exactly where i heard that though.</p>