* Decide what to move and what not to move. Possibly plan a garage sale or an auction!
* Get estimates from several moving companies or truck rental companies.
* Transfer your bank accounts.
* Request records from doctors and dentists.
* Obtain your children's school records to make for an easier transfer.
* Pay existing bills and close out local charge accounts.
* Record expenses incurred during your house hunting trips. You will also want to save your moving expense receipts (if the move is employment related) for tax deductions.

Don't Forget To:

* Discontinue deliveries, electricity, water, gas, newspaper, garbage collection, etc...
* Check on personal items that might be at the bank safe deposit box, a neighbor's house.
* Make arrangements for transporting your plants & pets.
* Save the phone book from your former city residence for tying up loose ends.
* Transfer insurance policies or arrange for new policies.
* Gather all valuables, jewelry, important papers (birth certificates, deeds, documents) to take with you personally.
* Purchase moving insurance.
* Change these addresses: Post Office, charge accounts, subscriptions, relatives & friends, national & alumni organizations, church, mail order clubs, firms with which you have time payments, and past employer in order to receive your W-2 forms.