Sometimes the easiest answer to moving your items is by way of rental moving vans. Rental moving vans allow you to do the packing, planning and moving during a time period and schedule that works for you. If you are worried about your antique china, you can pack it yourself and load it into your rental van, knowing that if it breaks, you have no one else to blame but yourselves or a bumpy road. But to avoid that you can buy special moving boxes that include padding for your fine china or glassware.
Of course, using a moving company doesn't insure that all of your items will arrive without being damaged either. Rather than putting that control in the hands of a moving company, some people would rather oversee the entire project themselves. Moving yourself, can be a pretty large and time consuming project, so keep this in mind when you decide to move yourself.
Using rental moving vans can be more cost-efficient then using a moving company. You only pay for the rental of the moving van and you don't have to pay for the labor of your friends and family who help you move. Of course, taking them out to dinner afterwards is always a nice way to show your appreciation.
If you don't want to go through the process of picking professional movers, renting a moving van may be the answer for you. Moving vans are the way to go if you are not moving far. If you are moving cross country, you may want to enlist the help of long distance movers.