The GOOD NEWS most people will focused on LOVE, this Valentine's Day. Love energy will be flowing for most of us, and that's best energy we can operate under :-) let love flow this February 14th. Let us approach it as a Return to Love, give yourself a hug everyday, just because, you deserve it :-)

I wish you Love and Light, during month of February, and always~

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I actually took time off work. My brothers in law also took five days off their holiday allowances. If they had had to be paid, or if I had paid myself for hours worked then story would have been different. Then we come to >=invisible<= costs. The bruised fingers, aching backs, dropped items of furniture, flaring of tempers, boredom of driving at 50 mph on a motorway!!! True I saved money but at what cost!! And it could have been FAR worse, for as I discovered later, my home contents insurance policy did not cover goods in transit to France. One accident and I would have lost everything. Further, I have a sneaking suspicion that vehicle may have been a >=tad<= overweight. Had I been stopped entire load could have been seized! Never again!

One of questions we continually get asked concerns packing. The easiest and cheapest way is to pack yourselves, especially if you have time. BUT (there is always a but!) be aware that goods that you pack yourself may not qualify for >=full<= accidental insurance cover that some companies offer. This stands to reason as no insurer could be sure that a) The items were in good condition prior to packing and b) That they were correctly packed. If you do pack yourselves then your insurer will normally only cover >=Total Loss<=, which in reality is probably enough cover, but as always think carefully about what level of cover and service you actually need.

As for actual packing most companies offer a packing service for European loads. This service can extend to cover >=packing<= of all of your small items, but you can negotiate to have only some of goods packed and most companies will provide all materials you need for this, albeit at a small charge. Of note is that in general terms items of furniture that are packed for European moves are >=blanket<= wrapped on vehicle. This is adequate for non container moves. However, if you are moving >=overseas<= and your goods are to be placed in a container then a >=Full export<= pack is highly recommended. Here furniture etc is all >=bubble wrapped<= and extra protection afforded to delicate items. The reason for this being that containers on ships do move about and damage to contents is not uncommon!

Finally, if packing yourself, please do not overload boxes! All too often a box is picked up and contents promptly fall through bottom. However one of companies recently reported to us that upon arrival at a clients house every room was neatly stacked with boxes. The clients appeared to be very well organised and all boxes were numbered and all sealed. The removal men lifted a box each and everything in boxes simply slipped out bottom of boxes. The client had made up boxes, sealed tops and totally forgotten to seal bottoms of every single box!