{"id":18736,"date":"2021-10-16T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=18736"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:40:52","slug":"why-the-cost-of-moving-is-higher-than-you-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2021\/10\/why-the-cost-of-moving-is-higher-than-you-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Cost of Moving is Higher Than You Thought?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Packing up and moving is arduous enough, but making matters worse for many Canadians is that there are many additional charges they\u2019re often unaware of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a survey by BigSteelBox, a moving and storage company, 19% of respondents didn\u2019t realize they would be charged by weight, of which 36% were not aware of how they would be charged before booking. Thirty percent of respondents paid more money for their move than they were initially quoted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe average cost of moves climbed for a couple of reasons. Destination cities, which are rural non-urban areas, increases the cost,\u201d Brian Hawkins, BigSteelBox\u2019s director of operations, told CREW. \u201cPeople have been leaving Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary because the pandemic taught us we can do our jobs from anywhere, so they would cash in on the housing market in bigger centres and move somewhere smaller.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhenever you take trucks off a key lane\u2014trucks typically go where the population is\u2014they have to get to you and back, so if there\u2019s an opportunity for them to provide you a fixed price, that will set consumers up to win. A lot of companies charge extra fees, including a storage fee if the truck has to wait a couple of days or even a fuel surcharge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The survey noted that scales ultimately determine the final price consumers pay for moves, which is why final invoices rarely match quotes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe challenge for moving companies is the lure of underestimating the weight to make their quote look cheaper than their competitors,\u201d said the survey report. \u201cOur research indicates that this is an exception and not a common practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, there is another factor that, since 2020, has added to the cost of moving, Hawkins says. Commercial carriers in Canada now use electronic locking devices to track a truck\u2019s duty time, reducing how many trucks are on the road at any given time as well as the hours spent on the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt makes it safer,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cThey can\u2019t get as far in the same day and that puts pressure on costs. We don\u2019t push unsafe hours but I have heard it has put pressure on the industry for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca\/news\/this-is-why-your-move-costs-more-than-you-thought-it-would-334855.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is Why Your Move Costs More Than You Thought It Would<\/a> by Neil Sharma | Canadian Real Estate Wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packing up and moving is arduous enough, but making matters worse for many Canadians is that there are many additional charges they\u2019re often unaware of. 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