BOSTON, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Collegeboxes®, the No. 1 student storage and shipping
provider in the country, wants its customers to know their personal
belongings can be handled on short notice as institutions like
Harvard notify students they are not to
return to campus after spring break due to coronavirus
precautions.
The transition of on-campus classes to online instruction is
expected to prompt an exodus of students from campus housing
facilities this week in Metro Boston. Many students will move home
to meet their academic requirements remotely.
Collegeboxes is responding to accommodate this influx of early
spring moves. Contact (866) 269-4887 or info@collegeboxes.com to
learn how quickly moving supplies can be delivered to your
address.
Customers should create an account at Collegeboxes.com to
initiate an order. FedEx® will then ship items to customers'
residences. Supply Kits include five double-walled boxes, packing
tape, a permanent marker, 10 label pouches and zip ties. Once
packed, an at-home service will pick up the boxes and save
customers the trip to the shipping center at no additional
charge.
With the international option, items can be shipped anywhere
across the globe. Students also may opt to have CollegeBoxes
hold their personal belongings in climate-controlled storage at a
nearby U-Haul facility while they are away.
Harvard is one of more than 175
universities that CollegeBoxes serves. Students from Harvard and other Massachusetts universities who are not already
customers can create a free account at collegeboxes.com. Founded in
1999, Collegeboxes has been powered by U-Haul® since 2009.
For universities seeking more immediate moving solutions, U-Haul
has the infrastructure to provide boxes, tape and other supplies to
campuses, and can offer free delivery during these unique
conditions. Go to uhaul.com to find a U-Haul location near you or
contact Reservations at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.
U-Haul Company of Boston offers
13 stores in close proximity to local universities with truck and
trailer sharing, moving supplies, self-storage, U-Box portable
moving and storage containers, and more. U-Haul Moving &
Storage at Central Square at 844 Main Street in Cambridge is among the locations near
Harvard with self-storage availability,
and the expertise to help.
Students can visit MovingHelp.com to find local Moving Help®
Service Providers to assist with their move home.
About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of
do-it-yourself movers, with a network of 22,000 locations across
all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7
offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day
through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our
proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has
enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 167,000 trucks,
120,000 trailers and 43,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly
697,000 rooms and 60.7 million square feet of self-storage space at
owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest installer
of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket
industry, and is the largest retailer of propane in the
U.S.
Contact:
Jeff Lockridge
Sebastien Reyes
E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-760-4941
Website: uhaul.com
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