PHILADELPHIA, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- College
move-out day looks to be moving up on the calendar for countless
students across Pennsylvania and
the rest of the U.S.
U-Haul is ready to help students as unanticipated mid-term
moving needs have to be met, with trucks and trailers organized in
major college markets for short-notice reservations.
Temple, Penn and Pittsburgh are among the universities to
notify students that classes have been moved online for the
remainder of the spring semester. Other universities like
Penn State, Princeton and Villanova have committed to resuming in-person
classes no earlier than April. Most schools have extended spring
break and asked students to remain off campus.
Many students will move home to meet their academic requirements
remotely and need to move, store or ship their belongings. Unlike
other operators, U-Haul rents vans and trucks to customers age 18
and up with a valid driver's license, offers a variety of truck and
trailer sizes at every self-storage location, and accepts
third-party pay, which enables family members to fund their loved
one's moving and storage needs.
For universities seeking immediate moving solutions for their
students, U-Haul has the infrastructure to provide boxes, tape and
other supplies to campuses, and can offer free delivery during
these challenging circumstances. Go to uhaul.com to find a location
near you or contact Reservations at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.
Locations most convenient to students at downtown Philadelphia universities include: U-Haul
Moving & Storage of Philadelphia at 314 N. 13th St.; U-Haul Moving
& Storage of Riverview at 8 E.
Oregon Ave.; and U-Haul Moving & Storage of Strawberry Mansion
at 2800 Ridge Ave.
Collegeboxes®, the No. 1 student storage and shipping provider
in U.S., is another easy solution for moving belongings off campus.
Customers can contact (866) 269-4887 or info@collegeboxes.com to
find out when Collegeboxes will be on their campus picking up items
for storage or shipping.
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 while
they are away.
Collegeboxes serves 13 Pennsylvania
schools (Bucknell, Drexel, Penn State,
Temple, Penn, Pittsburgh and Villanova among them) and 175-plus schools
across the U.S.
Students can click on MovingHelp.com to find local Moving Help®
Service Providers to assist with their moves 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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