ITHACA, N.Y., March 11, 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 Cornell 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 New York
and various parts of the U.S. 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
find out when Collegeboxes will be on 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 at a
nearby U-Haul facility while they are away.
Cornell is one of more than 175
universities that Collegeboxes serves. Students from Cornell and other New
York 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 challenging
circumstances in order to help. Go to uhaul.com to find a U-Haul
location near you or contact Reservations at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.
U-Haul Company of North Central New York offers 18 stores in
close proximity to local universities like Cornell with truck and trailer sharing, moving
supplies, self-storage, U-Box portable moving and storage
containers, and more. There are 94 U-Haul-owned and -operated
facilities available statewide able to assist college students now
planning their moves on short notice.
U-Haul of Ithaca at 343
Elmira Road and U-Haul Moving & Storage of Newfield at 1273 W. Danby Road are locations
nearest Cornell with either
self-storage or U-Box container 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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