Low wages, no benefits or security, and brutally hard work make working for a moving company a last choice career. Employee movers are often unhappy and unskilled transient workers with a poor attitude. A mover that truly cares is often flaunted in advertising, but in reality, they are as rare as a unicorn.
Owner Operator Movers love their work because they make great money and are their own bosses. They get to choose their helpers, who are often good friends or family and the entire team takes pride in their work. Owner Operators are happy movers, rarely seen in other moving companies.
Albertans like to move a lot and Calgary once had the highest priced movers in Canada because it used to be the most expensive place to live. Times have changed and so does the economy. At Owner Operator Movers Calgary we charge the same affordable rate in all our offices and have never charged “Boom Town” rates.
Our local mover crews serve from Airdrie in the north to High River and Okotoks in the south at competitive, affordable rates. Many of our customers are not satisfied with the local movers in Red Deer and Lethbridge so we often drive there as well.
Moving from Edmonton to another city in Alberta doesn’t need to be a high cost, long distance move. Our local teams can move you to Lethbridge, Drumheller, or even to Fort McMurray at economical local move rates. Long distance movers will charge you a lot more because they need to support large trucks and pay for many expenses that are unnecessary for moves within the province.
When we move someone to Banff or Medicine Hat, we find that the most affordable way is to load the truck a day ahead. Then we can head out the next morning before traffic picks up, complete your move and drive back to Calgary the same day. This avoids you paying for a crew overnight. Careful planning and logistics are the secret to keeping moving affordable.
At OO movers, we regularly run long distance moves along the “triangle Run” between Alberta and BC. Weekly in the summer, as well as biweekly year round, we run trucks between Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver. We also do moves from Alberta directly to Victoria or Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Due to having offices in each city we operate in, we are able to offer a regularly scheduled and affordable system for moving from Alberta to BC.
The standard for moving long distance is to consolidate your possessions along with other customers’ in a large truck. Sharing a truck keeps the price low for everyone involved. Shipping often allows us to deliver your cargo straight from your old home to your new one, without inflating the price with expensive warehousing and unnecessary handling along the way. Our long distance moving rates are competitive per-pound values and come with our outstanding service for moving between provinces.
For many years the Canadian long distance moving companies hauled cargo from Ontario and the Maritimes out to Calgary, before continuing to the promised land of BC and Vancouver Island a few decades later. Lately things have been reversed with real estate refugees fleeing from Vancouver to more affordable cities. Eastern Canada is not just coming to Calgary for a job anymore.
OO movers Calgary is ideally positioned to help you move in either direction, all the way from Victoria to St. John’s. Our partners and network reaches to all parts of Canada and beyond. Call us today for personalized service at an awesome price.
Packing is no fun. When you have to do it for yourself, it seems to go on forever. Let our packing crew come in and give you a break, even if it is only for a partial job like a kitchen pack. The most important tricks for good packing are to use lots of paper for padding and to separate and label true fragiles. Let your mover know which box has grandmas plates and he will treat them like his own.
Recyclable materials are great, but still have an environmental cost. Reusable packing materials are best so save the planet and save yourself a few dollars whenever possible. Owner Operator Movers Calgary is a strong advocate of reusable packaging systems. Whenever possible, rent plastic tubs or hunt down used boxes. Liquor stores and the produce sections of grocery stores are good sources of free, used boxes.