[CandyApple]

I thought of something to add to the toolbox:
A moving cost calculator (or guesstimator!).
A time line.

The moving cost calculator would help you compare different methods of moving. Like, hiring a movers vs. driving a truck vs. flying with just a few things and buying stuff there vs. etc. etc.

If the guesstimator would be too complicated, you could just have an article listing different possibilities for moving and suggestions of what numbers you need to collect from who to get a good guesstimate.

I've considered a number of options-
☼ Driving my SUV with a trailer to Texas w/ all my belongings
☼ Driving in the SUV without the trailer, with and without shipping my stuff down there
☼ Renting a truck to take my belongings down
☼ Taking a ferry to Washington, then a train to Texas, with and without shipping the car/stuff
☼ Flying down and having the car shipped, with and without shipping my stuff
☼ Selling the car, flying down, and buying a different car, with and without shipping my stuff
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The other thing, the time line, could be simple or complex depending on how much detail you put in. I've been trying to figure out how much time to spend in each city, factoring in driving time etc. Writing it out it was confusing, then I decided to just draw a time line and it suddenly became so much easier to see where I would be and when.

For example:
☼ = Rest/plan
○ = Visit city/determine if it's a good match
● = Drive to next city (even if just a short drive)

(You could have medium gray for half day trips, light gray for trips of an hour or two, and black for driving expected to consume most of the day. That way you can tell how much of a "driving day" can be spent visiting the town.)

Day
1 2 3 etc.
☼ ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ ● ○ ● ○ ○ ☼ ☼ ● ●
Town A Town B etc.

(The numbers would line up below the time line, and the names of where you are would be below. You could print the names vertically if they don't fit horizontally, or could stretch the time line to make them fit. I just can't get them to line up here!)

Then you could click on an individual day and it could give you more information about it. Like Day 1- arrive from airport. Pick up car, go to motel, sleep. Day 5- Leave Town A, stop in Bigglesworthville to ride giant coaster and eat, continue to Junction Gorge for scenic drive and to stretch at playground, continue to Town B, get motel key, see movie, go to bed.

You should be able to save the time line to your computer and stuff.

If you don't want to make a time line, you could just add it to a list of tips/strategies for planning your move. Drawing the time line wasn't hard, it's the realizing I should do one that took awhile. :)