Planning
Children and moving.
Give the day some room.
Plan adult responsibilities, access and essential bags for moving day with children. Keep carrying routes clear and arrange who meets the van at the new home.
On moving day with children, assign roles before the van arrives. One adult can coordinate transport while another looks after the children. Teleporter's task is the agreed moving assistance, not childcare or guaranteed seats for the family in the van.
The essentials, in brief.
- Share contact and supervision duties between adults.
- Plan the family's own transport.
- Keep essentials accessible and carrying routes clear.
01 · Divide adult responsibilities
Divide adult responsibilities
Agree who answers the driver, who opens the new home and who looks after children during loading. If booking for another adult, list the appropriate contact at each address.
If all adults travel together, someone must still be available to receive the delivery. Plan the family's own transport unless passenger space has been separately confirmed. An available seat for one adult is not an agreement to transport children or provide child seats.
02 · Keep essentials out of the load
Keep essentials out of the load
Pack a clearly separate bag with what the family needs before everything is unpacked. Keep keys, phone and charger accessible. Label the boxes you want to find quickly on arrival.
Tell the team which items stay with you and must not go in the van. A simple floor plan or clear room labels can ease delivery, so the contact person need not explain every box's destination during a busy move.
03 · Give the team room to work
Give the team room to work
Keep children and their belongings away from active carrying routes and areas where large furniture is handled. Plan somewhere calm for them during loading and unloading without expecting movers to supervise.
Book sufficient carrying help if adults cannot carry alongside their other responsibilities. Avoid a plan requiring one person to supervise children, lift heavy furniture and coordinate two addresses at once.
Ready for moving day?
One final review.
- Appoint a contact at each address.
- Pack the family's separate bag.
- Arrange where children stay during the work.
- Book help without assigning adults conflicting tasks.
Have a good move — and a good start at your new address.
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