Elena_Prikhodko, yeah, it's definitely not the same here as it's in Dubai, you cannot ask easily someone from the street. :)
Yes, the moving companies offer the packing, but they also have an option of moving pre-packed stuff only. Haven't received the estimates yet, but am sure they aren't cheap.

CRAZY_VENUS, oh yeah for sure pre packed stuff will be cheaper to move; coz you safe them time

Мои друзья переезжали и пользовались услугами - uhaul.com
У них когда заказываешь трак, то можно заказать и помощь мужскую. Я не знаю сколько это будет стоить в твоем городе, но во Флориде это стоит $160 за три человека и два часа работы, но тебе наверное и разгрузка нужна будет, то тогда наверное столько же 160 прийдется платить. Зайди на их сайт и начни делать заказ, но только не делай подтверждение ордера и там выберешь нужные опции. Приличная компания, и кроме этого они дают веревки, специальные покрывала, чтобы мебель не пошкарябалась и далли (коробки хорошо на ней передвигать).

LanaN, Посмотрела у них...аренда трака примерно в $150, и + 2 человека на 2 часа еше $320. Многовато получается. Мне в октябре скорее всего понадобится, так что надеюсь к тому времени или я стану зарабатывать больше или подешевле помошь наиду. :)

CRAZY_VENUS, Я вспомнила! Мы когда раньше жили в Бруклине, то там была такая улица, а точнее на углу улицы было типа биржа труда. Она и сейчас там есть. Там просто стоят мужики которым нужна cash и к ним подьезжают те кому нужна помощь на один раз или на дольше. Например ты делаешь дома ремонт и тебе нужно выполнить грязную работу, то ты едешь и подбираешь на том углу нужное количество людей. Мой муж очень часто там по приезду подрабатывал. Там можно спокойно подобрать пару мужтков по $10 в час и они тебе сделают всю работу. Я думаю, что в твоем городе тоже такая биржа есть. Поспрашивай пока есть время. Я бы сделала только так.

I helped my friends pack and move a couple of times. They would buy pizza for everyone afterwards :) It is a common thing here - to ask your friends to help you move. But when I was moving, I didnt ask anyone... Well, except for my ex-husband - he was helping me and took a lot of my stuff :) But that is because I feel 100% comfortable asking him for anything. But I am always having a hard time asking anyone for help... So I prefer doing stuff alone or paying a professional...

Rent a U-Haul, pack your stuff, and for the heavy things go to Home Depot and hire a couple of Mexican guys for cheap :) Movers usually charge whole lotta money- when my husband and I moved from Hungtington to Astoria, it cost us almost 3 grand! Unbelievable.

LanaN, Хммм...посмотрю, может и есть что подобное у нас...

self-made, yeah, when I moved here 2 years ago, my bf helped me, and we didn't even have to rent a moving truck, we used his truck and a trailer(for furniture), and everything boxed fit into my Jeep. But now I don't have my bf, or even my ex-hsbnd...I can pack up and load on my own everything except my bed, heavy dresser, TV and an old futon, which I'd rather just get rid of now and here for cheap. So, I'll need help to load/unload those things and someone to drive the moving truck. I might ask my neighbour guy and offer him some cash( I don't believe pizza would be enough), but not sure yet...And I still do have some time, just trying to be proactive.

NewLunatic, really? You can just hire them at the store? :) lol I'm so inexperienced with stuff like that. :)
Wow...your move was expensive. If I hire someone with a truck and 2 people to help it would cost somewhere from $315 to $500.

CRAZY_VENUS, by the way, you can try to sell your futon and whatever else you need to sell on craigslist too. I sold my couch through craigslist.

self-made, well, the futon is in fair condition and I'm not planning to sell it, but rather give it away or, the worst case scenario, pay to get rid of it. :) I don't want to drag it with me any more. I purposefully didn't buy any good furniture in the past few years, because I knew I would be moving around quite much and didn't have to settle anywhere for long. But craigslist seems to be a quite resourcesful place, thank you.

CRAZY_VENUS, well you can give it away on craigslist too or on freecycle.org. I remember I had that problem when we moved from Victoria, BC up north - we had alot of furniture in a "fair" condition that was given to us by my ex-husband's relatives, we had 4 couches - all mismatched :))) So that was a first time I faced the problem when you have to pay for getting rid of something :) I thought it would be easier just to throw them out - nope. It appeared to be easier to give those away for free - there are always people, who need free stuff and they are willing to come and pick it up.

self-made, yeah, I could...at least I could give away the metal frame. But what would I do with a heavy mattress? It could serve as a king-size dog bed, maybe? :) lol Any options are welome... :)
Mismatched furniture - that's what my place looks like. :) But I don't really care at this point of my life, it's just things...worth nothing. :)

CRAZY_VENUS, not AT the store, but they always hang around for people that do renovations or something like that :)

As far as our cost- we had A LOT of furniture and lived on the second floor of private house in Hungtington with very steep stairs, so they charged a lot to just take all of that down :(