Make Moving Day Easy

The night after Liz Kocourek moved into her new Manhattan apartment, she got a call from her bank about erratic charges on one of her credit cards. It was a spare card that she had thrown into a bag with a bunch of other random belongings before her move. When she went looking for her charge card, it was nowhere to be found.

From missing belongings to lost boxes to a lack of organization, moving day can cause all sorts of inconveniences and mishaps. And unfortunately, there's no exact science to complete the laborious task of moving. But there are some things you can do, especially in the planning phase, to make the moving process go easier for you and your movers. (They'll appreciate it, too).

Here are some tips on how to streamline the process and reduce the risk of moving day catastrophes: