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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably DMV to Boston, and I95 sucks - always.  When we moved our son up, we left super early and drove up the day before, had a leisurely dinner, and then move in day.  We spent another night, had brunch with our son and left.

He flew home for Thanksgiving, winter break and spring break.  End of term, he put stuff in storage and flew home ($300 for storage for the summer, they dropped off empty boxes and packing tape, picked up the boxes and will return them when/where needed in the fall, flight home was $150).  Cost totally worth us not having to drive up and back now and in the Fall.

We will likely fly up in the Fall to drop him off/help get the new dorm set up and do some shopping before the start of the Fall term - we'll do that over a weekend[/quote]
If Boston, I have this trek in my near future. Not looking forward to it. At least there are great flight options. 
OT but c[b]an you confirm summer storage all in is $300 in Boston?[/b] We have one kid ai Miami and it adds up to be a lot more (including storage in Fl really must be air conditioned). Just looking into this for our kid in Boston. [/quote]

NP with a kid at a Boston school and we pay more than $300 for storage.  It's based on the number and size of the boxes you're storing.  DC usually has about 5 boxes and a mini fridge, and IIRC it's closer to $500.  The price includes on campus pick up from a central location DC takes the stuff to (in room pick up is available for an additional $100), and delivery directly to the room so it's there on arrival in the fall.  Totally worth it to us.  There are probably ways to lower the cost including cheaper companies - we use the school selected one that is allowed access to the dorms for pick up/drop off for that convenience but they're not necessarily the least expensive, and cutting down on what you store.  DC stores everything, no bringing home the bulky winter gear during spring break or throwing out linens to replace them later, for example.  [/quote]

Just did this 10 hours south.  We drove for drop off, but flew home and stored stuff there for the summer.  Depending on where your kid is, this was so much better, especially for my kid who was coming off of a grueling finals week without time to do much before I got there.  Flew in the night before and packed up what he was storing that night.  We tried to limit what we packed to store as much as possible and threw away some storage bins which are cheaper to replace than store.  Flew home on Southwest with 4 big duffels (Amazon basics which I highly recommend) and paid for 2 extra suitcases.  It obviously depends on how much your kid has, but it relatively painless and so much better than driving that far in 2 days!  I get that it costs more but if you book early and can fly Southwest with 2 bags free, it’s really not that much more than driving and paying for gas.  Storage is extra, but some kids save money by renting a U-Haul and sharing storage places too.  [/quote]

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