{"id":2963,"date":"2018-04-04T09:13:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T16:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:53:07","slug":"military-family-move-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/military-family-move-made-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Move: Dolly Makes Moving Easy for a Military Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you\u2019re moving, who do you call for help? The classic answer is your friends &#8211; and you offer them beer and pizza for the help. And when your friends aren\u2019t around to help? Well, you pray for the best and rent a truck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was what Kirstin was planning on doing when she needed to move furniture out of her house so that she could stage it &#8211; all while her husband was in military training, and her friends were out of town. She was stuck in a tough situation, and was in need of serious moving help.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Training for the Military Family Move<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2965\" src=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kristin-customer-story-5-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kirstin and her husband were looking forward to selling their home, but had a few steps before they could sign their papers. \u201cWe were preparing to sell our home, and needed to move some big furniture pieces to storage to prepare the home for showings. Unfortunately, my husband was sent to a military training and unable to come back to help me.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With her husband in training, Kirstin turned to the next best thing: her friends. But most military families don\u2019t stay put for long: \u201c[Because we moved here for my husband\u2019s military assignment], most of our friends are also military and frequently out of town, so on such short notice it was challenging to get enough help to get everything accomplished that we needed done on the days I wasn\u2019t working. We desperately needed an affordable, last minute option that could <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/services\/storage\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=customer-story-military-family\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">move just a few large pieces to a storage unit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> right down the road!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Helpers in Formation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Kirstin\u2019s friends couldn\u2019t help, one of them did have a suggestion: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/get-started\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=customer-story-military-family\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dolly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They told Kirstin that she could get two Helpers and a pickup truck to take care of moving her items to the storage unit. And she was sold when she realized how quickly she could book: \u201cThe app was flawless, I was able to easily book a Dolly during my lunch break at work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kirstin\u2019s Helpers arrived the next day ready to help. \u201cThe Helpers were awesome guys, their communication was great from the start and they were incredibly thoughtful and careful moving our furniture. They made this once-stressful situation a breeze and took a huge weight off of my shoulders as I was trying to balance my job, staging our home, and preparing for a move across the country all while my husband was away for six weeks. Not to mention the affordable price &#8211; I would\u2019ve had to pay \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcstandard\u2019 movers twice the price for the same job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And while anyone would be thankful for great movers, Kirstin felt she was particularly lucky to have found Dolly: \u201cAs a female doing this move alone, both my spouse and I were somewhat worried about the safety of having movers in our home. But the Helpers were phenomenal and so very respectful. The convenience, thoughtfulness of the employees, and safety of using this app is a huge win.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2966\" src=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kristin-customer-story-3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s one thing we love, it\u2019s turning your dreaded move into a happy win. 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