Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Early season booking restrictions seen

Major van lines  imposed early season booking restrictions in some regions of the US reflecting reduced capacity of drivers and trucks and increase in numbers of moves.  The  four year  long recession hitting the real  estate and  moving  industry has taken its toll  on capacity.  Some say the moving industries capacity has dropped 30% over  last year reflecting some agents, drivers and crews getting out of the  business.

May proved to be a busy moving month with industry experts saying overall business was up almost 20% with the reduced capacity over last year.  At CRS our statistics show a significant greater increase in May over last year at this time.  Indications are June will continue the feverish pace.

If you or your clients, members, or customers are planning a move this summer, be sure to call us as soon as  possible so  we  may plan ahead and book  the dates they wish to move on.  Generally, CRS does not experience significant black out  dates for bookings  with our national  account status, but it is better to be safe than sorry.  We have seen some dates full with  several van lines this May and are seeing the same thing in June.
Fortunately we have choices of moving partners and can pretty much accommodate our clients and customers needs as far as booking desired dates.

2 comments:

  1. Wow, this article is objective, from June 7th. I had no idea the moving industry experienced a 30% loss, thank for the update.

    man with van in London

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  2. Nice! I really enjoyed reading your post. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

    man with van in London

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