Your photo prints and home videos need extra care during a move.
Without proper preparation, these cherished memories could be damaged or lost.
To ensure your family photos stay safe, follow these tips for digitizing, packing, and storing them during your move.
1. Digitize Your Photos and Videos Before You Pack
Moving can be unpredictable, with risks like moisture, mishandling, or natural disasters. The best way to protect family photos is by creating digital backups stored in the cloud or on devices like USB drives.
Digital copies ensure your memories remain accessible, even if physical prints are damaged.
Here’s how Memory Fortress simplifies the process:
- Collect photos, movie reels, camcorder tapes, and scrapbooks.
- Ship them to us for digitization. We’ll preserve them in high-resolution digital formats like flash drives or DVDs.
- Receive your originals and digital copies within five business days, even with tight deadlines.
Digitization not only protects your memories but also reduces storage needs, making your move easier.
2. Use Proper Packing Materials for Framed Photos
Framed photos require extra protection. Avoid wrapping frames in towels or stacking them unprotected. Instead, invest in these materials:
- Picture frame corner protectors
- Bubble wrap pouches or foam sleeves
- Durable boxes with dividers
These materials safeguard against chipping or breaking during transport, ensuring your cherished frames arrive intact.
3. Choose the Right Storage Containers for Prints
Print photos and film are highly sensitive to environmental factors like humidity, sunlight, and heat.
Use water-tight, opaque storage bins with archival paper dividers to prevent prints from sticking together.
Avoid rubber bands or paper clips, as these can permanently damage photos. For maximum protection, look for archival-quality storage boxes and envelopes.
4. Keep Precious Memories With You
While most belongings can be entrusted to movers, irreplaceable items like photo albums are best kept with you.
Transport them in your car or hand luggage for extra care.
This ensures you can oversee their safety rather than relying on movers’ handling policies.
5. Prioritize Safe Storage Upon Arrival
Once you arrive, immediately unload and store your photo boxes in a climate-controlled area.
Avoid garages, attics, or basements, where temperature fluctuations and moisture could damage your prints.
Designate a secure, dry closet or storage room for long-term preservation.
Take Steps to Protect Family Photos During Your Move
Before listing your house, plan ahead to protect your memories.
Start by digitizing your photos with Memory Fortress to ensure they are backed up.
Then, follow these packing and storage tips to keep your photos safe during transit.
Why Choose Memory Fortress?
- Fast, high-resolution scanning services
- Flexible scheduling for tight deadlines
- Reliable digitization of all formats, from slides to scrapbooks
Start your order today for peace of mind, knowing your family photos are safe during your move.
We digitize everything right here at our facility in metro Atlanta, processed by US citizens.