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Help with moving service/renting a van to move to Denmark (leddit.danmark.party)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone!

Me and my partner (Danish) have been living in The Netherlands for 7 years and want to move to Copenhagen next month. We have a flat and everything, we just need to figure out the easiest way to take our furniture with.

Is there any moving service you have had experience with or some renting company that you recommend?

Obviously there is an option to rent a van in Denmark, drive it down to NL, fill it up and drive it back, but I think for that hustle and price a one way rental (if possible) or an actual service is the same price and less hassle.

Any advice appreciated!

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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/thegreatsalvio at 2024-03-08 10:30:51+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Epae82 at 2024-03-08 12:07:03+00:00 ID: ktwlc6y

I rented a truck in NL, drove to my house, filled it with my stuff then drove to DK... emptied it... drove it back to NL. Picked up my normal car parked at the parking lot... drove back to DK.

It was a 'fun' weekend...

This was 8 years ago.

It was 'stupidly' expensive to get a company to do it back then. as soon as it was 'international', the prices just skyrocketed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

thegreatsalvio (OP) at 2024-03-08 12:11:46+00:00 ID: ktwlu3i

Yeah we don't have a car... So we were thinking the other way around, rent from DK, drive here, drive back. But that's like... 2000+ eur now with the kilometres fare, going abroad fare, van sized car fare, filling up the tank, the stops along the way, multi-day rental...

Honestly I think it might add up the same amount nowadays to a moving company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

slinkywafflepants at 2024-03-08 22:31:04+00:00 ID: ktzhh4s

Renting the van in NL will be a lot cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Epae82 at 2024-03-08 12:16:04+00:00 ID: ktwmayt

Back then, i paid about 1200€ including everything (km, petrol, weekend rental, international etc) using Bo-Rent in NL.

The cheapest moving company i could find wanted over 3000€.

Today, i wouldn't think twice about just paying for a moving company, but back then when funds weren't as 'available', it was a different story.

You could also consider how much of your furniture is worth keeping, and just renting a small van for the critical stuff and sell the rest in NL.

It depends on how much you're willing to pay for convenience. Not going to lie, doing 3x1100km (BoZ->Copenhagen) in a weekend - including filling and emptying the moving truck was not the most pleasant thing in the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

thegreatsalvio (OP) at 2024-03-08 12:20:59+00:00 ID: ktwmv1a

Yeah no we're keeping like sofa and bed and stuff for sure, we already did that math. Even if we bought new ikea stuff in DK it still makes sense. A new sofa+bed is like 1000+ already and if we're already renting a van then it makes much more sense to just bring it with. Especially since the value of both of these things has skyrocketed since we got them.

We're waiting on a quote from a moving company as well, but yeah, how much is the convenience worth is a different question. I'd say quite a lot as only one of us has a license (mine has to be renewed and isn't valid at the moment, a difficult estonian system) and I just had a big surgery so carrying and packing are also... a bit difficult. (I know, what great timing of everything)

But which company did you rent the car from if you remember?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Epae82 at 2024-03-08 12:23:22+00:00 ID: ktwn4xi

I edited my comment to show who i used, but maybe it didn't go through.

I used Bo-Rent in Bergen op Zoom.

This truck:

https://borent.nl/auto-huren/product/mercedes-benz-sprinter-met-laadklep

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

thegreatsalvio (OP) at 2024-03-08 12:23:46+00:00 ID: ktwn6ln

Oh yeah bo rent is a good old cheap option, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Epae82 at 2024-03-08 12:25:25+00:00 ID: ktwndh8

good luck with it!

There's a bit smaller trucks also which are significantly more confortable when driving longer distances so judge properly how much space you actually need.