Showing posts with label American Moving and Storage Association. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Moving and Storage Association. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2009

New From All My Sons: Book Your Move Online!



There isn't much you can't do online. You can order groceries, order pizza and now book moving services online through All My Sons' online booking system! This online quoting and booking system allows users to get a quote and even book their move online 24 hours a day.

Of course, our convenient booking system is in addition to our helpful moving staff and consultants. My coworkers and I are here to answer your moving questions and fill in the details of your local or long distance move.

We hope you find our online booking system a helpful, convenient tool. For now, it's back to work as we develop even more ways to make your moving and storage experience hassle-free.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Our Customers Call us the Best Dallas Movers

Like many Dallas moving companies, All My Sons Moving & Storage strives to offer the best Dallas movers in the country. However, unlike many Dallas moving companies, we’ve been in business for over four generations. We are decades ahead of the competition, and our drive to be the best Dallas movers around hasn’t let up since the very beginning.

My fellow coworkers and I know that our efforts are in vain without the presence of our wonderful customers. These days, it often takes a lot of faith on the part of a customer to let a local moving company handle their move to Dallas. And with all of the horror stories you hear about rogue movers, it’s no surprise that some customers are a little wary.

But when they see our Dallas movers in action, providing quality moving services while handling each box and piece of furniture with the utmost care, they know that All My Sons truly earns the trust of each and every customer we serve. We can call ourselves the best Dallas movers until we’re blue in the face, but the words are meaningless without our thousands of satisfied customers to back them up!

Friday, February 13, 2009

All My Sons is a Serious Moving Business

I am a big fan of supporting local, independent and family-owned businesses. I understand the convenience of supercenters like Walmart, but small businesses add something more than the “supercenters” of the world could ever come up with. Whether it’s a unique item, more personal service, a better product or all of the above, supporting local businesses is the best thing you can do to ensure a healthy balance of competition in today’s sensitive economy.

As a family-owned Dallas moving company, All My Sons Moving & Storage understands that many of our customers choose our Dallas movers because they know they can trust us. We provide our contact information so you can always get a hold of us, but we also proactively contact our customers to make sure they get the best moving services at a great value.

But we also understand that some small moving companies leave a lot to be desired. Maybe their knowledge of the local moving industry is limited, or they don’t know how to support customers through the ebb and flow of the economy. Perhaps they don’t have a solid training program for their Dallas movers, or think that background checks on each employee hired are too time consuming and expensive.

It’s moving companies like these that lower expectations for family-owned Dallas moving companies. All My Sons Moving & Storage has worked hard to establish our reputation as a full-service local and long-distance mover, and we didn’t solidify that reputation by only offering a handful of moving services and a rag-tag team of inexperienced movers. We carefully screen each new employee that comes through our door, knowing that you trust our Dallas moving company to handle your household of belongings, so we must trust our Dallas movers to ensure your items are regarded with the utmost care.

To top it all off, we handle international moving as well as short-term and long-term storage services with convenient pick-up and delivery service. We make it easy while making you feel right at home with our professional movers and staff during your move to Dallas.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

All My Sons Keeps Moving Along!

Few Dallas moving companies have had the pleasure of helping the moving industry grow and change with each new year. All My Sons Moving & Storage has been around for a long time, and we’ve enjoyed pioneering new methods and techniques to meet your moving and storage needs as the world around us grows and changes. Just how much progress have we made over the years? Let’s take a look at the All My Sons timeline.

1st Generation of All My Sons Moving & Storage – All My Sons Moving & Storage begins with one very helpful family and their trusty ice truck.

2nd Generation of All My Sons Moving & Storage – The local moving company is well-known as a family-friendly, family-owned neighborhood moving business. Two moving trucks now replace the old ice truck.

3rd Generation of All My Sons Moving & Storage – All My Sons Moving & Storage is among the first moving companies in the moving and storage industry to offer FREE protection of all furniture using quilted blankets and pads. This free service becomes a company staple and is still offered to our Dallas moving customers today.

4th Generation of All My Sons Moving & Storage – All My Sons builds a solid reputation as a local and long-distance moving and storage company. Past, present and future moving customers rejoice!

1998 – All My Sons Moving & Storage of Dallas is born. A security-monitored, climate-controlled storage facility, a professional training facility and a fleet of professional moving trucks opens to serve Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding areas.

All My Sons has come a long way—from one ice truck to a fleet of trucks available for your local or long-distance move to Dallas. In addition, we continuously upgrade our professional moving boxes and packing supplies and keep our Dallas movers on a continuous training program.

It takes a strong organization to survive over four generations in the moving and storage business. But All My Sons has pulled through thick and thin. We are committed to continuously improving our services for all of our customers.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Moving Professionals that Care




I’ve been known to be a little stubborn at times. Back in the day, when I was young and naïve, I insisted on moving myself. And by moving myself, I mean I insisted on enlisting friends and family to help me move from home to home. I guess I didn’t realize the risk of having helping hands that weren’t trained at providing help. Over the years, I lost several dishes and found several scratches and scrapes on my furniture. No big deal, right?

When my wooden bed frame (complete with headboard and footboard), which had been moved at least 4 times, completely collapsed as my friends and I were trying to put it back together, I decided to casually look around for ways to hire a few professional movers for next time. But when I discovered that the screen of my television was ruined, I KNEW things had to change.

Moving with true, professional Dallas movers is not only more convenient and hassle-free. The value is priceless. All My Sons Moving & Storage has access to high-quality moving supplies like moving boxes, sturdy tape, cushioning packing materials and much more. If you add full-service packing to your move to Dallas, you’ll be sure your items are fully-protected as they are carefully packed by industry professionals. Our Dallas movers wrap all furniture in quilted padding before anything leaves the house, so your furniture is safe from even minor bumps and scratches.

No matter how often you’ve moved, All My Sons takes the cake when it comes to experience. We have four generations worth of moving and storage experience, and a professional training program that blends our traditional standards of service with new techniques and technology available today. We even have a simulated moving environment where our certified moving consultants teach each mover the secrets to providing a hassle-free move.

Working with professional Dallas movers makes everything easier. You’ll enjoy peace of mind and lots of extra time when All My Sons plans and delivers your move to Dallas.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

All My Sons of Dallas Welcomes the New Year!

Hello 2009! It’s back to business this week at All My Sons Moving & Storage of Dallas. We’ve all had a great time celebrating the holidays with family and friends and even took a few moments to reflect on our goals for the New Year as a Dallas moving and storage company. We’d love to share a few with our customers!
As an employee of All My Sons, I always make a resolution to be better at my job than last year. It’s simply the way our moving company works! After ten years, we are truly excellent at what we do for our moving and storage customers, from our friendly staff to our professional Dallas movers. My job involves many tasks: communication with our movers, staff and customers, resolving issues, scheduling each move with a great moving team and much more. I resolve to always go the extra mile—just like our Dallas movers—in each task I encounter at All My Sons. By making sure I maintain high standards for my job performance, I can be sure that each customer receives only the highest-quality moving and storage services when they move with All My Sons of Dallas.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Your Baby Bird Has Flown the Coup

Do you remember waking up as a child in the middle of the night because you think you heard a noise, calling out to your mom and dad for comfort. Now fast-forward to a couple of years down the road to your first night alone in your new apartment, you hear a noise and call out to…??? Then you remember you are all by yourself in your very own apartment. How exciting! Except for that strange noise you just heard. There is no question that you have heard the expression “empty nest syndrome” this usually refers to what parents go through when one or more of their children move out of the house; leaving just them. It generally describes the loneliness or “emptiness” they will feel, but did you know that we as children moving out for the very first time can go through it too. We are used to having someone always there to help us out if we need it, do our laundry, make us meals, do the shopping and pay the bills. We are not used to the fact that we are considered “adults” and now have to do this all on our own.

Moving out on your own as a high school or college graduate is an exciting time in your life because it means that you are in charge of you, and you are able to decide what path in life you are going to go down. Hopefully, your parents will let you live with them for a little while longer while you try to save up enough money in order to move out. A good rule of thumb is to try and save at least three months of rent and bills before you move out so that if something comes up unexpectedly you can handle it. Although a little scary at times there are many things you can do to make sure that when you do finally move out on your own it will be a rather painless and smooth transition.

First, try to find a roommate; doing this will help you when it to making the rent and paying bills. With any luck you have someone that you are willing to share this experience with as well as your new home.
Second, do not wait to long to act. You need to start getting quotes from moving companies, unless you are going to do it yourself. The more local movers you call the better off you will be.
Third, a well paying job would not hurt to have either. This usually helps in keeping yourself a float when you are trying to adjust to your new surroundings and situation.

Now that you have found your dream apartment, a roommate if need be, and have saved all your money it is time to get movin’.

Moving in Dallas is a lot easier than you think, it is one of the largest markets when it comes to housing and movers. As always the more you do in preparation the better your moving day will go. Since this is your first time to be on your own, you have to get all your utilities set up and all your deposits made. You undoubtedly have started packing your boxes and luggage; and a little piece of advice from me to you, pack at least a weeks worth of clothes, your toiletries, and easy to cook food, just in case it takes you a little longer to get unpacked than you had planned.

Moving is always a stressful time, whether it is your very first time or if you have moved countless times. I remember the first time I moved out was to go to college. I moved into an off campus dorm, so it was like a small furnished apartment. My parents and I packed up all the things, loaded up my mom’s car and the back of my dad’s pick up truck. We had to be at the dorm at 6 a.m. in order to get in line so it would not take all day to move in. What an experience that was. Then after we got all of my stuff up to the 6th floor my mom and I went shopping to stock the cabinets, refrigerator and bathroom. I remember vividly the feeling of sheer exhaustion when everyone left. My roommate and I were so excited to be on our own finally and were going to go out for our first night on the town. We made it about a block down the road to a restaurant to have dinner and went right back to our room, took showers made the bed and went strait to sleep.

So to all you little birdies that are getting ready to fly off into the great unknown remember to always be nice to your parents since they are the ones who are going to help you out when you need it;and to all you parents out there who are getting ready to have an empty nest remember to be nice to your little birdies so they will come back home every once in a while.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Pinnacle Mover of Dallas

You have been hunting for your perfect new home for months and you have finally found it. You are getting everything in order and have decided to us a Dallas mover. One thing you should consider when deciding on a moving company is their accreditations. A big one in Dallas is being a pinnacle mover. What is a pinnacle mover you ask?

“To achieve pinnacle mover status, a company must meet all required standards and criteria.” They must have a devotion to be a paramount in the moving industry. All My Sons of Dallas has achieved this status and maintained it for many years. Some of the basic requirements to do so are:

• Maintain membership in good standing with Southwest Movers Association
• Maintain a satisfactory U.S. Department of Transportation Safety Rating
• Have no unresolved Better Business Bureau claims on record
• Comply with all other state and federal regulatory requirements

To obtain this honor a Dallas mover must meet all necessary standards and criteria, in addition to earning 150 points from a menu of criteria. There is an outstanding list of options to choose from in order to earn those points. All My Sons of Dallas not only meets and exceeds these requirements. We maintain and enforce a dress code for all our movers; we implement a formal associate conduct policy as well as a formal safety program. All of our employees are full time trained employees and receive a safety manual. All our movers go through a training program and we recognize the ones who consistently do an outstanding job.

All of trucks and 18 wheelers are under the ten year requirement; as a matter of fact not a single truck is over five years old. We have achieved many credits from the American Moving Association as well as Southwest Movers Association. One thing we like to brag on here is that our claims ratio is quite low.

While it seems quite easy to attain this status, it is another thing to keep it. It is an ongoing process to make sure that All My Sons is one of the best Dallas movers out there. Our owner/president is on the board of the SMA and makes sure that we remain with this title.