Both those methods have their advantages and disadvantages. However, once you have managed to move, you will discover that the process was more expensive than it would have been with the help of the specialized movers. First, you will need about three days, and this means days lost from your vacation. Second, the furniture might be scratched, and that broken monitor surely costs some serious money. This is why the services of the movers in Friendswood might be recommended, even if they would cost you some money. Place the fragile items in the boxes correctly. The plates and glasses must be vertically placed. Use a lot of bubble wrap and paper for those items.

Fill the jars and boxes completely. Load the objects in the boxes so they could be easily closed. The boxes that are too full might not be closed, so they are harder to be placed one over the other. The boxes that are too empty will be torn when the heavy objects are placed over.

Wrap the boxes in adhesive tape. The boxes must be closed and stuck with adhesive tape, so they would be easily transported and placed one over the other.

Write the content on the boxes. Use a marker to write on each box what it contains, and what room it belongs to. Write those details on the lateral sides of the boxes, so you could read them when the boxes are placed one over the other. If the box needs to be placed in a certain position, make an arrow on it to the side that needs to be placed up. Write fragile on any box containing such objects.

Gather the boxes in one place. This way, you will save time with arranging the furniture and the luggage in the truck. If you are ordered and tidy, you will use the depositing space at its maximum, the boxes must be deposited in a manner that will not obstruct the access to some other items in the backside of the truck.