Student life means constant movement — semesters end, leases turn over, dorm rooms change hands. Moon Movers takes care of the packing and hauling so the transition stays simple.
A standard dorm room holds beds, desks and a wardrobe — barely enough space for one semester's belongings. When the term ends students either haul everything home at their own cost or leave it in a room that may be reassigned. A crew that works around campus check-out schedules turns the whole job into one organized trip.
Why Students Call Us for This Move
End-of-Lease TimingCrews scheduled around lease turnovers and campus check-out dates.
Small-Space LoadingNarrow hallways, shared elevators and tight stairwells in dorms need a crew that wraps everything inside the room, not at the curb.
Summer HandoffBelongings picked up in May and held until the next lease starts in August.
Shared-Cost RunsRoommates split one truck instead of booking separately.
Most campus housing offices give residents a fixed date and a two-to-four-hour slot to vacate the room. The crew arrives early enough to wrap, load and clear the hallway inside the allowed time. If the building requires a freight elevator reservation or a certificate of insurance for the management office, both are arranged in advance so the schedule holds.
Yes. The crew picks everything up at the end of the spring term and delivers it to storage. When the fall lease starts, the same crew brings it to your new room or apartment. You can access the stored items during the summer if something is needed before the semester begins.
Personal documents, medications and valuables like jewelry or a laptop should travel with you. Everything else — furniture, boxes, bags, kitchen items — the crew handles on site.
Two weeks is enough for a midweek move. For end-of-May and the first of September, when many student leases in Chicago turn over at once, three to four weeks gives a better choice of time slots. We do keep openings for short-notice jobs, so call even if the move is only a few days away.
Many student bookings come from a parent calling from another state. A written quote goes out by email, details are confirmed by text, and the contact person gets an update when the crew arrives and again when the truck is loaded.
Start with a walkthrough of what you own — count the bags, the boxes and the larger items like a desk or a mini fridge. A short list is usually enough for a dorm room. Once the inventory is clear the dispatcher picks a truck size, confirms the crew count and locks the date around your check-out window.
Quick inventory by phone or video call
Truck size and crew count confirmed in writing
Move date locked to your campus check-out slot
10 minDispatcher
The estimate is built from the inventory, not guessed from room count
Sort & Pack
Go through your things beforehand and split them into three groups: what moves with you, what goes to storage and what gets discarded. The crew brings blankets, wrap and tape, boxes fragile items on site and marks every box with the room it belongs to at the destination.
Items split into move, store and discard piles
Fragile items boxed and wrapped on site
Every box labeled with destination room and contents
Blankets and shrink wrap come with the crew
Campus Pickup
The crew parks at the zone the housing office designates, pads the door frames and begins loading floor by floor. In buildings with a freight elevator the booking is arranged ahead of time; in walk-ups the team carries everything down the stairs and loads the truck in tiers so nothing shifts on the road.
Truck parked in the campus-approved loading zone, not double-parked
Door frames and hallways padded before loading starts
Freight elevator booked with the building in advance
Load strapped tier by tier so nothing shifts during the drive
Dorm Drop-Off or Storage
If you are moving into a new apartment, boxes go to the room written on the label and furniture is placed where you point. If the next lease has not started yet, everything goes to storage and stays there until you call for delivery in August or September when the new place is ready.
Boxes placed room by room, not piled at the door
Furniture set where you point
Storage option for items between leases
Return delivery scheduled when your new place is ready
Moon Movers works with students across Chicago — from dorm check-outs at UIC and DePaul to apartment swaps in the neighborhoods around campus. The crew handles the sorting, packing and transport so the move fits inside the housing office window.
Whether the destination is a new room, a shared apartment or a storage unit between semesters, every item is accounted for from pickup to delivery. Working with a tight budget? See our student budget guide to a Chicago college move.
