{"id":20,"date":"2026-10-04T06:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/2026\/10\/04\/the-cheapest-days-to-move-and-the-ones-to-avoid\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T06:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:41:56","slug":"the-cheapest-days-to-move-and-the-ones-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/2026\/10\/04\/the-cheapest-days-to-move-and-the-ones-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cheapest Days to Move, and the Ones to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moving prices follow demand, and demand is predictable. Most leases end on the last day of the month, most families want to move in summer, and most people prefer a weekend. Avoid all three and you can save real money on the same move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The cheapest days to move<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tuesday to Thursday, in the middle of the month.<\/li><li>October to April, outside school holidays.<\/li><li>Early-morning start times, when crews are fresh and traffic is light.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The days to avoid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last three days and first two days of any month are the busiest of the year for movers, followed by summer weekends and the week of a public holiday. Prices are higher and slots disappear early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How far ahead to book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a local move, two to three weeks is usually enough. For long-distance moves or anything between May and September, book four to six weeks ahead to get the date you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because our quotes are <a href=\"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/pricing\/\">flat-rate<\/a>, the price you lock in does not change if moving day runs long. <a href=\"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/#quote\">Check your date and price<\/a> in under two minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why mid-month weekdays can save you up to 20%, and how far ahead to book in summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planning","tag-moving-costs","tag-moving-date","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-moving-company-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}