Originally Posted by
darthbimmer
My first full-time job out of graduate school in the 90s, my big-name employer paid for relocation. The cost just for the moving van service was $10,000 -- and that was just to move the contents of the one-bedroom apartment my wife and I shared. The cost would probably be at least 50% higher today for the same size move.
Crikey - what did you have in the apartment?
I moved to/from the west coast w/ a 2-bedroom apt for 1/3 of that with a moving van service, plus a bit more to have the car shipped. But we digress.
Given the OP has stated he has very little stuff to move that he thinks UPS can handle, this is one of the few times that taking the $5K would work out and, as others have noted, the $4-5K could go towards deposit, buying furniture (so on his next move he'll use the relo service
).
Cheers.