Moving is one of those things everyone dreads and nobody talks about honestly. You spend weeks collecting cardboard boxes from the grocery stores and old Amazon boxes, tape everything shut, watch half of it collapse on the way to the truck, and then spend three days breaking it all down and stuffing it in your recycling bin. It’s exhausting before you even lift a piece of furniture.
Reusable moving boxes (sometimes called totes) exist specifically to stop that, and once people find out about them, there is no going back to cardboard.
What Are Reusable Moving Boxes / Totes?
Reusable moving totes are heavy-duty plastic bins built for exactly this. They’re larger than a standard cardboard box, 27 inches long, 17 inches wide, and about 12 inches deep, and they hold up to 65 pounds. They have attached lids that snap shut, so nothing shifts, spills, or gets crushed in transit.
The other thing worth knowing: they’re designed to fit perfectly into a dolly made specifically for them. That means you’re stacking and rolling, not carrying box after box across a parking lot. Your back will notice the difference.
How Many Reusable Moving Boxes Do You Actually Need?
This is the question most people ask once they decide to go the tote route, and the honest answer is: it depends on how much stuff you have. But home size is a reliable starting point.
Here’s a general guide:
- Studio apartment — around 20 totes
- 1-bedroom home or apartment — around 30 totes
- 2-bedroom home or apartment — around 40 totes
- 3-bedroom home — around 55 totes
- 4-bedroom home — around 75 totes
- 5-bedroom home — around 100 totes
For most moves, a full tote rental package runs somewhere between $119 and $359 depending on your home size.
A Few Things That Can Shift Your Count
The bedroom guide above works well for most people, but a few things can push you up a tier:
- You have a garage, storage room, or outdoor shed that needs to be packed
- You’re a collector — books, records, sports gear, tools
- You prefer packing one room completely before moving to the next (which takes more totes in rotation at one time)
- You’re doing a slow move over several days rather than one big push
When in doubt, going one size up is easier than scrambling for more totes mid-move.
How It Works
- We deliver the totes to your current home, stacked and ready, with a dolly included.
- You pack at your own pace, snap the lids, stack them up, load and unload with the dolly.
- We pick them up from your new place, no drop-off run, no cardboard to deal with, done.
TLDR: We bring totes, you pack and move, we pick up totes. No tape. No collapsing boxes. No recycling pile at the end.
Ready to Skip the Cardboard?
If you’re moving in Broward or Miami-Dade county and you’ve been looking around for a better way to do this, reusable totes are worth it. The convenience alone makes the rental cost feel like a no-brainer by move day.
About Totes to Move
Totes to Move rents heavy-duty plastic moving totes to residents across Broward County and Miami-Dade County. Cities include Fort Lauderdale, Miramar, Hollywood, Aventura, Kendall, Davie, Coral Springs, Sunrise, Doral, Pompano Beach, & more. Packages run from 20 totes for a studio up to 100 totes for a 5-bedroom home, with free delivery, free pickup, and a dolly included with every order. Standard rental time is 2 weeks.
Rentals are also available for 4 weeks, giving you more time to pack and move at your own pace.
Ready to book? Browse packages and reserve your totes at TotesToMove.com.
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