International moving planner
Five short questions give you one plan: a dated timeline, the questions to ask a removal company, the official pages to check and what to decide next.
Plan my moveFree tools
Moving tools for international moves
Four free tools help you plan a move abroad, or to the UK: a planner that builds one timeline for the whole move, a calculator that estimates how much you're moving, a checklist that puts every task in date order, and a guide that compares your volume with container sizes. They work in your browser, and nothing is sent until you choose to send an enquiry.
The tools
Choose a tool
International moving volume calculator
Count your belongings room by room and see roughly how much you're moving, in cubic metres and cubic feet, as a range, with a live picture of the load.
Count my belongingsInternational moving checklist
Choose leaving the UK, moving to the UK, EU to EU or the rest of the world, add a move date and tick off each task in date order, with the official source for every rule.
Open the checklistContainer size guide
See your volume as a share of a 20 ft, 40 ft or 40 ft high cube container, or a shared one, with sized ranges and their sources.
Compare container sizesHow they fit together
Plan the move, count what's going, then send it on
- Plan the moveStart with the moving planner to see the stages, dates and questions for your route.
- Count what's goingUse the volume calculator. The planner picks up your estimate from this device.
- Send it onSend the plan or the list with your enquiry, so a partner removal company starts from a proper brief.
Which one?
Which tool do you need?
- You know where you're going and roughly when: the planner.
- You want to know how big the move is: the volume calculator.
- You want a list of what to do and by when: the checklist.
- You want to know whether your volume suits a 20 ft, a 40 ft or a shared container: the container size guide.
Your data
How these tools treat your data
- Everything is worked out in your browser. The tools make no requests to send your answers anywhere.
- Nothing is kept on your device until you use a tool in a way that needs it. The calculator keeps your list when you choose Save, Copy private link or Send, the checklist keeps your ticks and notes as you make them, and the planner keeps your plan only when you choose Save my plan. All of it stays in this browser only, for 180 days, and each tool has a button to clear it.
- A private link keeps your list or plan in the part of the address after the #, which browsers don't send to any server. Anyone you give the link to can see it.
- There are no cookies. A PDF is made on your device and isn't uploaded.
- Nothing is sent to a removal company unless you send an enquiry.
Questions
Questions about the moving tools
Do the moving tools tell me what a move will cost?
No. They give no cost, no delivery time and no promise. The volume is an estimate that helps you describe your move, and your removal company confirms it, usually after a survey or video call, before it gives you a written quotation.
Is my information sent anywhere?
Not by the tools. Everything is worked out in your browser. Nothing leaves your device unless you choose to send an enquiry, and anything the tools keep stays in this browser until you clear it.
Can I use the tools for a move that is not to Germany?
Yes. The planner and the checklist work for any of the countries on our list, in every direction, including between two countries when neither is the UK. Germany is first to get its own tasks, each with its official source. Other countries show the general tasks until their facts are checked.
Who runs the moving tools?
International Removals Companies is a free enquiry and introduction service run by DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, in partnership with partner removal companies. We pass your enquiry to a suitable partner removal company, which assesses, quotes for and carries out the move.
Ready to send your move details?
Your enquiry goes to a suitable partner removal company, which assesses the move, quotes for it and carries it out. The introduction is free. Anything you worked out here can go with it.