If you’ve recently used the services of an international moving company then you might like to try your luck in a competition being run by GoodMigrations, the company we featured on knowitall.ch in June 2012, and whose website enables you to find international movers in your region and read customer reviews of how they performed.
To enter the competition, all you have to do is submit a review on the removal company that you used, using the review form located on the GoodMigrations website. The form is very short and should take no more than a minute to complete. Only reviews submitted by 30 September 2012 will be eligible for entry into the competition.
If you win, GoodMigrations reserves the right to request proof of your international relocation, which must have occurred after 1 January 2010. Click here to read the complete rules of entry.
That's it! The corrections are made and the new recommendations have been added on the 8th edition of Know-it-all passport® and it is on press at Imprimerie Nationale Rochat Baumann in Geneva right now! About 4 weeks of printing and 6 weeks of binding is what it takes during this 10 week-long process to bring you the quality item that you will keep on hand for the next two years. There are also two bookmarks on ribbons that are hand-inserted by a little old lady near Fribourg! Look out for it as of end-August this year in bookshops or pre-order via one of the distribution points for your copy hot-off-the-press!
Sporting the new blue color throughout, the cover is lifted with a touch of red as well. Click here to see the the evolution of the colors from the first edition.
See the photo competition winners and runners-up entries in our article.
How do you find a reputable moving company to ship your belongings from one country to another? That problem faced Adam Vagley when he relocated from New York City to Sydney, Australia, and led him and his co-founders to launch GoodMigrations. The company, whose tagline is “Move abroad with confidence,” provides a free, simple-to-use website for finding international movers, reading customer reviews of those movers, and getting educated on the process of moving household items to a different country.
Adam told knowitall.ch, “Most people have never moved abroad before and, as a result, don’t know where to turn to find a good mover. The problems that occur in domestic moves, such as damaged property, price gouging and delayed delivery, can happen just as often with international moves – but there is no reason why those who are moving house should fall into the same trap as others before them! Our website helps these people to make an informed choice, based on the recommendations of others – much like the knowitall.ch website, and its sister publication Know-it-all passport!”
Over the years, Know-it-all passport has received numerous recommendations from clients who have been fortunate to receive help from one of the many relocation agencies operating in this region. In most cases, these clients have chosen to settle in Switzerland and have needed specific help in working their way through the vast maze of Swiss rules and regulations.
However, if you work in Switzerland, but have chosen to live in France, you will find that much of this help is irrelevant as you learn to understand the particular nuances of this country, which has its own peculiar set of customs.
Filling this gap in the relocation market is an agency that specializes in helping new arrivals settle into neighboring France. Located in Thoiry, NJ Relocation comprises two full-time relocation consultants, Stephanie Werner Janssens, and her mother-in-law, Nadine Janssens, who work together to provide a credible support network, that works closely with real estate agents, and local schools and suppliers in the Pays de Gex and Haute Savoie regions of France.
Article written by Amy van den Dijssel
There may come a time when you leave Geneva. Many people come and go, but even those who may have had a tough time adjusting to the slower Geneva pace in the beginning, may be sad to leave. After seven happy years in Geneva, my husband was transferred to his company’s New Jersey office. Although I was excited to return to the US for a few years, I was also sad to leave. Geneva had become our home. We moved there with a 6 month old baby girl and left with two daughters, seven and five. Once I reconciled myself with the new adventure, I snapped into action mode. There are a lot of things that must be done before you leave Switzerland. As I watch two good friends follow in my footsteps this year (one to Singapore and one to Korea), I decided to put together this list:
