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By itself, moving can be a stressful life event, one that people have ranked as high as having trouble with one’s boss. But moving with children? Yikes. However, when you’re moving your entire family, things get a little more complicated. On a purely logistical level, more family members to pack equals a longer to-do list. But perhaps more importantly, moving has a number of psychological effects on children. The unknowns surrounding the move can feel scary to kids (and to adults, too)! Plus, saying goodbye to your old school, house, and neighborhood can bring up a lot of emotions like sadness and anger. Your kids...

Understandably, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about moving to Hawaii in the middle of the global pandemic and its accompanying stay-at-home orders. As a transportation and logistics company, Royal Hawaiian Movers is considered an essential business. As such, we have remained operational during these stay-at-home / work-from-home orders. In addition to giving you regular COVID-19 updates on our operations, we also wanted to give you a run-down on what it’s like to move to Hawaii right now to answer some of the common queries we’ve received. We’re Moving Forward with Household Moves Currently, we are continuing household moves for individuals and families to...

Last Updated: 8/29/2022 If you share the sentiments of legendary slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer, you might feel Honolulu’s city lights bringing you back again and again. Maybe the call has gotten so strong that you’re considering making Honolulu your home. If so, we’d love to welcome you to the Big Pineapple with an insider’s tour to Hawaii’s capital city. With a population of just around 350,000, Honolulu is Hawaii’s most populated urban area. Depending on how you define a city, it’s also one of the globe’s most isolated, along with Auckland, New Zealand and Perth, Australia. Because Honolulu is a major hub of activity, the...

It seems like you can get an online quote for practically anything these days. You’ll find sites all over the internet willing to give you an instant estimate for things like car insurance, health insurance, redoing the siding on your house, ending the termite infestation you discovered in your attic, buying a color copier, ordering a case of pitted dates from Pakistan or even booking an Elvis impersonator for your next party. So when it comes to getting a quote for moving to or from Hawaii, you might wonder: Why does my moving company need to come to my house to give me a quote?...

Everyone has their own vision for the perfect and easiest move.   Some people have a strong do-it-yourself bent and want to be as hands-on as possible during the process. (If this is you, check out our EZ Move program, available on Maui, Hilo, Kona and Kauai!)  Others want to convenience of a done-for-you solution, in which the moving company handles absolutely everything: materials, packing, shipping and unpacking. If you’re pressed for time—or you simply want the convenience of letting an expert crew manage all the details—then a done-for-you solution is likely right for you.   At Royal Hawaiian Movers, we call this our door-to-door service. We get a lot of questions about it, including:   How exactly does it work? ...

In Hawaii, motorcycles offer their riders an open-air tour of all the beauty the islands have to offer. If you long to feel the Pacific trade winds blowing by and the warm sun on your body as you glide down the road past waterfalls, ocean views and other iconic Hawaiian sights, we’ve got good news for you: It’s pretty easy to ship your motorcycle to the Hawaiian islands. Or, if you’ve fallen in love with your bike in Hawaii and can’t imagine leaving it behind when you move to the mainland (or another island!), it can be just as simple to take it with you.    In this guide, we’ll walk you through all your options...