Royal Hawaiian Movers
Helpful Articles - Maui

Picking up your life and moving it to a new place means coordinating a lot of moving parts—before, during and after Moving Day. In addition to packing and moving all of your possessions, there are a number of other to-dos required in order to transition you to your new home. To help you check off all those little boxes, we’ve compiled a list of the essential links to make your Maui move easier.   Whether you’re moving to the Mainland, to another island or to another destination entirely, this list will help you keep track of all of the details involved when you close one chapter of your life and open a new one. We’ll also throw in a few helpful hints we’ve discovered after helping thousands...

Last Updated: 5/3/2023 No move is exactly the same. That’s something we discovered early on into our 35+ years of moving families to, from, in, and around the Hawaiian islands. For example, if you’re moving from Hawaiʻi to the mainland, you might have enough to fill a container on your own—or you might not. If you don’t need an entire container, you’re looking at what the moving industry calls a “less-than-container load” (LCL). In this scenario, you’ll likely be offered a quote for a consolidated shipment. consolidated shipment: When your freight forwarder or carrier combines several smaller shipments all headed for the same location into...

Last Updated: 8/1/2022 When you’re deciding which island to live on in Hawaii, Maui will likely cross your radar. Also known as the Valley Isle, Maui is often considered a middle ground between the hustle and bustle of Oahu and the untamed natural beauty of the Big Island.  Maui played host to the first capital city of the Kingdom of Hawaii. King Kamehameha named Lahaina the kingdom’s capital in 1820, although it was moved to Honolulu in 1845. Many celebrities have made Maui their home over the years, including Woody Harrelson, Ram Dass, Willie Nelson, Mick Fleetwood, Charles Lindbergh, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and many...