FEATURE/Mayflower Makes Moving Tips Information Package Available, Launches Online Quiz to Help Consumers Learn Their `Move Readiness'

Business Wire, April 1, 2004

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FEATURE...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2004

From May through September this year, more than 22 million Americans will pack up their homes and move.

Mayflower Transit, one of the largest van lines in the United States, has put together a background resource for editors and reporters covering the many facets of this uniquely American migration.

Mayflower's "Moving Tips" information package is available online at the company's media center, www.mayflower.com/media.asp. It is also in traditional printed form and can be obtained by calling Mayflower's Jennifer Bonham at 636-349-2508 or via e-mail at Jennifer_Bonham@mayflower.com.

Both the online and printed "Moving Tips" kits contain background about the moving process, including:

-- Should you move yourself or hire a mover?

-- Negotiating moving expenses for a new job

-- Using satellite tracking to stay in touch with your

belongings' location

-- Remembering to take what's yours

-- Moving eight grown elephants (the equivalent weight of the

average interstate shipment) and other moving facts

In addition to the "Moving Tips" media package, the Mayflower media center includes additional information about the moving industry and tips to help consumers move.

The "Readiness to Move" quiz

A 10-point "move readiness" quiz in the "Moving Tips" package and available online was designed to offer readers everyday questions about the moving experience that have not-so-obvious answers.

Example: "How many hours in advance should you unplug your electronic equipment so that it will be at room temperature on moving day?"

The answer to that question, and the rest of the quiz, are available online by visiting:

http://www.mayflower.com/pers/quiz.htm

The "readiness quiz" is also available in the Mayflower online media center and upon request within the Moving Tips printed package.

Mayflower Transit, based in suburban St. Louis, is one of the oldest and most recognized moving companies in the country. Owned exclusively by full-time movers, Mayflower is a recognized provider of superior moving services to individuals and corporate America.

For interviews with Mayflower moving experts, images or further information, contact:

Jennifer Bonham, Mayflower Transit

636-349-2508

jennifer_bonham@mayflower.com