RELO Roundtable…a gathering place

Hey movers! In case you haven't noticed, there's an elephant in your front room. And that big pink pachyderm sitting on top of your industry interests is squishing the profitability out of your business. What's worse is that he's got a whole lot of relatives standing in line waiting to invade the same shrinking piece [...]

RELO Roundtable WILL NOT BE publishing any new moving and storage industry content or updating any of site's more than 450 relocation related articles on Wednesday, January 18th. This action is being taken as personal protest against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (HR 3261) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT [...]

Before we tuck 2011 into the record books, I want to take just a minute to thank everyone who drops by for your interest and involvement in this website. Next week RELO Roundtable will turn three years old. I started the undertaking as a business idea and networking tool to find a new job. Little [...]

Analyzing last week's traffic results, I was absolutely amazed at the number of both first-time and repeat visitors who dropped by on Christmas day. And it wasn't just to share holiday wishes! Most of the keyword searches used were the same as those used throughout the year. Sometimes the term 'movers' is used interchangeably by [...]

Enjoy!   "Deck the Halls" Arrangement by Francisco J. Núñez and Jim Papoulis from "Coolside of Yuletide"

Thanks for dropping by! In the true spirit of this joyful season, me and mine wish you and yours a very safe and wonderfully relaxing holiday with your families, friends, and loved ones. Whatever they are, I sincerely hope you find comfort, and inspiration in both your individual faith and personal dreams throughout the New [...]

Regardless of whether you're an occasional, part-time user of Twitter or a die-hard social 'tweet' aficionado, you may have noticed that your account was been phished/hacked a lot during the last couple of weeks. Last week I suddenly started receiving scores of direct message from Twitter followers that included an embedded link regarding a “bad [...]

“Realtor of the Year” takes aim at the moving industryThe following is a copy of a recent entry that a well-intentioned realtor posted in the Report a Scam forum at the popular trash-your-mover site at MovingSCAM.com. Tim Walker, the owner, created the 'consumer oriented' venue to let others “know what is going on in the [...]

It appears it’s now the movers who are fighting back!   Perhaps it's the hectic summer schedule created by too many customers and not enough capacity that's getting on people's nerves. Then again, maybe it's just the overwhelming heat that's creating the rancor. Whatever the reason, it appears that there's an industry backlash developing at [...]

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) just launched a newly designed website to help consumers protect themselves from fraudulent or unscrupulous interstate household goods moving companies. Different format; same content. The announcement comes two and a half months after the start of the relocation industry's traditional summer peak moving season. [...]