After last week's post on dorm furniture for hire, another student-run dorm venture has been brought to our attention. Dorm2Dorm was founded by college students, for college students. According to the company's co-founder, Matt Nelsen, Dorm2Dorm offers relief during a period of high stress – finals week. The service is simple: students order storage materials online, which are delivered a week before finals. Dorm2Dorm comes back a week later, when finals are out of the way, to pick up packed items and store them for the summer. When the new semester begins, the stored goods are delivered to the student's (new) dorm room.
Costs for a typical amount of storage are around USD 70 per month, including delivery of materials, pick-up, USD 800 insurance, storage and delivery. The company can also arrange shipping and long-term storage for semesters abroad.
Dorm2Dorm launched in 2004 at the University of San Diego, and currently serves 11 colleges and universities. Although it isn't the first to enter the student storage market, it prides itself on running a highly professional and streamlined business. The company has doubled in size every year they've been in business, and is actively seeking managers to expand to other universities, while controlling sales, logistics and customer service from a central office.
It's one of those businesses that just works: a simple service satisfying an enduring niche market, that's ambitiously run like a market-leader right from the start.
Website: www.dorm2dorm.com
Contact: Matt Nelsen, mnelsen@dorm2dorm.com
Another great Summer Storage Company is http://campusnational.com - pretty affordable as well.
Door to Door Storage is running offering special pricing for college students. http://www.doortodoor.com/collegepromo/
As a student, I know finding storage depends on a bunch of different factors. Why would I want to pay anything over 50 bucks a month to store my bed and desk when I could just find a neighbors garage. One of my friends had some more valuable things and needed a storage unit with 24/7 access. There is no one solution. http://www.sparefoot.com has a great article dedicated to college students who need storage for the summer. The goal is show students all the options in their area (portable storage, self storage, and even someone across the street with an empty garage) and have them decide.
check it out: http://studentstorage.sparefoot.com/