From "Backpack" to "Storage Box": Embark on your World Trip Worry-Free with Temporary Storage
The decision is made: you’re going on a world trip! The tickets are booked, your route across the Andes or through Southeast Asia is set, and your backpack is packed. But while you’re dreaming of sunsets in Bali, you’re faced with a practical dilemma: what do you do with your belongings?
More and more travellers are choosing to rent out their house or flat while they’re away. It’s a smart move, as the rental income can finance a significant part of your trip. However, you naturally don’t want your tenants sleeping amongst your personal paperwork, photo albums, or expensive designer furniture. This is where a clever form of temporary storage provides the perfect solution.
Why temporary storage for your belongings is a must
If you are renting out your home (via Airbnb or a fixed tenancy agreement), you want your tenants to feel at home. Yet, there are always items you’d rather not leave behind for strangers, and for which temporary storage is the safest choice:
- Personal belongings: Photo albums, souvenirs, and decorations.
- Fragile or sensitive equipment: Sound systems, sports gear, and musical instruments.
- Items not used daily: Clothes you're not taking with you, paperwork, hobby or leisure equipment.
Stashing things in a friend’s or relative’s attic can be a hassle (and you don’t want to burden them with your boxes). Professional temporary storage gives you true peace of mind.
Box@Home: Your personal "safe haven" for temporary storage
This is where Box@Home becomes the ideal travel partner. While you travel the world, we provide temporary storage that perfectly fits a flexible lifestyle:
- We come to you: You have enough on your mind with travel vaccinations and visas. We deliver a temporary storage Box to your door. You load your belongings, and once the Box is filled, we take it away immediately. No need to worry about hiring vans.
- Safe & dry: Your furniture and personal belongings are stored in our secure, climate-controlled warehouse. With our temporary storage, there is no risk of dust, or theft.
- Flexibility above all: Are you away for three months, or do you decide to extend your trip to a year? No problem. The temporary storage continues until you set foot on Belgian soil again.
Depart with peace of mind
The best thing about travelling is the mental freedom. That freedom even greater when you know your flat is in tip-top shape for your tenants and your own belongings are safe in temporary storage.When you return (with a backpack full of stories!), just give us a call and we’ll deliver your Box back to your door. That way, coming home feels instantly familiar.Travel tip: Make an inventory of what you put into temporary storage. That way, upon your return, you’ll know exactly which box contains your winter coat or your documents!Are you already packing your bags? Visit Boxathome.be and tick temporary storage off your to-do list today. Bon voyage!
