Both Man and Van Hire and Mobile Storage Services are good option; however, the decision for using one of them depends much on the kind of service you are expecting.   1. In a Man and Van service, you have people to help you with unpacking, packing and moving. There is better customer service, because the men are usually friendly, well-mannered and polite. However, they tend to work on hourly basis, so there are restrictions with respect to the hours they work and the number of miles they do the moving for.  If you exceed these, then you may have to pay higher cost to the Man and Van Company. If you look at it from a different perspective, you are saving money because you are only paying them for a specific number of hours, and you do not have to pay for a full-day's service.   2. In a mobile storage service, a storage trailer comes to your home, the size of which is specified by you. You can load up your things and luggage onto this trailer. At a specified date, the storage company will come, collect them and transfer them to the destination you mention in the agreement. There are mobile storage companies that provide packing and loading service too. The workers will come to your house or office, pack the goods professionally and put them in the trailer. They will lock the trailer with the company's lock and the storage company then moves it to the specified destination.   In the cases, Man and Van Hire as well as mobile storage unit, you are free from the hassles of doing your own packing and renting a track.  For personal touch and a van, Man and Van service is preferred, especially to travelling towards shorter routes. For Mobile Storage Unit, trucks are provided on a rental basis, but they cost extra.