One Month Before Moving Day

Get enough traveler’s checks for traveling and for the first couple weeks when you’re getting settled.
Contact your insurance agent to transfer coverage to your new address (life, health care, personal belongings, etc.). Make sure all coverage is in force while you are moving.
Begin depleting canned and frozen foods.
Go to your bank and find out what you need to do to transfer funds. Discuss branch options and arrange for check cashing in your new location. Remember that online accounts often take 2-4 weeks to set up.
Make arrangements for canceling or changing newspapers, lawn service, diaper service, pool service, day care, utilities, telephone, cable television, trash, gas, water, etc.
File a forwarding address with your post office.
Start packing the things you don’t use, such as off-season clothes, decorations and so on.
Get your vehicles tuned up.
Send clothing, bedding, drapes to the dry cleaner.
Back up important computer files.
Plan your yard sale: labels, tables, a rod for clothes, money for making change.
Get all your prescriptions re-filled.