In short. ID cards, jewellery, a laptop, the keys: the things you can least afford to lose should not spend the day at the back of a truck. Here is a practical walk-through, then an imagined household doing a full moving service in Meknes. Adom (adom.ma) and the AdomApp app (adomapp.com) connect you with a professional, free quote.
Start with a household, not a truck
Driss and Hafsa, an imagined couple, are moving from one flat in Meknes to another. Meknes is an imperial city in the interior, in the north-centre of the country. The truck is booked for Saturday. On Friday evening Hafsa puts a blue folder of papers, a jewellery box, a laptop and two external drives on the kitchen table and says, "These ride with us." Everything below grows out of that sentence.
The "stays with us" bag
A useful test: if you could not replace it within a week, it travels in your own car or your handbag. That means identity papers, the family record book, rental or ownership contracts, current prescriptions, jewellery, cash, electronics and their chargers.
Everything else can go on the truck, as long as it is packed for what it is. Driss keeps one notebook with two headings, "with us" and "in the boxes", so nobody argues from memory afterwards.
Packing valuables without advertising them
A box labelled "jewellery" tells the wrong person where to look. Driss marks boxes by room and a letter ("back bedroom, box B") and keeps the key to that code in the notebook only. Fragile items are wrapped one by one, using clothes or paper as padding, and heavy boxes never sit on top of light ones.
For documents, a rigid closed folder does better than a thin plastic bag. If a document can be photographed, keep the photo apart from the original.
Who is where while the truck is loaded
Hafsa stays at the flat door, Driss goes down with the load. Children and older relatives wait in a room that has already been emptied, or with a relative, because carrying boxes down a stairwell is no place for them. A pet is shut in a spare room or left with a neighbour so it cannot slip out of an open door.
Keys to both homes stay with whoever runs the move and are not handed to a stranger. Describing access in the request (floor, lift or not, where the vehicle can stop) saves the professional from guessing at the kerb.
Asking for it, and what it costs
Hafsa opens the moving service page on AdomApp, describes both homes and adds a clear line: "Valuables and papers travel with us." Offers from professionals come back, and she picks the one that answers her questions. Adom connects people; it does not employ the movers, so the agreement is between her and the professional she chooses.
For a basic move the national reference price is 2500 DH (forfait). The final figure depends on volume and access, hence a free, personalised quote. Payment comes after the service. You can also browse the Adom page for Meknes and the moving services in Meknes.
On arrival, before the truck leaves
Driss ticks his list: are all the lettered boxes here, and is the furniture as it was? Hafsa opens the blue folder and the boxes she carried herself first, then the bedroom boxes. Any problem is raised the same day, with a photo if possible, not a week later.
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Frequently asked questions
Which documents should I keep with me when moving?
Identity papers, the family record book, rental or ownership contracts and any current medical paperwork. Put them in a closed folder that travels with you, not on the truck.
Should I write "fragile" or "jewellery" on the boxes?
"Fragile" helps people carry a box carefully. Leave jewellery and cash off the label: number the box and keep the key to the code in a notebook.
What about children, older relatives and pets during loading?
Keep them out of the way: an emptied room, a relative or a neighbour. Stairwells, boxes and open doors are no place for them.
Who should hold the keys?
The person running the move on your side, never a stranger. State the access in your request so the professional knows where to park and which door to use.
When do I pay for the move?
After the service, between you and the professional you chose. First offers often arrive within 24 to 48 hours.
