What services would you recommend to ship belongings to graduate school beforehand? I realize that this question is not exactly pertaining to academia but I couldn't think of anywhere else to ask this.  I fully expect to get several downvotes but please be kind and move my question if needed.

I will be attending Georgia Tech as a graduate student this fall.   Looking ahead at my summer schedule, I would like to ship my belongings  (several pieces of luggage as well as many boxes) to school ahead of  time and have them waiting for me when I get there.  Ideally, I'd like  the school to be able to hold my belongings for 1.5 months (~5-6 weeks)  before I arrive.  Perhaps it is unorthodox but that is the way that my  schedule will work out as I will be visiting some family before I move to Georgia.

I'd like to hear from you what your experiences have been like in  regards to shipping belongings to the school beforehand and if there are  any services that you can recommend.  I called the GATech post office  and housing office but both simply stated that they don't have any  storage space for student belongings and just said to ship my stuff a  day or two before I arrive.  This was obviously unhelpful to me so I  turn to the people here for any advice.

I also Googled around and was wondering if people had used any services like dormroommovers.com or Summer Storage | College Student Storage and Shipping | Collegeboxes.

Thank you for your help.
When I moved coast-to-coast for graduate school, I used


UPS for my personal belongings (e.g., clothes, beddings...etc)
USPS Media Mail for my books and CD's
Southwest Airlines free check-in bags (they allowed up to three pieces back then)


PS: I didn't have any furniture to ship.

If there's stuff you won't need for grad school, send them home until you settle down somewhere with a permanent residence. It'll be cumbersome and costly to haul them around the country.

As for storage, I contacted the department secretary and asked if they could store a few boxes for me (and they kindly agreed). You may also write to fellow grad students in your department and ask if they could receive your boxes for you and store them in their office.

Hope this helps!