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Ship To School

Whether you're heading off to college for the first time or you're returning to school after a great summer, getting your items to college can be a hassle. Fortunately, College Student Storage (CSS) knows exactly what you're dealing with.

We can help you by having your items arrive to you to your new address the day you arrive at school. No matter if you are sending items from home or purchasing new ones, live on or off campus, or are a new customer or a previous customer, we got you covered. Learn how our Ship to School services can help you out. 

Option 1: Ship items from Home to our office:

1. You ship items to our office from home, we receive them and then deliver them to your student when they return to school.

 

Option 2: Ship items from Home to our office:

5 Easy Steps

1. We can ship you a box kit of 8 boxes and tape to your home ahead of time ( optional)

2. We email you UPS shipping tags, you print out and apply to your boxes. ( optional)

3. You schedule a pick up at your home through UPS online (optional)

4. UPS picks up your items and ships them to our office (optional)

5. We store them in our warehouse and then deliver them to you when you arrive at school

**Note- We can receive anything, it doesn't have to go in a box. Suitcases, ski bags, duffle bags, XL boxes, not a problem

 **Note- You can use your own boxes if you want

Option 3- Ship items from a company to our office:

1. You sign up at csstorage.com and get an account

2. Order your items from any company that you wish to purchase and have them shipped to us

3. Address these items to your student's name along with there confirmation # to our office address

4. Make sure to email our office and let us know how many items we will be receiving 

5. We store your items in our warehouse and then deliver them to you when you arrive at school

 

If you need Boxes to pack with

With our Ship to School option, If you need boxes to pack with, We can ship you a box kit of 6 lg and 2 med boxes, plus a roll of tape to pack with to your house. The cost is $45 plus Shipping cost. If you need more let us know. We can ship you as many as you want.

 

We can also make UPS labels for you from your home to our office and send them to you via email, along with $500 of insurance on each box. Once you've packed your moving boxes, attached the lables to them. we can help schedule a pickup with UPS. UPS will come to your home and pick up all your tagged boxes and items ( like suitcases or duffel bags etc..) and ship them to our office. At CSS, we'll be ready and waiting to receive your boxes and items and put them in storage in our warehouse until you need them delivered to your students new address when they return to school.

• Make sure to give 7 days from when you sign up for your box kit to arrive.
• Please make sure that all boxes/items are clearly marked on all sides in marker with your name and confirmation # (which you receive at signup).
• If you have suitcases or your own boxes or duffel bags, not a problem, you can send them to us.
• Once your items have shipped, please email us the total count of boxes/item so that we can make sure they all arrive at our office.
• Feel free to have online purchases shipped directly to us, but make sure the companies address these items with your name and confirmation.
• labels for you from your home to our office and email them to you. You can attach them to the boxes and we can help you schedule a UPS pick up directly from your home.  You'll also receive corresponding

"Ship to School" info

We ship all of our clients' belongings via UPS, a trusted leader in the shipping industry. We put $500 of insurance on shipping tag we make for you.

For "Ship to School" services, no matter where you're located, we can send you a box kit  to pack items up, email shipping tags, help you schedule a UPS to pick up from your home, and have your items shipped to our offices. Then we'll make sure your property arrives at your child's school address on the date you select.

 "Ship to School" Pricing

Ship to School Receiving, Storage & Delivery
This is the cost for us to receive your items at our office, label them, drive them to our warehouse, put them away at our warehouse, and then deliver the items on the day you want them delivered.

The prices are as follows :

• $25 per small box/item
• $30 per medium box/item
• $45 per large box/item
• $60 per extra-large box/item
• Furniture and extra-large items again depending on size and are usually are between $75-$100.

The shipping you a box kit

• Your $45 deposit is for the box kit we ship to you.
• The cost to ship you a box kit is $35-$45-$55 and depends on where we are shipping it 
• The box kit we ship to you includes 6 lg boxes, 2 medium boxes and a roll of tape

Shipping charges:

• We can email you as many shipping tags as you need and schedule you a UPS pick up at your house. you will only be charged for what tags you use.
• Customers will be charged for shipping rates for the UPS tags they use that we send them, based on our shipping chart of sending items from our warehouse to students home addresses. The chart is located at https://www.csstorage.com/shipping/shipping-pricing
• Any items over 70 lbs will receive a $40 overweight surcharge
• A $40 XL package surcharge will apply to a package which is considered an "XL Package" when its length plus girth [(2 x width) + (2 x height)] combined exceeds 130 inches

Additional charge:

• If we move your "Ship to school" items past the ground floor, a moving fee of $35 per every 15 minutes applies.

 

When We Deliver

No matter if you're an early bird who's packing months in advance or a late riser who's packing up at the last second, we'll store your boxes and deliver your belongings to your dorm or apartment or house when you arrive at school. Take a look at our delivery schedule for your school by clicking on your school's icon on our homepage and select a day that works for you.

• At each school, one of our delivery dates always coincides with the first day that residence halls are open to incoming freshman.
• Most colleges and universities will NOT accept shipments to residence halls early. CSS stores them for you until the residence halls open!

Schools We Cover

CSS delivers "Ship to School" items to all the schools we serve. CU Boulder, Colorado State University, Colorado College, University of Denver, School of Mines, UNC-Greeley,  Regis University and Naropa University. 

If you need a special delivery date, longer-term storage, or a custom package, don't hesitate to ask. CSS has decades of experience making the college moving process as easy and affordable as possible. 

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