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Bed Bath & Beyond to outfit your home
15 Jul '08
3 min read
MS - Millions of students will head off to college this year which means this year's crop of high school grads (and their parents) are brimming with anticipation, excitement ... and a touch of apprehension.
Soon they'll be thinking about outfitting an entire dorm room, cramming all their worldly possessions into a fuel efficient hybrid and then fitting it into a room the size of a closet.
"Simple steps can make the transition to home sweet dorm simple, easy and stress free," commented Bari Fagin of Bed Bath & Beyond.
"Tuition may have increased over time but the size of the average dorm room has not. Planning in advance and using some basics tools will help make getting to college a lot easier than it was to get into college."
Fagin offers the following tips for both students and parents to help get you started:
- Check it Off. Use a comprehensive checklist to figure out what you need to buy and what you can take from home. Bedbathandbeyond.com offers a checklist broken down by category.
- Split it Up. Reach out to your roommate before you shop to decide who is bringing what so you avoid bringing (and buying) duplicates.
- Check it Out. Before you shop, check with your college or university on the size of your mattress. Is it twin or twin extra long? It would be a shame to buy the perfect sheets and then find out they are too small.
- Don't Drive Yourself Nuts! Gone are the days of bungee cording the trunk closed. Bed Bath & Beyond stores offer a unique "Pack & Hold" service that eliminates the hassle of packing the car.
Simply shop at a store near home and then pick the items up at the store near college or choose to have the items shipped directly to your school.
- Don't Forget to Make Your Bed! When you get to your dorm room cover your mattress with a mattress protector, a quilted mattress pad, a feather bed, and finally new sheets and a comforter. You'll feel like you're sleeping at a four star hotel, not the freshman quad.
- Don't Panic. As prepared as you are chances are you will forget something. Relax ... bedbathandbeyond.com offers a college/store locator that makes it easy to find the store closest to your college to get the things most likely forgotten ... like hangers, extension cords and surge protectors.
- Get Help! With over 890 stores, the "Shop for College" experts at Bed Bath & Beyond are there to help you let them. Can't get to a store? Visit "survival 101" on the Shop for College tab at bedbathandbeyond.com for expert help.
After all, getting into college was the hard part, shopping for it is the fun part!.
Soon they'll be thinking about outfitting an entire dorm room, cramming all their worldly possessions into a fuel efficient hybrid and then fitting it into a room the size of a closet.
"Simple steps can make the transition to home sweet dorm simple, easy and stress free," commented Bari Fagin of Bed Bath & Beyond.
"Tuition may have increased over time but the size of the average dorm room has not. Planning in advance and using some basics tools will help make getting to college a lot easier than it was to get into college."
Fagin offers the following tips for both students and parents to help get you started:
- Check it Off. Use a comprehensive checklist to figure out what you need to buy and what you can take from home. Bedbathandbeyond.com offers a checklist broken down by category.
- Split it Up. Reach out to your roommate before you shop to decide who is bringing what so you avoid bringing (and buying) duplicates.
- Check it Out. Before you shop, check with your college or university on the size of your mattress. Is it twin or twin extra long? It would be a shame to buy the perfect sheets and then find out they are too small.
- Don't Drive Yourself Nuts! Gone are the days of bungee cording the trunk closed. Bed Bath & Beyond stores offer a unique "Pack & Hold" service that eliminates the hassle of packing the car.
Simply shop at a store near home and then pick the items up at the store near college or choose to have the items shipped directly to your school.
- Don't Forget to Make Your Bed! When you get to your dorm room cover your mattress with a mattress protector, a quilted mattress pad, a feather bed, and finally new sheets and a comforter. You'll feel like you're sleeping at a four star hotel, not the freshman quad.
- Don't Panic. As prepared as you are chances are you will forget something. Relax ... bedbathandbeyond.com offers a college/store locator that makes it easy to find the store closest to your college to get the things most likely forgotten ... like hangers, extension cords and surge protectors.
- Get Help! With over 890 stores, the "Shop for College" experts at Bed Bath & Beyond are there to help you let them. Can't get to a store? Visit "survival 101" on the Shop for College tab at bedbathandbeyond.com for expert help.
After all, getting into college was the hard part, shopping for it is the fun part!.
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