Let’s get this straight: packing a cool box (or cool bag, if you're going soft-sided) isn’t just about chucking in a few cold cans and hoping for the best. Do it wrong, and your food warms up ...

For a small apartment, you might need 10-15 boxes, but for a large home with three or more bedrooms, you could easily be looking at 50+ boxes. The rule of thumb is a bookcase with three-shelves ...

If the box has the normal amount of packing tape ─ a strip on the bottom, the top and covering the label, you can leave the tape on. If the box has been used many times and has layers of tape ...