U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Storage and U-Box after San Antonio Flooding
U-Haul ® is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box ® container usage at 16 facilities across the San Antonio metro area to those affected by Thursday's record-breaking flooding.
San Antonio and its suburbs received up to seven inches of rain. Flash floods made streets impassable, swept away vehicles and produced several fatalities. Some residential properties likely sustained water damage.
Access to dry and secure self-storage units and portable storage containers are essential to communities during the clean-up and recovery process following natural disasters.
The U-Haul disaster relief program applies to new self-storage and U-Box rentals and is based on availability at participating facilities. The U-Box portable container offer is for on-site storage at Company centers, or free delivery to and pick-up from impacted homes, while these services are available.
People seeking more information on the 30 days free storage offer or needing to arrange services can contact their nearest regional office or stop by a U-Haul self-storage facility in the cities below:
U-Haul Co. of San Antonio East (7 stores)
Store locations: New Braunfels, San Antonio
(210) 731-2805
U-Haul Co. of San Antonio West (9 stores)
Store locations: San Antonio
(210) 569-0962
In addition to its 30 days free self-storage disaster relief program, U-Haul is proud to be at the forefront of aiding communities in times of need as an official American Red Cross Disaster Responder.
About U-HAUL
Celebrating our 80th anniversary in 2025, U-Haul is the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers with more than 24,000 rental locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The U-Haul app makes it easy for customers to use U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 to access trucks anytime through the self-dispatch and -return options on their smartphones with our patented Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to 193,900 trucks, 138,200 trailers and 40,300 towing devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in North America and offers 1,060,000 rentable storage units and 92.0 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the top retailer of propane in the U.S. and the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. Get the U-Haul app from theApp StoreorGoogle Play.
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