SPECIAL FEATURE HELPING FAMILIES PIECE TOGETHER THEIR RELOCATION JIGSAW Now that FIDI has extended its quality remit to offer certification covering Destination Service Provider activities, Andrew Bennett looks at the opportunities for moving companies in offering destination services, and how such services support families in transition M oving home is notoriously timeconsuming and stressful. When a family or an individual chooses to relocate abroad, that adds an extra dimension. Executives starting a new assignment in another country benefit from turning to professionals to assemble the pieces of their relocation jigsaw. They often find that destination services an array of services additional to international moving - are very useful, or essential, in enabling their family to settle in at their new location. 38 FF303 Sept_Nov 21 pp38-45 DSP.indd 38 Preparing to start a demanding new job away from your home country is difficult enough, but finding a suitable home for your family and a good school for your children, moving pets, and sorting out visas and immigration permits are additional, big, headaches for people to arrange themselves. Hence the growth in destination services (DSP) in recent years, with FIDI Affiliates now among the players offering these to their clients. According to one FIDI Affiliate in the Netherlands, changes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic mean offering DSP services makes even more sense. WWW. F I D I FOC U S . OR G 14/09/2021 16:18