Furniture Allowance Calculator

A flexible alternative to shipping household goods

Offer a one-time furniture allowance in lieu of shipping—supported by reliable, current pricing data in selected locations. Set allowances fairly and consistently across locations and family sizes.

What you get

A view of furniture costs, built for the destinations your people actually move to:

• Current pricing for 30+ standard locations, with additional locations available on request.
• Real market data from publicly available sources, so allowances reflect genuine local prices.
• Policy-flexible calculations tailored to your policy and each assignee’s family size.
• Outputs that fit how you work: a ready-to-share PDF and an editable Excel calculator.

What the allowance covers

Every calculation accounts for the essentials of setting up a home: furniture, large and small appliances, textiles, and kitchenware.

How it can help

Basing the allowance on solid data rather than one-off negotiations gives your mobility program four things:

• Consistency - you apply the same trusted method across every location and every assignee, so similar moves are handled the same way.
• Equity - allowances scale fairly to destination and family size, so each employee gets what they genuinely need to settle in.
• Flexibility - you adapt the calculation to your policy and can give assignees room to spend the allowance in the way that suits them.
• Cost efficiency - you replace unpredictable shipping bills with a defined, budgetable figure, and often lower total spend in the process.

The result is a benefit that’s easier for you to administer and defend, and easier for your employees to understand - one that helps them turn a host-location apartment into a home faster.

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