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Due to the increase in Omicron virus cases, universities have started to switch to online education again by removing the obligation to continue face-to-face education. Stating that university students studying outside the city see this situation as an opportunity not to be affected by the 2022 rent increases, Depo Palas CEO Ulaş Gümüşoğlu said, “There has been an extraordinary increase in warehouse demands in the last week. Students who do not want to enter 2022 with the increased rent are quickly returning to their hometowns. The increase in demand suddenly reached 45%.”

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ISTANBUL (TR) - The rapidly increasing spread of COVID-19, the omicron variant, brought new pandemic measures to the table in universities. Decisions have been made in universities to switch to online and hybrid education upon the demands of students. A large number of universities, which are among the largest in Turkey, announced that the obligation to attend face-to-face education has been removed and that the exams will be held online. Students studying at universities that have not yet taken action in this direction have launched campaigns for online exams on social media platforms. Depo Palas CEO Ulaş Gümüşoğlu stated that with the transition to online education again, students who study far from their hometowns started to prepare for their return home, and said, "Students who continued their education under difficult conditions flocked to the warehouses, especially in the face of the increase in rents in big cities by 70%. As it is the last days of the month, students who are quick not to be affected by the rent increases in 2022, deliver their belongings to the warehouses and head to their hometowns. The limited time creates a basis for making wrong choices.”

90% cost savings advantage

Depo Palas CEO Ulaş Gümüşoğlu, who said that warehouses offer students a cost saving advantage of 90% in the face of high rental prices, said, “Students flocked to warehouses with the transition to online education. In this process, the warehouses had plans B of the students in case of resumption of face-to-face education. Again, we are faced with a similar picture. They prefer to get warehouse services with a cost of 300 - 500 TL, depending on the density of the goods, instead of paying the house rent starting from 3 thousand 500 TL on average in metropolitan areas. We secure the future of students by keeping their B plans in our warehouse.”

High standard solutions at affordable cost

Ulaş Gümüşoğlu pointed out that taking quick action to avoid being affected by the rent increases in 2022 may lead to wrong choices and gave the following advice to students to make the right choices: “Students should make sure that warehouse contracts are prepared completely. It should not be forgotten that warehouse services without insurance have no guarantee. Students should not ignore the physical conditions of the warehouses where they will deliver their belongings. Details such as humidity, ambient temperature, camera system, sufficient space and cleanliness are important in terms of storing the items in appropriate conditions. As a company with 40 years of experience in logistics and warehousing, we manage the entire process from the preparation of the appraisal report to the transportation of the goods to the warehouses with our expert teams. With our storage room system, a first in Turkey, we protect the goods in the rooms we design in accordance with their needs. Thus, we are able to offer high-standard solutions at the most affordable costs.”