I am curious as to how other Canadian Snowbirds are receiving their mail while away in the United States.We stay in Florida for six months. As it exists now I get my neighbor to forward my mail in self addressed pre-paid envelopes about every couple of months. This is coming to an end as his health is diminishing.How do others do it? Do some use Canada Post Forwarding and what method and costs?.I have thought about holding my mail until return as an option as our return allows time for Income Tax Preparation.Just curious how other Canadian Snowbirds do it and at what costs.I also have an Account with Canada Revenue Agency in case their are issues so I can check periodically. Any comments are very welcome, thanks!

The first year we Snowbird to Florida I went to the sub Canada Post to forward our mail to my daughter's place (20 blocks away). They charged me $36 and didn't do it. My daughter went to our house a week after we left and the mail box was full. I also told the carrier we would be away. When I leave Florida there is no charge at USPS and they forward to Canada. GO FIGURE! After our Canada Post experience we cut a mail slot in the door and my daughter collects it when in the area. No more mail box and $36 for nothing.Good luck!

JoyceP wrote:The first year we Snowbird to Florida I went to the sub Canada Post to forward our mail to my daughter's place (20 blocks away). They charged me $36 and didn't do it. My daughter went to our house a week after we left and the mail box was full. I also told the carrier we would be away. When I leave Florida there is no charge at USPS and they forward to Canada. GO FIGURE! After our Canada Post experience we cut a mail slot in the door and my daughter collects it when in the area. No more mail box and $36 for nothing.Good luck!Thanks, we get USPS to forward our mail from Florida back home....no charge & no problems. I guess we Canadians brag about our Medical Care but our Postal System is nothing to brag about just my Humble Opinion! We have been here in South Florida for 13 years, no problems of any kind with USPS, mail on Saturday, filter junk out before forwarding to Canada, nice USPS Reps, what's not to like about USPS! Oh & rates are much better than Canadian even with the Canadian dollar slipping.

We no longer try to get our mail from home. We do our banking on the internet and have arranged to have most of our bills are debited to our bank account. We can see everything on the web and check things first thing every morning. At home we live in a condo and have have a neighbour pick up our mail. She would check for a special letter if we need to. Early on we had a daughter package up our mail and it didn't get to us for several weeks and the package was ripped.

Falcon35 wrote:We no longer try to get our mail from home. We do our banking on the internet and have arranged to have most of our bills are debited to our bank account. We can see everything on the web and check things first thing every morning. At home we live in a condo and have have a neighbour pick up our mail. She would check for a special letter if we need to. Early on we had a daughter package up our mail and it didn't get to us for several weeks and the package was ripped.Thanks we do that too as we get our neighbor across the road to package up the mail but as I said before his health is ailing & we need to change somewhat, possibly we will do like you and get rid of the very last of our mail to the Internet, it is about 90% now so got to get rid of a few more items, thanks!

We have forwarded to the USA but it's expensive and slow (Thanks Canada Post). Now we forward to a friend who will send anything important to us. Guess what? There wasn't anything important. We do everything online. Income tax slips are waiting for us - we'll file when we get home. Hopefully every company will shift to electronic slips and we won't have to worry about them either.

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joebedford
Nomad II
Mar 25, 2015
We have forwarded to the USA but it's expensive and slow (Thanks Canada Post). Now we forward to a friend who will send anything important to us. Guess what? There wasn't anything important. We do everything online.

Income tax slips are waiting for us - we'll file when we get home. Hopefully every company will shift to electronic slips and we won't have to worry about them either.
Canuck_Travelle
Explorer
Mar 24, 2015
Falcon35 wrote:
We no longer try to get our mail from home. We do our banking on the internet and have arranged to have most of our bills are debited to our bank account. We can see everything on the web and check things first thing every morning. At home we live in a condo and have have a neighbour pick up our mail. She would check for a special letter if we need to. Early on we had a daughter package up our mail and it didn't get to us for several weeks and the package was ripped.

Thanks we do that too as we get our neighbor across the road to package up the mail but as I said before his health is ailing & we need to change somewhat, possibly we will do like you and get rid of the very last of our mail to the Internet, it is about 90% now so got to get rid of a few more items, thanks!
Falcon35
Explorer
Mar 24, 2015
We no longer try to get our mail from home. We do our banking on the internet and have arranged to have most of our bills are debited to our bank account. We can see everything on the web and check things first thing every morning. At home we live in a condo and have have a neighbour pick up our mail. She would check for a special letter if we need to. Early on we had a daughter package up our mail and it didn't get to us for several weeks and the package was ripped.
Canuck_Travelle
Explorer
Mar 24, 2015
JoyceP wrote:
The first year we Snowbird to Florida I went to the sub Canada Post to forward our mail to my daughter's place (20 blocks away). They charged me $36 and didn't do it. My daughter went to our house a week after we left and the mail box was full. I also told the carrier we would be away. When I leave Florida there is no charge at USPS and they forward to Canada. GO FIGURE! After our Canada Post experience we cut a mail slot in the door and my daughter collects it when in the area. No more mail box and $36 for nothing.

Good luck!

Thanks, we get USPS to forward our mail from Florida back home....no charge & no problems. I guess we Canadians brag about our Medical Care but our Postal System is nothing to brag about just my Humble Opinion! We have been here in South Florida for 13 years, no problems of any kind with USPS, mail on Saturday, filter junk out before forwarding to Canada, nice USPS Reps, what's not to like about USPS! Oh & rates are much better than Canadian even with the Canadian dollar slipping.
JoyceP
Explorer
Mar 24, 2015
The first year we Snowbird to Florida I went to the sub Canada Post to forward our mail to my daughter's place (20 blocks away). They charged me $36 and didn't do it. My daughter went to our house a week after we left and the mail box was full. I also told the carrier we would be away. When I leave Florida there is no charge at USPS and they forward to Canada. GO FIGURE! After our Canada Post experience we cut a mail slot in the door and my daughter collects it when in the area. No more mail box and $36 for nothing.

Good luck!

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